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Web Research: New in 2004

TITLE: Web Research: What's New in 2004

SPEAKER: Chris Sherman, Gary Price
EVENT DATE: 01/29/2004
RUNNING TIME: 96 minutes

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Chris Sherman and Gary Price discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of web search and its role for the online researcher.

Speaker Biography: Chris Sherman is president of Searchwise and editor of SearchDay, a daily newsletter from SearchEngineWatch.com. He is a regular contributor to Information Today, Online, EContent and other information industry journals, and a regular presenter at information industry conferences and workshops. He has delivered keynote addresses to the annual conferences of the Australian Library Association, the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, the Association of Independent Information Professionals, the European Association of Information Services and numerous others. Sherman is a Web Search University faculty member and is an honorary inductee of the Internet Librarian Hall of Fame. His previous books include The McGraw-Hill CD ROM Handbook, and "The Elements of Basic," "The Elements of Cobol" and "The Elements of Pascal." Early in his career, he worked on prototypes of many products and concepts that are now commonplace, such as CD ROM multimedia technologies and interactive cable television. Later, he was Vice President of Technology for a global management consulting firm based in Amsterdam. He has written about search and search engines since 1994, when he developed online searching tutorials for several clients. His clients have included International Data Corporation, Accenture, Motorola, Levi-Strauss, Ortho Biotech, Porsche, United Technologies, and the Scripps Clinic. From 1998 to 2001, he was the Web Search Guide for About.com. Chris holds a master's degree in Interactive Educational Technology from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in Visual Arts and Communications from the University of California, San Diego.

Speaker Biography: Gary Price is a librarian, information research consultant and writer based in suburban Washington D.C. A native of the Chicago area, he earned his master's degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. He also holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. He is the editor and compiler of The ResourceShelf (http://www.resourceshelf.com). He has also compiled several well-known web research tools including Price's List of Lists and direct search, a compilation of Invisible Web databases. Price is a frequent speaker at professional and trade conferences, a contributor to Searcher magazine, and the co-author with Sherman of "The Invisible Web." In 2002, he received the Innovations in Technology Award from the Special Libraries Association. From February 1995 through April 2001, Price worked as a Reference Librarian at The George Washington University.

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