| Sunday, September 17, 2006 |
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| Monday, September 18, 2006 |
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8:00 am
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9:00 am
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Predictions on the State of Web Search Engines
Chris Sherman, Search Engine Land
Start off WebSearch University with a look at trends in the industry.
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10:30 am
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Search Engine Smarts
Greg Notess, Montana State University
Learn about the newest advanced search techniques and differences among engines.
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11:45 am
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Cultivating Flexibility in Web Search
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services, Inc.
How to think about search is as important as doing research.
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2:00 pm
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Keeping Up with Current Awareness
Ran Hock, Online Strategies
Keeping Up with how to keep up is a key challenge.
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Library 2.0
Marydee Ojala, ONLINE Magazine
Maybe it’s just a buzzword, but using new technology to encourage collaboration has staying power.
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3:00 pm
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How Good is That Doggy on the Search Screen? Evaluating Web Search Results
Genie Tyburski, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
Discriminating among information, misinformation, and outright fraud is a survival trait for information professionals.
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Information Trapping
Tara Calishain, ResearchBuzz
Learn five key ways to trap information.
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4:00 pm
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Multimedia Searching
Gary Price, ResourceShelf
It’s not just text; Web searching now includes audio, video, and moving images.
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WebSearch Clinics & Case Studies
Get up to speed with practical searching.
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| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
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8:00 am
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9:00 am
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Competitive Intelligence
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services, Inc.
Get tips for solving competitive intelligence problems.
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Book Search Meets the Web
Greg Notess, Montana State University
It’s book learning time—finding books and searching inside them.
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10:30 am
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Open Access Sci/Tech Literature
Marydee Ojala, ONLINE Magazine
Open up the possibilities of open access sources for science and technology.
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Extra! Extra! Read All About It—News Searching on the Web
Ran Hock, Online Strategies
So many sources for news, so little time.
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11:30 am
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Move With the Times: Searching and Information Delivery on Mobile Devices
Gary Price, ResourceShelf
Figure out all the right moves for searching and information delivery via handheld devices.
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Not the Usual Suspects
Your chance to ask those burning questions of our experts.
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1:30 pm
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Real-Life RSS
Tara Calishain, ResearchBuzz
What’s happening lately with RSS and how can you benefit from it?
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2:30 pm
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Ads and Searching
Chris Sherman, Search Engine Land
How does the relationship between advertising and search affect your results?
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3:45 pm
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Price's Pearls
Gary Price, ResourceShelf
The latest “finds” from ResourceShelf’s Gary Price.
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