Key Training Points and Thoughts in May
Our training in May has covered Introductory areas in Information Architecture and Microsoft SharePoint for the those outside the IT department
Information Architecture Foundation Programme - The big issues raised and covered were:
The difficulty of using "sensible" URLs with some of the content management systems that are being used.
Handling archiving of web material which might need to be accessible (at the same URL) for record purposes
The lack of librarianship skills in internet/intranet teams and how to deal with this
Introduction to SharePoint 2007 - Real world practicalities of architecting and managing SharePoint on an ongoing basis were of particular interest for the attendees. As is often the case, many of SharePoint’s idiosyncrasies of terminology and concept, were made concrete by some live demonstrations. SharePoint is particularly good in this “on-the-fly” mode, as once learnt (which takes time!) it’s administration and configuration interface is quick and powerful. Working through an example information architecture with one of the attendees proved a good way to re-emphasise some of the SharePoint strengths and weaknesses already mentioned.
As always we are keen to hear from you, are you having similar experiences and issues? Are these topic areas currently important to you?
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