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The
Global Conference and Exhibition on Electronic Information & Knowledge
Management
InfoToday
2003
Free
CyberClinics
InfoToday 2003 Exhibit Hall
| Attend
these brief tutorials on practical, hot topics and learn tips,
techniques, and ideas that you can take back to your office and
put to work immediately. The CyberClinics are running in the InfoToday
2003 Exhibit Hall every hour on the hour, and are open
to all conference and exhibit hall attendees. You don't need to
register, just stop by the CyberClinic Theatre in the Exhibit
Hall at the scheduled times.
Plan
now to attend these "bonus" sessions packed with great
information you can use in your daily work!
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| Tuesday
May 6th |
| 11:00
a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Buying
Content: 10 Tips for Negotiating License Agreements
Gail
Dykstra, Dykstra Research
Buying content is not an off-the-shelf shopping experience. Here
are 10 lessons and skills you can learn to become more successful
and confident in negotiating licenses for electronic content for
your digital library or organization.
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12:00
p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
A
New Era for Smart Search
Ian
Hersey, Senior Vice President of Development
& Strategy, Inxight, Inc.
Scattered or inaccessible data that resides in unstructured text
sources such as MS-Office files, intranet pages, email, customer
contact logs, and the open web has created a major challenge for
anyone who needs to organize and find information. Inxight is
working on solving this problem so that users can pinpoint and
retrieve exact information they need. Get a glimpse of the potential
for "smart searching" and Inxight's work in this area.
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1:00
p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Browser
Tips
Greg
Notess, Reference Librarian, Montana State University
Browser and desktop mousing and keystrokes can slow down the whole
search-and-retrieval process. Learn about several shortcuts that
are available in the Web browsers and find out how to speed up your
desktop navigation with keyboard shortcuts and mouse tricks. |
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2:00
p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Bates'
Best Sites for Competitive Intelligence
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information
Service
The Web is a great resource for keeping track of what your competitors
are doing and what people are saying about your own products and
company. This practical clinic covers key sources and strategies
for competitive intelligence gathering. |
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3:00
p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Content
Management & Linguistics: Case Studies
Jean Poncet, CEO & Chief Architect,
Pertimm, Tech Source, Inc.
Hear three quick case studies that illustrate a content management
solution in action. One showcases a database of content collected
in native languages with the information automatically retrievable
without translation; the second is an implementation that allows
information retrieval, scientific watches on the web, dynamic web
content management, and automatic finding of semantic links; the
third describes a web subscription application by a company that
publishes "encyclopedic" books in many technical and legal
fields. |
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| 4:00
p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Streaming
Media: What, Why, How
Gary Price, Editor, The Virtual Acquisition
Shelf & News Desk
Streaming Media New York is co-located with InfoToday
2003, and its exhibit hall is right next door. Get the
basics on streaming media—what it is, why it is important
to librarians, and the basics on how it is being used in libraries
and businesses today—and then tour the Stream Media
exhibits to learn even more about this exciting content medium. |
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| Wednesday,
May 7th |
11:00
a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Iraq
War and the Aftermath
Donna Scheeder, Congressional
Research Service
Keeping current with the war and peace efforts can
be a daunting task. Join Donna Scheeder for her tour covering a
selection of websites that supply current data and background information
on a wide variety of topics and materials relating to this issue,
including U.S. Policy options, military operations, diplomatic efforts,
the economic consequences of war, maps of the region, and plans
for Post-war Iraq. Sources of official documents and legislative
tracking will also be briefly covered. |
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12:00
p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
An
XML Primer
Frank Cervone, Assistant University
Librarian for Technology, Northwestern University
You can't learn it all in 15 minutes, but find out
why XML is the most important technical development for libraries
since the Web, and where, why, and when you can apply XML to solve
specific library problems and create additional opportunities. |
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1:00
p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
How
to Value Your Electronic Databases
Mary Sauer-Games, Director,
Publishing, Chadwyck-Healey
How can you evaluate your electronic collection or
attach a value to new electronic resources? One way is to consider
the amount of usage the database realizes versus the overall cost.
Learn how to apply this and other possible measurements to help
you put a dollars-and-cents value on your electronic resources. |
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2:00
p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Web
Site Insights
Nicholas Tomaiuolo, Assistant
Librarian, Central Connecticut State University
The Web challenges individuals at every level to evaluate
its content, and end-users need all the help they can get. Want
to know how long a site has been on the Web? Or see a snapshot of
the way a page looked a couple of years ago? Curious about how many
sites link to another? Ever had a question about a site but no contact
information? This CyberClinic is for information consumers who are
interested in site statistics, rankings, reviews, related sites,
and what's behind the scenes on the Web sites you visit. |
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3:00
p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Space
Planning on a Budget
Alex Cohen, Aaron Cohen & Associates
Today's technological advances and
requirements have dramatically increased the challenge of space
planning in libraries. Get a quick glimpse of some of the issues,
costs, and solutions, and take home some tips on how to do things
right, even with limited funds. |
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4:00
p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Five
Cool Tools for Searchers
Sheri Lanza, Editor, CyberSkeptic's
Guide to Internet Research, Information Today, Inc.
Five Cool Tools for Searchers is a discussion
and demonstration of at least five time-saving tools for the busy
searcher. Join Sheri R. Lanza, author of Searcher’s
Tools of the Trade column, as she shares the ins and outs of some
of the tools she considers indispensable in her work as an information
professional. |
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| Thursday,
May 8th |
11:00
a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Library Automation Systems
Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University
Get a quick overview from a library automation expert on the key
criteria for evaluating library automation systems, which ones you
should take a close look at, and some tips for implementation.
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12:00
p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Stupid Search Mistakes
Marydee Ojala, Editor, ONLINE
Magazine
Even expert searchers make mistakes—but the key is to learn
what not to do next time. Hear about some bloopers and how to avoid
them from search expert and the editor of ONLINE magazine.
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1:00
p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
How to Attract Search Engines to Your
Site
Chris Sherman, Searchwise, Inc.
It's no longer enough to just put your site on the web and hope
that visitors discover it. Learn a few quick tips and tricks from
Chris Sherman about how to legitimately optimize your site so it
will be found by the search engines and by your target audience.
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2:00
p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Five Easy Tricks for Extreme Searchers
Ran Hock, Online Strategies, Inc.
Get practical with Ran Hock, author of The Extreme Searcher's
Guide to Web Search Engines, and learn five quick and easy
search techniques that will help you do better searches. |
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