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Opening Keynote — Web 2.0 & the Internet World 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.• Regency Ballroom
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project
What is Web 2.0 and what does it mean for our world which is underpinned by the Internet? Web 2.0 has become a catch-all buzzword that people
use to describe a wide range of interactive online activities and applications, some of which the Pew Internet & American Life Project has
been tracking for years. Rainie brings the latest statistics and talks about current trends in consumer participation in the Web and Internet. He
also looks ahead to what some call Internet II and shares the latest thinking and predictions for 2020.
Track A – SEARCH ENGINES • Regency E/F
Search engines (SEs) rule the information world today. Hear the latest on
harnessing their power, from tips and inside information to thoughts and
speculations. Join us for a true learning experience.
Moderated by Anne Mintz, Director of Knowledge Management,
Forbes Inc.
Coffee Break 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Session A101 — Alternative & Customized Search Engines (SEs) 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services & Author, Building and
Running a Successful Research Business
This tip filled session from an experienced super searcher focuses on less
well known search engines. It highlights advantages of using these search
engines as well as how to roll your own search engine—customize it for
your audience. Some of the SEs covered include Clusty, Exalead, Rollyo,
Yahoo Search Builder, Google Co-op, Swiki, Gigablast Custom Topic
Search, and more.
Gary Price, Director, Online Resources, Ask.com, & Publisher, ResourceShelf.com Steve Mansfield, CEO, Prefound
The fast-changing world of social networks, social software, and other
related technologies is having an effect on search engines. Join panelists
from different social search engines as they discuss the new tools out there.
Lunch Break 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Session A103 — Mobile Search 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Megan Fox, Web & Electronic Resources Librarian, Simmons College Gary Price, Director, Online Resources, Ask.com, & Publisher,
ResourceShelf.com
This session looks at the hottest mobile search provider offerings and
potential applications for information seekers and librarians. Users on the
go don’t want to wade through a list of Web results—they want answers to
their questions. Hear what makes mobile search different from a regular
search engine, learn about the most interesting and unique features of
these services, and get a sneak peek at what’s coming down the development
pike for mobile search.
Session A104 — Engines for Multimedia Search
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Ran Hock, Online Strategies & Author, The Extreme Searcher’s Guide to Web Search Engines
This session is full of tips, techniques, and tricks from different search engines for searching non-HTML content: audio, video, images, and other formats such as RSS/XML. Hock also discusses speech recognition and other technologies which provide extensive metadata, searchable transcripts, and more.
Session A105 — Using Google & SEs to Expose Digital Collections 3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University Library
Using the Vanderbilt Television News Archive experience in expanding interest and exposure of its collection of digital video, Breeding illustrates how it increased sources of income by making metadata available for harvesting by the major search engines. Metadata that was otherwise hidden from search engine harvesting was presented in such a way that it could be harvested by search engines by creating static Web pages for each of the 805,000 abstracts within the Archive’s TV-NewsSearch database. In addition to HTML-based site maps, the designers used the XML Sitemap Protocol developed by Google for efficient harvesting of the metadata and used the Google Webmaster’s interface for monitoring how the site is accessed via Google. Learn about this successful strategy for increasing activity on the Archive’s Web site, increased use of its collections, and significant increases in income.
Session A106 — Metasearch & Clustering Engines
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tamas Doszkocs, Senior Computer Scientist, National Library of
Medicine (NLM)
This session talks about metasearch and clustering engines and how these
engines differ from other types of search engines. It illustrates using NLM’s
metasearch and clustering engine, AllPlus, a highly customizable general
purpose tool that utilizes sophisticated natural language processing tools
and techniques to access heterogeneous information sources on the open
and hidden Webs. Value-added capabilities include specialized spellcheckers;
automatic mapping of search queries to thesauri, such as the Medical
Subject Headings Thesaurus and the Unified Medical Language System;
automatic generation of concept clusters for focused drill-down and query
refinement and limited question answering. The session also looks at
diverse applications of the AllPlus technology in vovernment, academia,
and other library settings.
Grand Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Meet the Author! Meet RAN HOCK, author of The Traveler’s Web, The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook, Second Edition and Yahoo! to the Max during the Grand Opening Reception on Monday, April 16 from 5:30 to 7:00 P.M.
Ran will be signing copies of his books at the Information Today, Inc. booth.
Click on cover images on the right for more information, and to order.
Track B – WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT • Washington The Web is changing and library Web sites are changing along with it.
Library Webmasters are adopting Web 2.0 ideas and technologies in order
to create better sites. As the number of virtual visits to library Web sites
continues to rise, having a Web site that works well has become a mission-critical
operation. Library Web managers and developers share their ideas
about understanding customers better by analyzing usage patterns, conducting
usability studies, and how they put that data to work to create a
better user experience.
Organized and moderated by Darlene Fichter, University of
Saskatchewan
Coffee Break 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Session B101 — Planning & Implementing Library 2.0 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. David King, Digital Branch & Services Manager, Topeka & Shawnee
County Public Library
Has your library discussed creating a Flickr account? A MySpace teen
site? Creating a blog? All these ideas are great, yet all have the potential to fail if not implemented well. This session provides practical planning
and implementation tips for dealing with emerging digital trends, focusing
on setting up new Web 2.0 services such as MySpace, blogs, and
Flickr to meet client needs.
Session B102 — Student’s World: Photo Diary Study 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Nicole Hennig, Web Manager and Usability Specialist, MIT Libraries
The MIT Libraries embarked on a Photo Diary Study using a method from
the field of anthropology known as a “cultural probe” to gather qualitative
user experiences. As a qualitative approach, a cultural probe tends to generate
creative thinking and insight related to a user group’s behavior. Students
recorded with a camera, notes, or screen shots all of their information-seeking activities related to their academic lives for a week, and then
shared their stories. Results were coded and analyzed to suggest trends
and to move beyond impressions and anecdotes, bringing a larger pattern
of behavior into sharper focus. The effort yielded insights about the students’
information goals and tasks and was valuable in prioritizing future
work. Learn about the study’s methodology and data gathering and analysis,
as well as the fascinating insights.
Lunch Break 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Session B103 — Mashups, Remixing Info, &
Making Data Browsable 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Derek Willis, Research Database Manager, The Washington Post Karen Huffman, Manager, Knowledge Initiatives, National Geographic
Society
This session demonstrates how information can be remixed and shared to
create new information products and services. Willis focuses on how to put
data and databases in the hands of users via Web browsers using open
source tools. Using examples of applications built and used at The Washington
Post and elsewhere, the session concentrates on the tasks of obtaining
data and using the Web application framework Django to create Browsable
sites that provide users with the ability to drill down and explore data
sets. Huffman looks inside the enterprise and shows how National Geographic
has implemented and integrated RSS, blogs, wikis and mind mapping
on its intranet and collaborative work initiatives. Speakers share their
stories, lessons learned, and practical steps for getting started.
Session B104 — Cool Tools & Toolkits for Webmasters
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Jeff Wisniewski, Web Services Librarian, University of Pittsburgh Darlene Fichter, Head, Indigenous Studies Portal, University of
Saskatchewan Frank Cervone, Assistant University Librarian for Information
Technology, Northwestern University
This session reviews excellent free toolkits from Google, Yahoo!, and Mozilla
to help webmasters do their jobs more effectively and efficiently. Learn
about how people are or are not finding your site, how to quickly and effectively
test the accessibility of your pages, and how aligned with accepted
usability heuristics your site is. From Google's new Webmaster Tools to
Firefox's accessibility plugins to Yahoo's pattern library, get a tour of these
effective free tools that together can help you take your site to the next level.
Session B105 — Information Design for the New Web
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Ellyssa Kroski, Reference Librarian, Columbia University and
Information Consultant, Ellyssa Kroski & Associates Consulting
Information design has changed, and keeping it simple is the key. Web 2.0
companies adhere to the principle of simplicity and their applications possess
a singularity of purpose. Designers aim for intuitive and usable interfaces
that are continuously evolving in response to user needs. This session
discusses the new trend in designing simple, iterative, and nimble
Web sites that has shifted the way that users interact with today’s Web.
Ellyssa Kroski, Reference Librarian, Columbia University and
Information Consultant, Ellyssa Kroski & Associates Consulting Robert Cagna, Department Head, Access and Document Delivery,
University of Pennsylvania Biomedical Library
This session focuses on how to encourage academic social networks. Find
out how social bookmarking tools can help users find, use, share, and form
networks in academia. Kroski describes the tagging system being developed
at University of Florida to bookmark and “label” library resources and
discusses the pros and cons of folksonomies. Learn about the process of
designing and testing the open source system so that it is enticing to other
universities, easy to deploy, and easy-to-use. Cagna describes how Penn-Tags, one of the first academic community-focused social bookmarking
sites, is working in action. Hear how members of the Penn Community
quickly collect and maintain URLs, links to journal articles and records in
the online catalog and online video catalog. Speakers share lessons learned
along the way in implementing a social bookmarking service in academia.
Grand Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Meet the Author! Meet RAN HOCK, author of The Traveler’s Web, The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook, Second Edition and Yahoo! to the Max during the Grand Opening Reception on Monday, April 16 from 5:30 to 7:00 P.M.
Ran will be signing copies of his books at the Information Today, Inc. booth.
Click on cover images on the right for more information, and to order.
Track C – COMMUNITIES & COLLABORATION • Potomac The 2.0 world is all about conversations, collaboration and communities.
Our speakers highlight what “library 2.0” is all about with lots of examples,
strategies, research, and more.
Moderated by Mary Auckland, O.B.E., Consultant
Coffee Break 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Session C101 — Library 2.0: Building Communities,
Connections, & Strategies 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Ken Roberts, CEO, Hamilton Public Library
Is your organization integral to its community? Hear how partnerships, hard
work, and Library 2.0 strategies, including investigating Second Life, have
catapulted this public library into the mainstream within its community. Former
children’s librarian, author and storyteller, as well as municipal chief
information officer, Roberts shares lessons learned for building strong participative
and interactive communities.
Session C102 — Building Collaboration, Communication,
& Community Online 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Meredith Farkas, Distance Learning Librarian, Norwich University &
Author, Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration,
Communication, and Community Online
Social software is rapidly changing the way we all work and play online. It
is also opening up new opportunities for reaching out to patrons and providing
library services. This program explores the brave new world of social
software and how libraries can capitalize on these tools to improve communication
between the library and its patrons, build online communities,
and better share information professionally. Farkas, the author of Social Software
in Libraries, defines social software, describes its characteristics, and
highlights some of the popular social tools being used today. She shares
practical tips on successfully implementing social software in libraries and
illustrates with libraries that are using social software in innovative ways.
Alane discusses OCLC’s new report, which explores the Web of
social participation through the lenses of privacy, trust, and the value of information. She focuses on social networking, as well as the behaviors,
values, and expectations of participants in a survey conducted by Harris
Interactive on behalf of OCLC in the U.S., Canada, Germany, France and
Japan. The research hopes to discover if the values of librarians are congruent
with the values of the people libraries serve and looks at the origins
and history of “privacy” as a core professional value in librarianship. Learn
whether libraries’ practices and policies with regard to privacy and personalization
are congruent with their communities, and come away with
insights and ideas for building closer connections with your communities.
Session C104 — Building Community
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Karen Huffman, National Geographic Society Michelle McLean, Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation
Huffman focuses on how intranets are designed and developed to work
toward building a sense of community through the organization’s corporate
intranet portal. She highlights strategies to broaden the community to
include affiliates and international partners and shares challenges and lessons
learned. McLean focuses on Library 2.0 and libraries building community
initiatives currently happening in Australia.
Session C105 — Building an Online Virtual Community
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Mark Puterbaugh, Information Services Librarian, Eastern University
This session discusses how Eastern University opened its VBI world to the
college community, allowing students, faculty, and others to assist in building
the virtual world. It explains how this has helped the library create closer
ties with its community through social interaction in this virtual environment.
Session C106 — Knowledge Services: Challenges,
Lessons Learned, and Prospects for the Future 4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
MODERATOR: Guy St. Clair, Consulting Specialist for Knowledge
Services, SMR International, & Special Consultant for Knowledge
Services, EOS International PANELISTS: Hoyt W. Galloway, Customs and Border Protection Information
Resource Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Lois Ireland, Corporate Information Resource Center, Freddie Mac Bob Mast, Federal Aviation Administration
EOS International's company motto is “Connecting People to Knowledge.” This session highlights their clients who are involved in
knowledge management/knowledge services initiatives in their organizations. Success, though, comes with a variety of considerations,
including some that require a distinctly optimistic vision. This panel discusses some of the issues these leaders faced when
implementing their initiatives. Challenges, lessons learned, and tips for overcoming perceived barriers are shared, and attendees will
go away with renewed enthusiasm for connecting their internal clients with knowledge.
Grand Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Meet the Authors! Meet RAN HOCK, author of The Traveler’s Web, The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook, Second Edition and Yahoo! to the Max during the Grand Opening Reception on Monday, April 16 from 5:30 to 7:00 P.M.
Ran will be signing copies of his books at the Information Today, Inc. booth.
Click on cover images on the right for more information, and to order.
Track D – DIGITAL TRENDS • Regency A/B/C/D Dealing with a digital world presents many challenges and opportunities.
This series of talks presents some fresh ideas for digital libraries of the
future and their infrastructure, building online virtual communities, using
social software for communication and collaboration, dealing with the millennial
generation, and competencies for federal librarianship as well as
looking at gadgets which will influence our 2.0 world.
Moderated by Aaron Schmidt, Director, North Plains Public Library
Social software, digital tools and new ways of working demand new roles,
competencies and working arrangements. From virtual branch managers
to digital coaches to matrixed management, our libraries are responding
with innovative people processes and solutions. This session starts the day
with the most critical component for any digital environment: the people.
Session D102 — Heat Up Your Browsing with Firefox 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Jessamyn West, Librarian.net blog
A tricked out Firefox browser can deliver you the smoothest, cleanest, most
usable Internet experience around. The huge range of Firefox extensions
and themes makes it the perfect library browser choice. West highlights
and demos a few different Firefox transformations geared towards seniors,
Web developers, reference librarians, and teens. Anyone who works at a
computer or maintains a patron computer—Mac, PC, Ubuntu, or whatever—will come away with a taste of what’s possible and the tools to make what’s
possible a reality. There will be time for show and tell if you’ve been itching
to show off your own favorite browser configuration.
Lunch Break 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Session D103 — Info Life with the Feds 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Roberta Shaffer, Executive Director, FLICC
This session looks at competencies for federal librarianship. Using research
from the Education and Human Resources Working Groups and the Library
of Congress’ recently published Workforce Transformation Initiative for the
Digital Age, it highlights the new professional competencies needed for a
successful career in the federal workforce.
Session D104 — Millennials & the Library
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies & Research,
Vanderbilt University Library
It’s clear that the students entering our colleges and universities come with
expectations of information-seeking unlike any previous generation. How
the Millennial Generation interacts with media and content rubs against
the grain of the technologies currently in place in libraries for delivering
content to users. Breeding will explore the technology trends currently playing
out in the library automation arena and discuss how these might be
employed to better engage the new generation of library users without negative
affects on the post-Millennials.
Session D105 — Gaming & Libraries: Engaging Strategies 3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Jenny Levine, Internet Development Specialist & Strategy Guide,
American Library Association
Creating engaging strategies for different segments of your community is
always a challenge. Our speaker, a talented gamer and long-time blogger,
shares her thoughts on using gaming to attract and engage library users.
Be prepared for exciting new ideas and insights.
Join our experienced and entertaining panel in a fun and fast-paced tour
around the changing world of gadgets as they look at the latest products,
services and tools that will influence our digital strategies in a 2.0 world.
Grand Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Exhibitor Survey 
