Ran Hock
Principal
Online Strategies
Ran is the author of The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook, The Traveler's Web, The Extreme Searcher's Guide to Web Search Engines, and Yahoo! to the Max. He is also a frequent contributor and columnist for professional publications. Through his company, Online Strategies, Ran creates and presents courses on using the Web for professional associations, governments, NGO's, companies, schools, and businesses in the U.S. and abroad. Ran has held management and training positions with DIALOG and Knight-Ridder Information Services, and has been a reference librarian at MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently an adjunct faculty member for Catholic University's School of Library and Information Science, and has served as adjunct faculty for Lesley University's Technology in Education Program, and Johns Hopkins University. He is active in the American Society for Information Science and Technology and the Association of Independent Information Professionals.
Sessions by Ran Hock
WebSearch University Spring 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
1:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m Exploring Internet-Enhanced Ready Reference
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
2:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m Keeping Up with Current Awareness
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
10:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m Extra! Extra! Read All About It—News Searching on the Web
WebSearch University Fall 2006
Sunday, September 17, 2006
1:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m Exploring Internet-Enhanced Ready Reference
Monday, September 18, 2006
2:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m Keeping Up with Current Awareness
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
10:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m Extra! Extra! Read All About It—News Searching on the Web
Web Search University Spring 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
9:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m Introduction to CSS
Monday, April 30, 2007
4:15 p.m - 5:00 p.m Web 2.0
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
3:30 p.m - 4:00 p.m Read All About It: News Online
WebSearch University Fall 2007
Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007
9:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m Introduction to CSS
Monday, September 17, 2007
4:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m Web 2.0
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
10:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m Read All About It: News Online
WebSearch University 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
9:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m Putting Web 2.0 Into Practice
Monday, September 22, 2008
3:00 p.m - 3:45 p.m News in Review
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
1:30 p.m - 2:15 p.m Alternative Search Engines
WebSearch University 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
1:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m Alternative Search Engines: Searching Beyond Google
Monday, September 14, 2009
3:00 p.m - 3:45 p.m The GeoSpatial Web
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
2:30 p.m - 3:25 p.m Perspectives on Current Awareness and Retrospective News
WebSearch University Spring 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
1:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m Alternative Search Engines: Searching Beyond Google
Monday, April 26, 2010
1:15 p.m - 2:00 p.m Perspectives on Current Awareness and Retrospective News
WebSearch University Fall 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
1:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m Alternative Search Engines: Searching Beyond Google
Monday, September 27, 2010
1:45 p.m - 2:30 p.m The Joy (And Luck) of People Finding
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
2:30 p.m - 3:25 p.m Current Awareness, Alerts, and the News About News
WebSearch University Spring 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
2:00 p.m - 2:45 p.m Book ’Em, Ranno
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
10:15 a.m - 11:00 a.m Alternative Search Engines
WebSearch University Fall 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
1:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m People Searching and Finding People Online
Monday, October 3, 2011
1:45 p.m - 2:30 p.m Book ’Em Ranno
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
2:30 p.m - 3:15 p.m Alternative Search Engines
Web Search University 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
11:45 a.m - 12:30 p.m Covert Search: Decoupling from Personalization
3:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m It’s All About People
Friday, September 14, 2012
9:00 a.m - 10:00 a.m Alternative Search Engines
WebSearch University 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
11:45 a.m - 12:30 p.m Escaping the Filter Bubble
1:45 p.m - 2:30 p.m International Insights From Country Sites
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
2:30 p.m - 3:15 p.m The Brave New World of Evaluation