February 19, 2008

Online Technical Writing Course Demo
http://www.online-learning.com/tours/courses/PTWdemo/content/index.html
*course give 10% discount to STC members

Information Design Program
http://www.online-learning.com/course_id_0.html
"Upon successful completion of this program, you will receive an Information Design Certificate at no charge from one of our participating university affiliates. And you'll be able to pursue an exciting new career in one of these information design disciplines: technical writing, online documentation, online help design, online training design, user interface analysis or user interface design.

Required Courses
Technical Writing (12 weeks)
Graphic Design (6 weeks)
User Interface Analysis (4 weeks)
User Interface Design (4 weeks)
Usability Testing (6 weeks)

Plus one of the following courses
Web-Based Training Design (8 weeks)
Online Help System Design (8 weeks)
XML Authoring (12 weeks)

Price
Students who register for the program receive a 10% discount off each course in the program and receive a free program certificate. Depending on the courses and electives you take, the program will cost between $1579US and $1759US. Students pay for each course on a "pay-as-you-learn" basis (no big upfront cash outlay). Once they have completed all of the required course, they are issued the certificate."


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Erie County Civil Service Opportunities Study Guides
http://www.erie.gov/employment/study_guides.asp




SLA Boston job postings
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cbos/jobs.htm

Job Posting: Research/Information Specialist
Organization: Analysis Group, Inc.
Location: Boston, MA

Analysis Group
http://www.analysisgroup.com/analysisgroup/
Analysis Group | Economic, Financial, and Strategy Consultants
meta name="description" content=" Analysis Group provides economic, financial, and business strategy consulting to leading law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies. We assist law firms with all aspects of litigation and advise corporations and government clients on business issues that require expert analysis and interpretation of economic and financial data." />
meta name="keywords" content="analysis group, analysis group economics, economic consulting, strategy consulting, complex, expert, study, report, testify, analysis, litigation, sub-prime, subprime, backdating, options backdating, options backdating litigation, antitrust, monopolizations, liability issues, damages, commercial, class action, mass tort, product liability, breach, contract, securities, 10b-5, financial instruments, class certification, intellectual property, IP, patent infringement, copyright, trademark, misappropriation, trade secrets, mutual funds, market timing, excessive fee, stock price movements, energy, environmental, competitive, regulatory, public policy, resource planning, valuation, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, data sourcing, research, development, epidemiology, drug safety, modeling, cost-of-illness, pay equity, mergers, horizontal trade, vertical trade, acquisitions, accounting litigation, malpractice, banking, insurance, corporate, law, firm, government, agency, legal"


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Mets Extenders METS Extension Schemas
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/mets-extenders.html

* Descriptive Metadata
o Dublin Core
+ Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
o Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
+ MODS Website
o MARCXML MARC 21 Schema (MARCXML)
+ MARCXML Website
o VRA Core
+ VRA Core 4 Website

* Administrative Metadata
o Schema for Technical Metadata for Text (created by Jerome McDonough, Elmer Bobst Library, New York University)
Schema (textmd.xsd)
Documentation
o NISO Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images Standards Committee MIX Website
o Schema for Rights Declaration
Schema (METSRights.xsd)
Announcement
o Schemas for PREMIS

Other schemas:

* Schemas proposed for use in the Library of Congress Audio-Visual Prototyping Project


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Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
http://dublincore.org/
-- Documents
-- DCMI Metadata Terms
-- Guidelines for Implementing Dublin Core in XML

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Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Learn about the Getty Vocabularies
--AAT
The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)®
The AAT is a structured vocabulary of around 34,000 concepts, including 131,000 terms, descriptions, bibliographic citations, and other information relating to fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture.
--ULAN
The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)®
The ULAN is a structured vocabulary containing around 120,000 records, including 293,000 names and biographical and bibliographic information about artists and architects, including a wealth of variant names, pseudonyms, and language variants.
--TGN
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®
The TGN is a structured vocabulary containing around 912,000 records, including 1.1 million names, place types, coordinates, and descriptive notes, focusing on places important for the study of art and architecture.



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W3C- RDF Vocabulary Description Language 1.0: RDF Schema
** set of set of six documents (Primer, Concepts, Syntax, Semantics, Vocabulary, and Test Cases) intended to jointly replace the original Resource Description Framework specifications, RDF Model and Syntax (1999 Recommendation) and RDF Schema (2000 Candidate Recommendation). It has been developed by the RDF Core Working Group as part of the W3C Semantic Web Activity (Activity Statement, Group Charter) for publication on 10 February 2004.
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/
W3C- RDF Primer

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W3C- XML
http://www.w3.org/XML/

XML Schema w3c
http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema
see also Robin Cover's index of XML Schema materials

XML Schema- a brief introduction
http://lucas.ucs.ed.ac.uk/xml-schema/

The basics of using XML Schema to define elements
Get started using XML Schema instead of DTDs for defining the structure of XML documents
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/xml-schema/#sidebar1

XML online course contents tour
http://www.online-learning.com/tours/courses/IXMLdemo/index.html

XML tutorial demo
http://apex.vtc.com/xml.php

Learn XML programming in this free XML training course
http://www.learnthat.com/internet/learn-1952-xml_programming_tutorial.htm
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University of Washington Digital Collections (a dublin core project)
http://content.lib.washington.edu/

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TAXONOMY

Taxonomy Warehouse
http://www.taxonomywarehouse.com/index.asp
'only site on the Internet dedicated to taxonomies for corporations"

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Mathnet
http://www.mathsnet.net/


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OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/default.shtm

OCLC Cataloging Electronic Resources
http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/cataloging/electronicresources/default.htm

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PREMIS
http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/



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Taxonomy Bootcamp Conference Program
http://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/Program.shtml

Taxonomy- Wikipedia
Knowledge Management- Wikipedia
Corporate Taxonomy- Wikipedia (Enterprise Taxonomy)

Taxonomy Strategies- Bibliography
http://www.taxonomystrategies.com/html/bibliography.htm

KMWorld and Intranets- Preconference Workshops
http://www.kmworld.com/kmw07/PreConference.aspx

KMWorld 2007 Presentation Links
http://www.kmworld.com/kmw07/Presentations/


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