[Web4lib] "The Next Evolution in OPAC's and Search Engines" - MARS Hot Topics at ALA Midwinter

[Karen Ventura]

This looks really interesting to me!  Unfortunately, I'm not able to
attend ALA.  Is anyone that will be attending willing to share the
presentation with me, or will information be posted online at some
point?  Thanks.

Karen Ventura
Head of Information Technology
Rochester Hills Public Library
500 Olde Towne Rd., Rochester, MI 48307-2043
office: 248-650-7123
cell: 248-930-5668
fax: 248-650-7121
Karen.Ventura at rhpl.org

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Subject: [Web4lib] "The Next Evolution in OPAC's and Search Engines" -
MARS Hot Topics at ALA Midwinter

"The Next Evolution in OPAC's and Search Engines"

Sponsored by MARS Hot Topics and MARS Products and Services

Date: Saturday, January 20, 2007
Time: 10:30 am -12:30 pm
Location: Fairmont Olympic Hotel - Metropole Room

Exciting new technologies are changing the look and feel of today's
OPACs and search engines with visual interfaces and features that
enhance the user experience. RUSA's MARS Hot Topics Discussion Group has
joined with MARS Products and Services to present a dynamic panel of
three speakers who will discuss their experience with new OPAC
interfaces such as Endeca, visual interfaces such as Aquabrowser, and
what the usability implications are for these new graphic interfaces. 
Question and discussion session to follow.

Presenters include Jody Fagan Condit from James Madison University who
will discuss usability studies with ESBCO's implementation of Grokker,
Tito Sierra from North Carolina State University who will discuss their
implementation of Endeca, and David Wasserman of King County Library
System who will discuss their experience with Aquabrowser.

Mark Dehmlow, co-chair, MARS Hot Topics
Nancy Cunningham, co-chair, MARS Hot Topics Marina Salcedo, chair, MARS
Products and Services

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