Managing shared assets? (Re-inventing the wheel)

Question

My company has been using Eloqua for quite some time. When I joined, I found a long list of shared assets -- some dating back to the Eisenhower administration.
During my Eloqua University training, I've been encouraged to "share" assets with my team whenever possible. However, I'm not entirely clear on how to best take advantage of useful assets that a long-departed co-worker may have created.
For example, let's say that I created a shared filter that gives me a list of all people in the US who would gladly trade a cow for a sack of Magic Beans.
I save it as a shared filter (and maybe or maybe not include the optional description)
Now, assume that a co-worker in another department (perhaps in another country, who probably doesn't know me) needs to find a list of customers who are interested in Magic Beans.
Other than wading through the hundreds of shared filters that have accumulated in the system over the years, is there a "Smart" way of finding that filter (and, by extension, any useful shared asset?)
I am eager to share my new assets -- but even more eager to leverage what the more-experienced Eloquans have shared.
Thanks!!

Answer 1

I'm an Eloqua newbie -- in my "Fundamentals" classes, the instructors advised me that the "Descriptions" fields were ignored by the Eloqua search bots (which seemed really strange).  The question arose from my instructors urging us to "share, share, share" our assets -- but not really providing any assistance to co-workers who might benefit from those shares. (Unless you know what your co-worker wants and you tell them about it, they probably won't find your shared work.)
I stumbled across the EloquaBulkAPI document, though. When I get a bit more comfortable with the Eloqua GUI, I'll have to dig-in and play with it. 
(Are there other Eloqua APIs available?)