Who Are Accidental Taxonomists?

Turning to the name of this blog, who are the accidental taxonomists? I sought an answer to this questions through some of the questions of ...

Taxonomist Trends

Last month I conducted an online survey of 150 taxonomists (described in my last blog post ). Although the results of which will be used in...

Taxonomist Survey

I had created a survey of taxonomists to gather some information for writing my book, The Accidental Taxonomist . It was mainly for Chapter ...

Varied Taxonomy Uses and Taxonomist Functions

Someone asked me recently if taxonomies were applicable to some marketing analytics he was pondering. I was not sure without further discuss...

How to Find a Taxonomist

The need for well designed taxonomies is growing, and the number of people becoming skilled in designing and creating taxonomies is growing....

Taxonomy Trends and Future

What are the trends in taxonomies, and where is the field going? The future of taxonomies turned out to be a unifying theme of last week’s a...

Taxonomy: A Profession, Not an Industry

I am looking forward to attending and presenting at my 8th Taxonomy Boot Camp conference next week. What makes this conference special is t...

Independent Taxonomy Work

Are you an aspiring taxonomist looking for work?   Because taxonomies tend to be project-based tasks, a lot of taxonomy work is freelance, c...

A Professional Association for Taxonomists

I recently attended the SLA annual conference , which this year was in Vancouver, BC, June 8 – 11. This year marked the 5 th anniversary ...

Taxonomy Management Consulting

I recently wrote an article on taxonomy management for the online magazine FreePint. By “taxonomy management” I mean taxonomy maintenance, g...

The Remote Taxonomist

One of the characteristics of taxonomy work is that taxonomists can work remotely from their managers, colleagues, or clients, and many do. ...

Mentoring Taxonomist Program

In my last blog post, I discussed the need for mentoring taxonomists and mentioned that I had volunteered to lead the new mentoring committe...