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| | h4. Week 8: Table of Contents |
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| | h2. Topic/Focus: Search Engines and Beyond |
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| | * Implementation of search solutions, user experiences, reality |
| | * Enterprise search tools, federated search tools |
| | * Meaning within context, semantic search tools |
| | * Structured vs. unstructured data |
| | * Clustering data results |
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| | h2. Speaker |
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| | * Dave Forbes, Information Design, [Emantix|http://www.emantix.com/about/team]. Formed in 2008, Emantix is the current manifestation of Dave's over two decades experience innovating and experimenting with business process methods, semantics, content, metadata, usability, information and interaction design, and advertising and marketing. |
| | * Sharon Flank, Ph.D., Principal, [Data Strategy Consulting|http://www.datastrategyconsulting.com/about.htm]. She is a technology strategist specializing in advanced technology applications and is a computational linguist, an expert in natural language processing (NLP) and information retrieval. |
| | * Presentation: [Search Engines and Beyond|^LSC_742_030909_post.ppt] (PPT) |
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| | h2. Exercises and Assignments |
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| | * *Project due:* [What's Your View Project (10 pts)|~khuffman:What's Your View Project (10 pts)] \- In-class co-led presentation/discussion by Joanna Romansic and Matthew Banta. |
| | * *Project due:* [Themes in Library Technologies Project (15 pts)|Themes in Library Technologies Project (15 pts)]. Submit papers and in-class presentation/discussion on methodology, analysis, and trends. Depending on time, we may want to divide the presentation portion into two classes (Week 8 and Week 9). |
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| | h3. Hands-on Training in Class |
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| | * No hands-on training in class this afternoon. |
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| | h3. Independent Learning |
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| | Complete the following items before we meet for Week 8's class: |
| | * Upload your PowerPoint presentation to *CUASLIS* private group on [Slideshare.net|http://www.slideshare.net]. Add a link under [Project #2|Themes in Library Technologies Project (15 pts)] to your final report and presentation. |
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| | h2. Readings and Resources |
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| | h3. Topic-focused |
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| | * Beal, Vangie (October 2007). "Web Search Engines and Directories," Webopedia. URL: [http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/Internet_Search_Engines.asp] (accessed 12/23/2008). |
| | * Carr, Nicholas (July/August 2008). "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" _The Atlantic._ URL: [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google] (accessed 1/3/2009). |
| | * Jackson, Brian (June 2008). "Search and You Don't Often Find...And Here's the Reason Why," ITBusiness.ca. URL: [http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=48963&PageMem=1] (accessed 6/29/2008). |
| | * Cohen, Steven (June 2008). "How Google Used Librarians...and Got Away With It," Library Stuff blog. URL: [http://www.librarystuff.net/2008/06/29/usinglibrarians/] (accessed: 6/29/2008). |
| | * Owens, Leslie (May 2008). _Enterprise Search, Q2 2008._ Cambridge, MA: [Forrester|http://www.forrester.com]. (See _[_restricted readings_|~khuffman:Readings (restricted)]_ _area._) |
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| | h3. Team Experience |
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| | * Driver, Erica and Jackson, Paul (January 2008). _Getting Real Work Done in Virtual Worlds_. Cambridge, MA: [Forrester|http://www.forrester.com]. (See _[_restricted readings_|~khuffman:Readings (restricted)]_ _area._) |
| | * New Jersey Department of Education's 2009 Standards Revision Project for Core Curriculum Content Standards for Technology. First state in the U.S. to incorporate virtual worlds into core curriculum. URL: [http://www.nj.gov/education/aps/cccs/2009/tech/index.html] (accessed: 2/9/2009). |
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| | h3. Optional Readings |
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| | * Frappaolo, Carl and Keldsen, Dan (February 2008). Presentation on [Findability|^AIIM 2008 02 Findability.pdf] (PPT) from AIIM's _Market IQ_ Intelligence Quarterly. |
| | * Hall, Mark (June 2008). "Finding, Not Searching Is What Really Counts," Computerworld blogs. URL: [http://blogs.computerworld.com/finding_not_searching] (accessed 7/9/2008). |
| | * McConnell, Jane (May 2008 ). "Enterprise Search Reality Check." Presentation given at the Enterprise Search Summit in New York. Available on SlideShare.net. URL: [http://www.slideshare.net/NetStrategyJMC/enterprise-search-reality-check/] (accessed 8/1/2008). |
| | * Search Engine Watch. URL: [http://searchenginewatch.com] (accessed 12/23/2008). This is a good resource for people interested in this area. |
| | * See also _Computers in Libraries_ (May 2008). There are a number of articles on search. URL: [http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may08/index.shtml] (accessed: 6/29/2008). |
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