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A Librarian at the H.O.P.E (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference

July 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

So, this weekend I attended my first hacker conference, “The Last H.O.P.E (Hackers on Planet Earth)” sponsored by 2600 Magazine. Featured con speakers were: Steven Levy, Kevin Mitnick, Jello Biafra, Steve Rambam and Adam Savage of MythBusters fame. Some of the sessions I did attend included: “Evil Interfaces: Violating the User”, “A Hacker’s View of […]

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Tags: LIS · technology

UNC Library & Information Science Video Series

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

This is a series of lectures and interviews at UNC-Chapel Hill on topics related to information and library science and the use of information in learning and research.
Permalink: UNC Information in Life Series on Youtube

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Thoughts on Bates’ Berrypicking

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Bates, M. J. (1989). The design of browsing and berry-picking techniques for online search interface. Online Review, 13, 407-424.

“The human natural tendency in information seeking is to fallback on passive and sampling and selecting behaviors derived from millions of years of [evolution]” [1]
–Marcia J. Bates

Today, the relationship between information retrieval (IR) and […]

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Tags: cognition