SLA Taxonomy Division Webinar - Taxonomy DisplaysJanuary 20, 2011, at 1 p.m. Eastern, 12 p.m. Central, 11 a.m. Mountain, 10 a.m. Pacific Speaker: Heather Hedden, Hedden Information ManagementSession Description: How a taxonomy is displayed is an important factor in its usefulness. Based on a chapter in the presenter's recent book, The Accidental Taxonomist, this webinar looks at different taxonomy and thesaurus display options for different kinds of users and different kinds of content. Taxonomy users include end-user searches, subject-matter experts, often human indexers, and even other taxonomists. This presentation will include screenshots of different display options, including hierarchical, alphabetical, and fielded/faceted. There are also different ways to display hierarchies, and the inclusion of term details is also an option. Other display issues discussed include the sort order of terms and the presence of non-indexed category labels. Bio: Heather Hedden is a taxonomy consultant and trainer through her business, Hedden Information Management outside of Boston, and is author of The Accidental Taxonomist (Information Today Inc., 2010). She previously worked as the taxonomy manager on SharePoint-based enterprise taxonomies at First Wind, as the information taxonomist for the enterprise search engine vendor Viziant, and as a senior vocabulary editor supporting indexing for the library database vendor Gale. Heather teaches online workshops on taxonomy creation through the continuing education program of Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science and on an independent basis for corporate groups. Heather has spoken at numerous conferences and has published articles in many journals, including the December 2010 issue of SLA's Information Outlook. Heather is also chair of the Taxonomy Division's new Mentoring Committee. RegistrationThis webinar is available for Taxonomy Division members only. |
Taxonomy Displays Webinar Jan 20
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