This session is explaining the relationship between ChaCha and Indiana University (including IUPUI) to a very empty room. Speakers are Polly Boruff-Jones (IUPUI), J B Hill and Jennifer Laherty (both from IU Bloomington). Polly explains ChaCha. ChaCha is now mobile search with a guide, as they’ve done away with guided search on the Web. J [...]
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Libraries Enter Second Life
Libraries have entered the virtual world of Second Life (SL)! The Alliance Library System (ALS) in Illinois and the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC) in North Carolina have established a library on the "Alliance Info Archipelago" in the adult area of SL and the "Eye4You Alliance Island" in the teen’s area. They have [...]
Final Thoughts on CIL 2007
What a buzz this week at the Crystal City Hyatt for the Computers in Libraries 2007 conference and exhibition! Check the bloggers coverage (here’s an interesting feed of blog posts about CIL on PageFlakes). Things are winding down today with a number of post-conference workshops. Many people were overwhelmed by the facilities this year — [...]
Searching, Finding and the Info Pro
My talk yesterday on Searching, Finding and the Information Professional was surprisingly crowded, given the other very strong sessions happening concurrently with mine. If I could have cloned myself, I would have been in multiple rooms that afternoon. My basic points were that our clients think about searchability and findability differently than we info pros [...]
