Internet Librarian 2006 Tricia's Version

Social computing and the Information Professional

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:52:00 +0000

Elizabeth Lane Lawley www.it.rit.edu/~ell

a.k.a. Girls just want to have fun ...aka all work and no play makes jack a dull boy... aka all the world's a game and all the men and women merely players

mamamusings
many2many
misbehaving.net (women in technology)
terra nova

Games and the online community phenomenon is shaping communications

http://ulatmac.wordpress.com/2006/09/18/8

Levi - on world of warcraft in newsweek.

Liz fell deep into the rabbit hole of world of warcraft

Game of OOF! - played o'reilly foo camp
reverse scavenger hunt.
your team is told to go gather 10 items
then you get the list of the things you're supposed to find
and justify how the ten things match what is on the list.
pictures on flickr

games are a powerful way to establishing an emotional connection to people and places

werewolf
2 werewolves
1 seer
rest villagers

Games - what are they?
many vague definitions
but ...
there are rules and guidelines
all towards a goal
there are incentives and prizes

people will do amazing things for prizes

(so, what about the people who don't get caught up in it? - are they social misfits?)

Cruel 2 B kind
a nice gesture will kill someone off in a public space

tombstone hold 'em poker
using tombstones in cemetary and teams try to get highest hand

Steven Johnson (?)

how can games be imbedded into day to day basics

http://www.42entertainment.com/see.html

things that give great hope:
Fletcher Library Game Project
Bibliographic Gaming
Gaming in Libraries
MacArthur Foundation is giving great attention to gaming

If you can't understand what's going on in the first 5 minutes IT is broken, not the User.

Blogs and RSS updated

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:23:00 +0000

RAND : Walter Nelson

Rss Parser: Feed2JS

Freeware
Generates javascript which you can paste into web page
Displays rss as bulleted list
Install on your server
(walternelson.com)

Blogs for internal communication
blogs for service points

unresolved issues
feed subscription issues – password protected
how do they fit in with existing intranet.

+++
Aaron Schmidt

no one cares if you have a blog.
think of it as sharing

firefox now has spellcheck

Blog elsewhere
comment and contribute
drive traffic to your site

Comparing Book Search engines

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:22:00 +0000

Greg Notess

Looking at what is freely available online
Looking at it like a new HUGE database of searchable written material

Ref q.
Forgot to get full citation after returning book.
Go to amazon and pull up the page

Amazon’s search inside the book
A9
Google book search
Open content alliance
Individual publishers’ initiatives
Open web

Issues w/

Scanned books
OCR quality varies
Full content scans

Full text searching of books
New information source for searchers
Searching, not reading
Think about potential uses
Limited access, but full (?) search

A9 and Amazon
Both can search inside the covers
A9: check books box
Search inside vs. look inside
Currently published books
Including reprints

In amazon – default proxcimity search ? unknown
Amazon
Limit to books database
Look for search inside or look inside image

Now there are exerpts in results lists
And you can click on the see more for the amazon reader
Amazon viewer
Purchase, annotate etc.

Example : glacier panorama look at excerpt pg 16 – garbage

A9
Check books database
Larger retrieval set
“see more references to…”
leads back to amazon
“phrase searching works in both”

The Google books
“the aim of Google Books search is to help you discover books not read them cover to cover”

scan books from publishers
or electronic copies from publishers
agreements with publishers
no agreement=not included
unless part of Google books initiative (library)
Old, out of copyright
Example:
Books and culture by mabie

1923 to present
considered under copyright
but look at current population reports
not good bibliographic record
so gov docs that are available free are not through google books

Limited access with google account
Sample pages
Snippet view
Full view
No preview view

Links to book stores/shopping sites sometimes
Links to open WorldCat
Doesn’t work well if the metadata is poor

The Umich option
Google scans in mirlyn
Mirlyn.lib

Open Cintent Alliance (OCA)
Announced, live later this year?

Internet archive
Universities
http://openlibrary.org
nice interface and flipping pages

Google& Amazon
Both can have old books
Amazon reprints

To find specific books
Check a9, google books, oca
Search open web
Check publisher sites, Ebrary

Search phrase from the content of the book on the open web, you might have some luck.

Or
Intitle:”index of”

National academies press
Offers pdfs of books
e.g. diataries

Wikis for libraries

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:33:00 +0000

**This one is a double session I plan to stay only for 1st part**

Nicole Engard
What I learned today blog

Wikis as collaborative spaces...
great places for brainstorming
use to draft policies
a way to shre the secretary responsibilities in a meeting
empowers the user

Why use?
easy to learn - no html required
easy way to share knowledge
easy way to collaborate across borders
ability to revert back to older versions
ability to track who's done what & where
fosters collaboration among friends and/or colleagues

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wiki/
example of Mediawiki for ala chicago

http://www.libsuccess.org/
best practices wiki

offer rss feeds so you can keep up with things

pbwiki.com
largest consumer wiki farm; 23 languages
free
hosted
twiki, jotspot
socialtest

+++

Intranet

Jenkins law library
calls the blog a "library bulletin"
started w/wikipedia
no one wanted to learn the syntax to edit page.
so she created her own (php) and gives them a wysiwyg editor.
icon w/stylesheets
if it has a .pdf a little
"wysiwyg pro"
htmlarea.com

Darren Chase
health sciences library

wikimatrix lists all different wikis and popular downloads

Morning fuel at plumes

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:50:00 +0000

Plan for today.

D301 Wikis for Libraries
C302 Training tutorial tour & tips
A303 Comparing Book search engines
D304 Blogging update

Closing keynote
Social Computing and the Info Pro - Liz Lawley

The RSS and JavaScript Cookbook

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:01:00 +0000

Rip, mix , burn

http://paulandmeredith.pbwiki.com

Feed2JS.org
most popular tool
you can install on own server but don't have to.
click on build
put in url
choose options
also can handle podcasts
preview feed
it generates javascript
copy / paste
and go!

Grazr
Allows reading post from a widget window on your website
opml file: outline format for combining rss feeds
paste
choose layout
and install

this is best used if you've got multiple subject type pages that need updating

Mixing RSS Feeds
take several feeds and turn it into one feed

RSS Mix
just grab the feeds and put them in the window and creates feed. RSS Mix also offers an html version
but doesn't show whose blog it is coming from.

Feedblendr
create a title
add feeds
and create.
tells you where it is coming from
you can add them to your aggregator

rmail
add to your site so people can subscribe to get updates via email

FeedMixers
dealing w/third party
Q - is there one that can be downloaded?
A - do not know

wikis
do they have rss feeds
yes

web lessons

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:00:00 +0000

Pam Gore, HP Labs Research Libraries

Purpose of FAQ and how to write a good one.

Good:
Clear
Concise
Well organized
Scannable
Accurate
Up to date

Bad
Wordy
Difficult to scan
Too much deail
Contains marketing materials

Gathering q and a
Users
Staff
Other libraries

Writing style
Concise – users scan
Eliminate unnecessary dtail
Answers stand alone
Broader questions broken down into multiple question
Bullet points
Keep paragraphs to 2-4 lines

Avoid library jargon
Use active voice
Write questions in first person; answers in second person
Bold important words and phrases judiciously

Provide complete answer not just a referral
Repeating information between answers is ok
For step-by-step instructions, use a numbered bulleted format and write one action per step

For scannability, use adequate spacing between question links

Include “top” links in longer faqs
Use a visited link color

150% line height

set up regular schedule for review.

Solicit feedback
Didn’t find what you need? Have a comment or suggestion? Let us know.

People print them so make sure it prints well

Email for pam.gore@hp.com

Social software to work smarter
Jenny Spadafora
Community evangelist, intuit innovation lab

Presentation URL:
http://12frogs.com/12/work/il2006

blogs
publish, subscribe + comments = better communication

Feeds
Follow more in less time, control the info flow

Wikis
We can post it, we can fix it = living documents

Del.icio.us
Social bookmarking; find+share+remember
Can mark links for someone else

Social software
Tagged interests and abilities + search/browse = find my right people

Future is mmow – massively multiplayer online work

Mashup Mindset

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:59:00 +0000

Tom Reamy
Chief Knowledge Architect
KAPS Group
Knowledge Architecture Professional Services
http://www.kapsgroup.com

Essential features
Simple Api
Content from 2 or more sites
Current emphasis on presentation
Content structure, data
Self Service – embed variety of mashups

90% of mashup examples use google maps

How to create mashups that are more than just cool
Content aggregation
2 sources or more
Faceted Navigation / Dynamic Classification
One facet – geography
Another – people
Another – event
Map of terrorist activities by region and range of activities within each region

Business of mashups
e-commerce sites – targeted advertising
within the enterprise
combine internet content with internal content

Libraries
Maps of libraries
“map” of library catalog
amazon library service

Platform for Mashups
Integrated – no standards now, everything is a complete custom job
Semantic
Semantic Infrastructure

How to develop diff
Location, people, companies, jobs, rental properties events

Ontology – model of the relationships of a dimension
Next – build in some intelligence – know how much VP in industry x usually makes – flag any that are higher than average.
IBM
Allows users can add and remove web services, with intelligence.

Mashups and folksonomy
Wikipedia del.icio.us
Just metadata that users add
Flats lists to not a –onomy make
“No quality control”

complexity theory
Santa fe istitute
Self-organizing
Example : Ant colonies – clear tunnels with no idea of how to clear a tunnel
Evolutionary mechanism – feedback with consequences
- get bad feedback – you die
- you have to rank everything
- wikipedia

mashups and evolution
- starting to become social
• they are easy to build
evolve better structures
refining taxonomies / folksonomies
embed feedback into mashup – evolve
who uses it, how are they using it?
Talis library mashup competition

Summary
Mashups – dynamic content from 2 or more
Need simple api
Use and build on content aggregation
Need content structure
If not available evolve folksonomies into standard taxonomies

Libraries and Flickr

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:36:00 +0000

Examples of Libraries usage:
exteriors
read posters
interiors
programs

Tagging using vocabulary control
mutually agreed upon group of tags

Also Geotagging
geomapping (google maps + flickr)
group: geotagging Flickr

Picture Australia
uses flickr to preserve daily life in Australia

___
Michael Sauer:
The fluff

FD's flickr tools

Nancy Pearl Librarian Action Figure Group

Trading Cards

Westmont Public Library
add notes to pictures of books and put hyperlinks to the book in the catalog

Colr Pickr

Retrievr - search by sketch

flickr leech
shows a whole screen of thumbnails

flickr graph
visualization of 6 degrees of separation users

clockr
show time with photos

spell with flickr

Podcasting and Videocasting

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:34:00 +0000

Greg: Openstacks.net
Quick overview of podcasting to intro to everyone else.
Way to distribute audio via RSS technology
Allows users to subscribe

Why podcast
understand tech and explore possibilities
does it fit into your organizational goals
is it the right thing for your patrons

Podcasting is not a one time deal
it takes time (plan, record, edit publish, promote)
recognize the commitment

What to podcast?
programming
Upcoming events and library news
Bibliographic instruction
staff training/communications
whatever your imagination holds

9 easy steps to podcasting:
1.determine content and format
2.assemble equipment and people
3.Record
4.Edit and export to mp3
5.Listen to it!
6.Upload file to server
7.Generate your rss feed (try feedburner)
8.Publish feed URL
9.Promote, Respond, Repeat

- http://video.incolsa.net/podcasts/incolsa.xml
Incolsa Jeff Humphrey Jeff@incolsa.net
video podcasting
Why
because we can
Natural progression of existing services (already had content)
Looking for a different delivery solution
-most videos too long for flash
Old school solution

converting existing content
stored on server
write rss feed from scratch
put up a web page

Partnered w/slis class
Obtained administrative support

What we had in place
Experience
video
IT end
Workshop end (used to recording/videotaping)
Equipment
Space
physical
virtual
Content

What we need to do
find a better space for videos
Convert to a blog format
Continue production on a regular basis
Foster more partnerships
more content pipelines
showcase what libraries are doing

Production Tips
Have a reason to include video
Invest a good microphone
frame shots properly
remember the rule of thirds
Enhance production with graphics
have fun

David Free
GPC Decatur (Georgia)
gpcdecaturlre.blogspot.com/2005/02/audio-news-2.html
new aquisitions
database information

"8 things i learned about podcasting..."
1.Make sure it feeds
2.Promote. Then promote some more.
email
talk it up

gpclibraryradio.blogspot.com/2005/06/listen-up-4.html

3.Keep it short
4.Use music sparingly
5.Multiple voices rock
talk to people around campus
interview faculty
6.Podcast events

Under the hood
USB mic
Audacity
96 kBits MP3
liberated syndication
feedburner (smartcast)
bliptv

7.Consider your web presence.
www.gpc.edu/~declib/podcasts.htm
8.Listen to your listeners

davidfree.pbwiki.com/il06
aim dwfree1967
davidsrandomstuff.blogspot.com

Day 2 at morning coffee spot

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:07:00 +0000

Today's plan:

D201 Podcasting and Videocasting
might skip 2nd half for
A202 Mashup Mind-set: designing compelling content
Lunch
D203 Flickr and Libraries
BREAK
A204 Delivering Individualized content*
or
D204 MySpace & Facebook
Then...
A205 Mashups in action
or
D205 the RSS & Javascript cookbook*

*Probably this one

Better get groovin!

Keeping Up

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:48:00 +0000

Gary's Presentation:
http://www.freepint.com/gary/clickahead2006.html

Steven Cohen
http://stevenmcohen.pbwiki.com/KeepingUp

Alliance Second Life Library 2.0

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:44:00 +0000

Alliance Second Life Library 2.0

“info island” library

second life – over a million “residents”
businesses are getting quite involved
“wired magazine”
amazon has full time presence
people may not be who they seem
porn and gambling lead innovation in technology

4 – 5 thousand visitors per day
many writers and artists involved
2 traditional libraries linked up to web resources.
See it as a way to promote digital collections
Jeff Bezos came in as speaker
Authors come in and speak
Monthly Book discussion
“safe and friendly place”
People enjoy the historical exhibits
Started in April 2006
Using QuestionPoint for IM chat references
Oct 2006: grand opening of HealthInfo Island; cybrary city
There are a number of health support groups

Michael Sauers
Check into tech requirements otherwise frustrating
If you can’t follow several conversations and are easily annoyed by typos
You don’t have to spend real money, but it helps
More people at an event the more lag there will be
You boss and co-workers wil probably not view this as “work” so you’ll be contributing personal time.
The more fun you’re having, the more time you’ll want to spend on the grid
People are generally polite but they’ll still fall on your head.
Don’t plan on keeping track of acquaintances based on their appearance as many change their avitar frequently
Updates, updates, updates. – no choice
Problems – purchased things vanish

Tom Peters
Hears from people: “I’m so glad you don’t have sex and gambling on infoIsland”

What are we learning
Staffing – volunteers
- pent up creativity outlet
Should we even have a collection?
Exhibits and events – very popular
Privacy, safety and security
Thousands of hours of work can be demolished
Privacy of reference interviews
Big questions
What types of library services do SL avatars want need and expect?
How to bridge real world w/SL information
Challenges
Self-inflicted burnout
“disaster preparedness” – back ups
Predictions
Library services to avatars will thrive
Architecture will evolve away from real-world arch
Libraries will include elements from museums, theme parks, etc.
Exhibits and events will be more useful than traditional collections

Immersive, experiential learning experiences – walk in books

The basics of web-based experience planning

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:39:00 +0000

**warning** really quick notes / typos below ***
The basics of web-based experience planning

Bad experiences
No result etc.

On the other hand:
Flickr coloring contest

Focus on the user as (user rocks!)
Jesse james garrett
The elements of user experience
http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf

5 elements
1 strategy
2. scope
3.sturcture
4. skeleton
5. surface

1 gather information about the users. What are your users wanting?
2. turn it into a detailed description of the app or site
what functional specs
what content
3.structure
interactions and information architecture
4.skeleton
wire framing looking at where the information is going to appear on the page (sketches)
5. surface
visual design of the site

“experience economy”
Priceless
The ten faces of innovation – chapter on info arch

Cold Stone Creamery _ “celebrate the ice cream event”
(like pf chang)
Build a bear – you don’t pay you “continue” the experience.
“home” cardboard box
online – virtual dress up. Then make it a wish list

types of experiences
memorable
choreographed
positive
invisible
sound man – if it works we love it. Not working we hate it
negative
turn into positive
ordinary
turn into positive

How
Ask
Save customer extra steps (anti-freeze)
Trigger points
Improve the dinosaurs
Paint cans : cute shapes, stack better
Map a journey
Understand a customers’ journey
Buying new car starts w/frustration of broken down car
Merit badging
Life style experiences – as gifts, cool restaurants, collecting stamps on journey
Focused design
Seamless.

No extra steps!
What extra steps are on your website
ILL forms
Catalog searching
Library card applications

Trigger points
Ask – what ticks you off about our site
Figure out how to improve
Account access

Find the dinosaurs
“we’ve always done it that way” – fix it.

e.g.
bookstores and category buyers (how hard is it to find the westerns)

map a journey
does the journey start at the door of the library
- taxes (if it’s April 14 they want forms)

Merit badging
Look for merit badge opportunities
Game, clues

Focused Design
No hiccups
Remove distractions
Consistent look and feel

Where to start
Read the books
Incorporate one thing at a time
Some is better than none.

Pretend you are a patron.(this is really hard for librarians to do)

“library terms that users understand”

Ethnographic methods to know your users

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:37:00 +0000

Ethnographic methods to know your users

Judi Briden
Katie clark
Isabel Kaplan

How are students different now rather than 10 years ago
Two year project : 2004-2006
What to undergraduates really do when they write research papers

Work practices of faculty.(I need more info on this)

“retrospective interviews”
recently completed papers
receiving the assignment to turning it in
each step illustrated on a poster (drawing – comic?)
interviews video-recorded and transcribed

only 2 people showed up in library session.
No one talked about consulting with a librarian

Often talked to family members
Meeting with professor often

Also used
Photographic Surveys
Gave students disposable camera and asked to take pictures of…
“favorite place to study”
“something high-tech”
“the things you carry with you”
"Picture of dorm room showing your computer”
“where you keep your books”
“things you take to class”
“something you can’t live without”
“something really weird”

Isabel Kaplan
Mapping diaries and Design workshops

Mapping diaries
Gave students copies of a campus map and show where they went one day.
Time of each stop and sequence

Observed
Students are on the go for hours
More than just attend class
Carry their belongings with them
Use technology everywhere
Variety of facilities and services
Every day is different

What do students need for a day like this?
How can the library best meet those needs?
What makes a place attractive to students?

Design workshop
Design the ideal library space
Imagine you design the space and overnight it is built
It is exactly the way you wanted it to be and you love it and want to go there a lot.
Show us what it looks like

“windows that can open for a nice day.”
“sunlamps in winter”
"meeting rooms"
"comfy"
"quiet but not silent"
"radio but study room w/sound proof"
"no fluorescent lighting"
“helpful people”
"coffee and food"
"big chairs and couches"
attention to environment big windows etc

If you could only have one electronic device…
4sides
entertainment
school supplies

website:
connect to people
chat room for subjects
connect to course needs
assignment sorter
connect to entertainment
tv movies etc.

Katie Clark
Asked in natural habitat
In student union
“get free snacks” – recruited
no problems at all finding materials for papers
mechanics of paper writing is a challenge
go to professors and tas for helps
librarians are not specialists they only help w/catalog and finding books
“late at night interviews”
asked to look at their computer screens
LAN games

@dorm
lots of distractions
music video games
“my room is your room”
Fresh (not a lot of work – bouncing off the walls)
Upper (more focus)
“forced to finish assignment” battery power

True
Students work and study late
Study in the library
Communicate w parents regularly

Not so true
Take first 3 articles from google
Procrastinators
Afraid to approach the reference desk

Confident in ability to find online articles but librarians are generalists not specialists.

http://tinyurl.com/f63dj

Increasing the use of online products

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:57:00 +0000

Increasing the use of online products:

Infotodayblog.com
Newsbank:
Peter Simon
Focused on proven ways to increase use online databases
http://newsbank.com/productuse/index.cfm?content=253

Dedicated resource page and provides links to it.
Organize rather than a-z
Brief description
Rather than using vendor pithy catch phrase
Watch linking
Use language that patrons will understand
“click here to search on …”

leslie williams (get paper)
“making libraries an online destination
problem:
associate libraries w/books not online services

librarians are not generally thought of as an online information source

“database’ not often understood as a way to get journals online

“multiple finding points”
“pathfinders”

Hennepin county library – good at promoting online resources
Subject Guides (an “about.com” type of expert subject specialist)
Portland library in Maine

Bigger challenge:
How do you reach beyond core audiences
Community partners
Chamber of commerce
Hospitals
Schools
City Government
(do they link to your library sources?)

Consortia and systems
State or regional

Indiana state libraries
http://www.Inspire.net
Easier Access

IP address verification

State ID or driver’s license

Login w/personalize pass word

Connecticut’s
http://www.Iconn.org

Iconn market survey
Found not must knowledge of product

Better
Emphasize offerings wth the most widespread appeal
For communications to targeted audiences, identify the offerings that appeal to various subgroups (small business owners etc.)

Usage growing.

Vendors
Have marketing experience, budget
Most are uncomfortable targeting end users;may fear conflict of interest
Vendors need to hear from us.

We need to stop marketing as if we were running for student body president.
Bookmarks and stickers just won’t cut it.

Thompson gale
http://www.Accessmylibrary.com
idea is to become more accessible to google

Tues Aug 29 Wall Street Journal

Power of adverstising
Can library online services become the bottled water of tomorrow?
Is now tapwater
Free but nobody thinks it is very good.

Tacoma Public library

Used Webfeat for “OneSearch@TPL”

Emails to patrons
Branding
All staff training
Homepage spotlight

Prior was a-z list

Catalog results in database results.
Also look at Omaha public library

PA – jeffw@pitt.edu jeff Wisniewski
Univ. of Pit

“frozen” PC - Is there a mac in the house?”

Best way – implement some sort of federated search

Also WebFeat
Branded as Zoom
Not speedy
Look at links through to full records # of searches don’t really help.
Faculty appreciate a-z list more experienced
In their field
Do as much cross ref as possible
Lessons:
Make it obvious
Make it easy
Make it ubiquitous
Our users don’t want to do Boolean searching = maybe we should move on.

Mary Ellen Bates: 30 tips in 45 Minutes

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:23:00 +0000

MEB raw notes - she talks fast - will be updated later

White paper: "why they desparately need you"

Use tabs in your browser (it always amazes me that people don't use this)

Use search engines' "answers"
quick answers, category search
Ask.com's Smart answers
Google's OneBox
Yahoo Shortcuts
MSN Instant answers
e.g. "memorial day in 2008"
"time in sydney"

Squidoo
way to share "obsession" more interactive than a web page"
very focused
"walking while working"

Use Rollyo.com, Yahoo search Builder (builder.search.yahoo.com) or Gigablast's customs tobic search (gigablast can add up to 500 sites) to build customized search engine. search only those resource links. very focused results.

Put that cusomized search engine on own google personalized page.
like "my yahoo" can install in google and add to desktops - google will load as personal page.

Can also link to your online catalog or other resources.

Google's synonym-finder
syntax is: ~word
example ~obesity ~kids
will retrieve obese, diet, weight, diabetes, overweight

childhood, child, children, youth
(if you want broad, but way to get past google's word count)

Goggle Co-op
www.goggle.com/coop
"like tagging by librarians"

Google Trend Search to see relativementions of a concept over time:
www.google.com/trends
links to news stories in spikes
example: prius and global warming
can be used for market research.
and shows cities where news spikes

Google Notebook
save snippets from web sites into "notebooks"

Google News Archive
news.google.com/archivesearch
timeline is a useful "clustering" of news by year. can get a sense of trends here as well.

yahoo search subscriptions
search.yahoo.com/subscriptions
try out search strategies without paying

use yahoo's mindset feature
mindset.research.yahoo.com
are you shopping or researching (slider)

Yahoo's site Explorer
siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com
like site:
can find out how big the site is (a company etc) that you have to plow through.

Exalead:
Great advanced searching allows proximity searching and shows thumbnails.
also links through to Open Directory project. also shows rss feeds.
advanced search - help w/spelling w/phonetic spelling, approximate spelling

Gigablast.com
links to open directory
not good w/advanced search
chached, stripped (no images), historical

Microsoft adwords

MSN's misspellings
shows common typos that are actually on the web

Zibb.com
global bus. search
filters w/ news products suppliers web&blogs

Kosmix
"global warming"
can filter w/ liberal|conservative

Stumped on unfamiliar topic
University libraries - resource guides
Lii.org
Internet public library's pathfinders
wikipedia

Kebberfegg.com
generates RSS feeds by category

Scandoo.com
lables about the site

NationMaster.com
source for national stats
cool tool presents information in graphical form.
Happiest countries
shows correlations

Accessmylibrary.com
works through infotrac

Eurekster's Swicki
collaborative iterative search tool
vertical search engine
learns what your interest are by your "most relevant sites"

Taxonomy Warehouse.com
useful way to find hierarchical thesauri
find out buzzwords, terms in the industry

Mining podcast contect
moving beyond metadata to speech recognition and transcripts
"chunking" of the search results
podzinger and

Qwika.com to specifically search wikis
(warning beta)

Furl.net
organize and manage bookmarks
tag with clients name.
export to endnote
create a webpage

LibraryThing to find related books
people who own this book also own...
create tagged catalog
good biography of MLK "Pillar of Fire" people who own also own...

Data visualization arrives to the value-added online services
Factiva’s Discovery pane
Try nanotechnology

search tip of the month and Info-entrepeneiu tip of the month"
see batesinfo.com

Getting fuel

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:54:00 +0000

Here at Plumes (best coffee downtown) fueling up for the day. Plan so far:
Opening Keynote: Grabbing Attention, J.A. Jance (author)
C101: Increasing the Use of online Products
A102: 30 Search tips in 30 min.
Lunch
D103: Using Ethnographic Methods to know your users
D104: Cool tools (?)
D105: Library Redesign: Making the Data Work Harder
A106: keeping One Click Ahead

Exhibit Hall Reception

Post 1 - the eagle has landed

noreply@blogger.com (tricia) — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:46:00 +0000

I'm here and ready for the IL2006 conference to start. I'll be using this blog for raw notes.

I will also try to post photos as much as possible and add them to the il2006 flickr tag.

Here's that set:
Mine : http://flickr.com/photos/cheekyattitude/tags/il2006/

Everyone : http://flickr.com/photos/tags/il2006/