Daily Schedule

Monday, May 22, 2006

9:00 am	Teaching Web Search Skills Greg Notess, Montana State University
	Delving into Deep Web Business Resources Marydee Ojala, ONLINE Magazine
1:30 pm	Exploring Internet-Enhanced Ready Reference Ran Hock, Online Strategies
	Public Records: Investigative Research Techniques Genie Tyburski, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

8:00 am
9:00 am	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.
10:30 am	Search Engine Smarts Greg Notess, Montana State University Learn about the newest advanced search techniques and differences among engines.
11:45 am	Cultivating Flexibility in Web Search Marydee Ojala, ONLINE Magazine How to think about search is as important as doing research.
2:00 pm	Keeping Up with Current Awareness Ran Hock, Online Strategies Keeping Up with how to keep up is a key challenge.
	Library 2.0 Marydee Ojala, ONLINE Magazine Maybe it’s just a buzzword, but using new technology to encourage collaboration has staying power.
3:00 pm	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.
	Information Trapping Tara Calishain, ResearchBuzz Learn five key ways to trap information.
4:00 pm	See It, Hear It: Multimedia Search Gary Price, ResourceShelf It’s not just text; Web searching now includes audio, video, and moving images.
	WebSearch Clinics & Case Studies Get up to speed with practical searching.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

8:00 am
9:00 am	Competitive Intelligence Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services, Inc. Get tips for solving competitive intelligence problems.
	Book Search Meets the Web Greg Notess, Montana State University It’s book learning time—finding books and searching inside them.
10:30 am	Open Access Sci/Tech Literature Marydee Ojala, ONLINE Magazine Open up the possibilities of open access sources for science and technology.
	Extra! Extra! Read All About It—News Searching on the Web Ran Hock, Online Strategies So many sources for news, so little time.
11:30 am	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.
	Not the Usual Suspects Your chance to ask those burning questions of our experts.
1:30 pm	Real-Life RSS Tara Calishain, ResearchBuzz What’s happening lately with RSS and how can you benefit from it?
2:30 pm	Ads and Searching Chris Sherman, Search Engine Land How does the relationship between advertising and search affect your results?
3:45 pm	Price's Pearls Gary Price, ResourceShelf The latest “finds” from ResourceShelf’s Gary Price.