Lauren Clark Hill recently joined the Synaptica team as Client Solutions Specialist. For this interview we discussed Lauren's experiences, what it's like to be a Synaptica client and a hint…
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We talked again with Patrick Lambe, this time focused on his new book, Principles of Knowledge Auditing: Foundations for Knowledge Management Implementation. We discussed knowledge audits, the importance of context, and…
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We interviewed Bonnie Bowes, a Taxonomist and Information Architect Specialist with over ten years of experience developing and managing enterprise taxonomies. Bonnie is Product Taxonomist at Checkatrade. Prior to Checkatrade…
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Michele Ann Jenkins took part in our recent Roundtable Series. We took the opportunity to talk with Michele Ann to discuss the range of her work, and how she supports…
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Life as a Taxonomist Before I started working in controlled vocabularies myself, I didn’t know the field even existed. Unlike many taxonomists, I didn’t start with a Library Science degree…
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KMWorld Conference The annual KMWorld Conference returned as an in-person event this year for the first time since 2019. The conference ran November 7th – 10th and included the co-located…
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What Is an Information Silo? If you are in the field of information management, you have undoubtedly heard the phrase “information silo” or perhaps “data silo”. I grew up in…
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Legacy in Language There are potential or new clients who come to us with a definitive version of their taxonomy, typically in a spreadsheet format like CSV or Excel. The…
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Records Management According to ARMA International, “Records Management is the professional field dedicated to information that rises to the level of importance that requires ongoing maintenance, whether it be for…
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A Single Taxonomy Controlled vocabularies are meant to provide a single source of truth for terminology. Within the enterprise, the goal of a taxonomy program is to have one or…
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