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Exhibit Hall CyberTours |
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| Tuesday,
November 16th |
Bates’
Competitive Intelligence Cybertour
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates
Information Service
Do you need to keep track of your organization’s
competitors and the competitive landscape
in general? In this fast-paced cybertour,
Mary Ellen Bates, industry expert and author
of Super Searchers Do Business and
Super Searchers Cover the World,
discusses the top sites for CI through Web
research and techniques for competitive intelligence
gathering —dumpster-diving not required. |
Top
10 Things to Stay Tech Current
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Aaron Schmidt, Reference
Librarian, Thomas Ford Memorial Library
This cybertour introduces many key technologies
with which libraries and librarians can stay
tech current. It includes a variety of technologies
such as Instant Messaging (IM), wireless and
Really Simple Syndication (RSS), each having
its own level of commitment to implement.
Leave with plenty of good ideas about keeping
your library relevant. |
Online
Trends from the CyberCorner
12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates
Information Service
What’s happening in the online
world? What’s on the horizon for info
pros? What should we be studying, thinking
about, and using? Mary Ellen Bates, industry
expert and author of Building & Running
a Successful Research Business, shares
her opinions in this cybertour of the top
10 trends to watch for in the online world. |
Favelets
& Bookmarklets Cybertour
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Michael Sauers, Internet
Trainer, BCR
There are many bookmarks/favorites out there
that you can add to your browser that will
give you single-click access to useful tools.
This cybertour covers what’s available,
what they do, and how to add them to your
browser. |
Portal
Implementation Challenges
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Marlene Vogelsang, Resource
Specialist, Pacific Energy Center, Pacific
Gas & Electric
Join us for an inside look at a library
designed portal for PG & E business and
residential customers on how to save money
on energy costs, energy safety information,
and important regulations using EOS.Web &
ASP-hosted EOS e-Library service. |
A
Dozen Search Engine "Shortcuts"
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Ran Hock, Online Strategies
Hear from the author of the new book, The
Extreme Searchers Internet Handbook,
and learn to amaze and mystify your friends
and colleagues with some neat, quick, useful,
and unusual shortcut tricks that you can perform
in the search boxes of Google, Yahoo, and
Ask Jeeves. |
| Wednesday,
November 17th |
Audio
Tips for Future Service
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Aaron Schmidt, Reference
Librarian, Thomas Ford Memorial Library
While cassettes and CDs are still the prominent
method of delivering audio to our patrons,
learn how one library system and one library
in Illinois are providing the same content
in mp3 format as well as lending out the players
for patron use. |
Graphical
Data Visualization
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Michael Sauers, Internet
Trainer, BCR
The future is not text-based. Today search
engines and databases are experimenting with
methods of representing data in a graphical
form. These methods not only show you the
results but the relationships between the
results. Sauers introduces the world of graphical
data with live examples and provides tips
for getting the most out of graphical data. |
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Roles for Librarians in E-Learning
12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Stephen Abram, Vice
President, Innovation, Sirsi Corporation
Outlines the opportunities for librarians
to integrate information and research services
into e-learning and distance educations events,
pilots and projects. Identifies sites and
sources to spark your interest and knowledge. |
Quick,
Easy & Cheap Digital Panoramic Tours
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Jeff Wisniewski, Web
Services Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
This cybertour outlines the steps involved
in creating digital panoramic tours of library
spaces, discusses hardware and software needs,
and highlights unique uses and innovative
applications of this technology. From library
instruction to fundraising, see how these
virtual tours can benefit both the library
and its users in a number of unique ways. |
| Exhibit
Hall Hours |
Monday,
November 15
Grand Opening Reception |
5:00
p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday,
November 16 |
9:45
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday,
November 17 |
9:45
a.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
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