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The search engine gurus—Chris Sherman, Greg Notess, and Ran Hock—gave us updates this morning on what’s happening, what to watch, and some inside scoop. In the process, there were also some quotable lines I thought worthy to share here. Chris covered current trends, like local search, personalization, collaborative search, and desktop search. We’re “sorta” seeing [...]

Just 30 minutes after the close of the Computers in Libraries exhibit hall the aisles were lined with crates and boxes instead of attendees. It was a good show and now it’s time to hit the road for most of these weary exhibitors. Attendees have one last chance to attend a post-conference workshop tomorrow—it’s still [...]

Some interesting comments in the Creative Content track this morning. The World Bank is integrating Factiva at various points to mirror work procedures. Carol Knoblauch from Open Text thinks ILS systems will be supplanted by enterprise content managment programs. Someone in the audience wondered why PR departments were in charge of Web sites, particularly at [...]

Mary Lee Kennedy and Stephen Abrams are talking about personas. Here’s a news flash – this isn’t new. Even Mary Lee is describing a project she started at Microsoft in 1999. ONLINE has published several articles on the topic. Alison Head had the cover story in the July/August 2003 and Sue Henczel gave her perspectives [...]

Mark your calendar for March 22-24, 2006 for next year’s Computers in Libraries conference, right here again at the Hilton Washington. Jane DysartComputers in Libraries Conference ChairDysart & Jonesjane@dysartjones.com