2014 sla conference - evolving information professional - lempert
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PowerPoint slides for Larry Lempert's presentation for the "Evolving Information Professional" session at the 2014 SLA Conference in Vancouver, BC.TRANSCRIPT
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The Evolving Information Professional: Changing Roles, New Opportunities
in Information Architecture
Larry LempertJune 8, 2014
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Changing Roles, New Opportunitiesin Information Architecture
I. Case in Point: A Job Vacancy to Fill
II. My Road to Here and Now
III. What Is Information Architecture?
IV. Roles in Today's Publishing Environment
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Case in Point: A Job Vacancy to Fill
Bloomberg BNA - publisher of legal/regulatory news and reference materials for lawyers and for tax, HR, and EHS professionals
Wanted—someone to: Analyze legal content sets and results produced by autocategorization software to assess
the software’s recall gaps and false positives in comparison to manually tagged control sets
develop rules and terminology lists associated with taxonomy topics to enhance the software’s assignment of topics from the taxonomy
use the software’s toolset to enter, test, and refine terminology lists and rules for autocategorization
conduct regular quality assurance testing of topic assignments in data processed for publication
= Taxonomy Analyst
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Case in Point: A Job Vacancy to Fill
J.D., M.L.S. – law librarian
M.L.S. – metadata librarian, taxonomist
“experience conducting legal research, OR creating/managing taxonomy OR indexing legal content, with specific autocategorization experience strongly preferred"
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Changing Roles, New Opportunitiesin Information Architecture
I. Case in Point: A Job Vacancy to Fill
II. My Road to Here and Now
III. What Is Information Architecture?
IV. Roles in Today's Publishing Environment
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My Road to Here and Now
There and Then
Here and Now
J.D. 1977
Reporter … Editor … Managing Editor
Product Development
M.L.S. 2006
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Changing Roles, New Opportunitiesin Information Architecture
I. Case in Point: A Job Vacancy to Fill
II. My Road to Here and Now
III. What Is Information Architecture?
IV. Roles in Today's Publishing Environment
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What is Information Architecture?
“The structural design of shared information environments
The combination of organization, labeling, search, and navigation systems within web sites and intranets
The art and science of shaping information products and experiences to support usability and findability
An emerging discipline and community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape”
Peter Morville (M.L.S. 1993) & Louis Rosenfeld (M.L.S. 1990) Information Architecture for the Worldwide Web
(3rd ed. 2006)
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Changing Roles, New Opportunitiesin Information Architecture
I. Case in Point: A Job Vacancy to Fill
II. My Road to Here and Now
III. What Is Information Architecture?
IV. Roles in Today's Publishing Environment
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Roles in Today's Publishing Environment
Serve as liaison between taxonomy team and Product R&D
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Roles in Today's Publishing Environment
Design filtering tools for information access
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Roles in Today's Publishing Environment
Manage autocategorization projects
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Roles in Today's Publishing EnvironmentM.L.S.
Karen
University of Maryland 1979
Manager, Publishing Systems
Projects
RobPratt Institute 1983Project Manager
Miriam
Kent State 1992
Product Development Coordinator
AmyUniversity of Maryland 1998
Business Systems Analyst
PeterCatholic University 2008Manager, Business Analysis
RebeccaUniversity of Maryland 2010
Taxonomy Analyst
