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The-Chicken-and-the Egg of Wireless Content Delivery
Leo Magno at INQ7.net examines an old problem where customers want more content in a burgeoning service but businesses do not wish to build expensive infrastructures unless content-providers are ready with product to meet customers’ needs, and content providers are unwilling to invest in content-development unless there’s an infrastructure to support their product. In wireless communications – the question is: at what point do companies and content-providers commit: when there’s better hardware, or assured broadband support, or more marketing surveys conducted to determine which services customers want: data or voice applications, equally or one over the other? Read more.
Dawning of the Age of CMS
2004 was the year content management came of age because many organizations realized one of the most overlooked assets they possessed and ignored was…Content. Technology, of course, is important because it’s essential to make an organization’s newfound asset available to a hungry, expanding consumer market. What the market is counting on is how content managers will deliver product in the future, effectively and affordably.
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Choosing Enterprise Applications
Where is the market on content management applications? eWeek evaluated six content management systems in terms of productivity, ease-of-use, and deployment features. No two organizations are alike in terms of content, customer-base, intranet architecture, etc. – so what works for a Fortune 500 company might not be best for a privately-held company, university or government agency. Knowing your users’ needs helps determine the CMS to be utilized. Read more.
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Lesley Ellen Harris’ Fall Schedule of Courses
Lesley Ellen Harris is a Copyright, Licensing and E-commerce Lawyer/Consultant who works on legal, business and strategic issues in the publishing, content, entertainment, Internet and information industries. Lesley's clients range from individuals to governments, associations, unions and corporations. She also works with libraries, archives, museums and educational institutions.
Her topics include:
Digital Licensing Online
September 5 - November 4, 2005
Digital Content Management
September 5 - December 2, 2005
U.S. Copyright Law
September 5 - October 28, 2005
Practical International Copyright Law
October 10 - October 28, 2005
Managing Copyright
November 7 - December 9, 2005
Canadian Copyright Law
October 10 - October 28, 2005
Go to the Information Studies Library and check out the Fall schedules for both Syracuse University and Drexel University.
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Virtual Learning Series (VLS)
September 15, 2005 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET
Structuring and Delivering Content: Maximizing End-User Satisfaction
How can you help your end-users get the right information at the right time? Hear case studies of how information professionals have added value within their companies by finding new ways to structure and deliver information through different platforms, including Web sites, intranets, portals, and mobile devices. Additional Information.
September 28, 2005 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET
Shrink-wrap and Click-wrap Licenses: Why Should Informational Professionals Care?
This seminar will only address non-negotiated license agreements, and will provide an introductory framework to understand the legal concepts basic to licensing; a walk-through review of a shrink-wrap license, and the implications of key standard form terms that affect libraries. Additional Information.
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Live VLS Seminar Site* Member $99 Non Member $149 |
VLS Replay*
Member $69 Non Member $119 |
2005 Virtual Learning Series Homepage
*Seminars are priced individually.
Career Development Series (CDS)
September 21, 2005 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET
Your Career: A Straight Shot or a Shot in the Dark?
Are you managing your career or is your career managing you? If you found yourself nodding “yes” to the latter, you may have allowed your career to progress in ways that you would never allow a project to progress — passively, haphazardly, ignoring the consequences as if you had no control. Additional Information.
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Live CDS Seminar Site* Member $79 Non Member $129 |
CDS Replay*
Member $49 Non Member $99 |
*Seminars are priced individually.
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