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Mary Ellen Bates Principal, Bates Information Services, Inc.

Mary Ellen is the owner of Bates Information Services, providing strategic business research to business professionals and special librarians, and training and consulting services to the information industry. She is a prolific writer and speaker, having keynoted at conferences around the world and written six books and innumerable articles on the information industry. She is a regular columnist for ONLINE magazine. She received her MLS from the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in special libraries for over a decade before starting her own company in 1991. She publishes two free monthly e-newsletters (see www.BatesInfo.com) and she blogs at Librarian Of Fortune. She serves on the board of directors of SLA.

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Ann Cullen Curriculum Services Specialist, Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Special Libraries Association; Academy of Management

As Curriculum Services Specialist, Ann works directly with faculty in Harvard Business School's MBA program to incorporate an understanding and use of business research resources into the course curriculum. This position builds on Ann's previous experience and knowledge of HBS in her role for four years as Baker's Financial Librarian. Ann has worked in both the private and public sector as an educator, researcher and information professional. Previous positions were with Columbia University, Credit Suisse First Boston, Chase Manhattan Bank, the American Management Association, Warburg Pincus and Goldman Sachs. In addition to her full-time job, she teaches a course in Business Research at Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She is an active member of SLA and its Business & Finance Division. She received the B&F Division Award for Outstanding Achievement in Business Librarianship in June 2007.  For more information please see - http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/people/faculty/adjunct/cullen.php.

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Theresa Dillon Lead Information Analyst, MITRE Corp

Lead Information Analyst at the MITRE Corporation, Theresa Dillon provides research and analytic support to technical staff and government clients.  She spends her days searching Web-enabled literature databases and the internet.  She received her MLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her undergraduate degree from Tufts University.

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Tamas Doszkocs Ph.D. Computer Scientist, President, WebLib Corporation

After retiring as aComputer Scientist in the Specialized Information Services Division of the National Library of Medicine last October, Dr. Doszkocs joined WebLib, a company specializing in advanced search and discovery technologies. Tamas's R & D interests focus on natural language processing, semantic searching and Web technologies. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and a frequent speaker at information industry conferences.

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Megan K Fox Director of Knowledge Management and IT, Jobs for the Future

Megan K Fox is the Director of Knowledge Management and Information Technology for a national nonprofit, Jobs for the Future.  Megan directs the development and implementation of systems that gather and leverage the intellectual content generated by JFF and its partners. This includes illuminating cross-project opportunities, and leveraging learning and best practices across the organization. Ms. Fox also leads the effective utilization of technology to further JFF's goals.

Previously, Megan was the Associate Director for the Simmons College Library where she was responsible for leading the innovative and effective use of technology across all departments to enhance Library services, as well as coordinating internal and external communications, managing online databases, and providing institutional research support.  

Megan received her MA in Literature from Boston College in 1994 and her MLS in Library and Information Science from Simmons in 1998. 

Megan also teaches graduate and continuing education courses for the Simmons Graduate School of Library & Information Science. Her specialties include online resources, searching the Web, business information, and mobile technologies.

Megan has been a frequent speaker at Computers in Libraries, Internet Librarian and at numerous other library conferences and associations.

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Laura Gordon-Murnane Intranet Web Master, Library, BNA

Laura Gordon-Murnane is currently employed at BNA as their intranet web master.  She has been with BNA for over ten years.  Laura earned her MLS degree from the University of Maryland.  Library Journal named her as one of their Movers and Shakers for 2005 and she has published many articles for Searcher and Online.

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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, 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.

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Greg Notess Reference Team Leader, Montana State University

Greg Notess, founder of SearchEngineShowdown.com and reference team leader at Montana State University library, is an award-winning author, consultant, and international conference speaker. He writes the "On the Net" and "Search Engine Update" columns for ONLINE, and his most recent book is Teaching Web Search Skills: Techniques and Strategies of Top Trainers.

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Marydee Ojala Editor, ONLINE Magazine

Marydee Ojala edits ONLINE: Exploring Technology & Resources for Information Professionals and writes its business research column ("The Dollar Sign"). She contributes feature articles and news stories to Information Today, Searcher, EContent, Computers in Libraries, Intranets, Cyber Skeptic's Guide to the Internet, Business Information Review, and Information Today's NewsBreaks. Her blog is ONLINEInsider.net. A long-time observer of the information industry, she speaks frequently at conferences, such as WebSearch University, Internet Librarian, Online Information (London, UK), Internet Librarian International, and national library meetings outside the U.S. She has adjunct faculty status at the School of Library and Information Science at IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis). Her professional career began at BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, directing a worldwide program of research and information services. She established her independent information research business in 1987. Her undergraduate degree is from Brown University and her MLS was earned at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Allison Ounanian Lead Information Analyst, MITRE Corp

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