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Revised presentation given at SCOCA in Piketon, Ohio, in September 2013. Includes KnowItNow24x7 as well as information on efficient uses of Google and Wikipedia (updated slides from previous presentations).
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Ohio’sOnlineReference Service
Helping StudentsK through 12 and Beyond…
What is KnowItNow24x7?
StatewideStatewideOnline
Reference Service
What is KnowItNow24x7?
StatewideStatewideOnline
Reference Service
83%Students
K-12K-12+
Post-secondary
What is KnowItNow24x7?
StatewideStatewideOnline
Reference Service
www.knowitnow.org
What is KnowItNow24x7?
StatewideStatewideOnline
Reference Service
• Resources and information for homework or research
• Suggestions for books to read
• Answers to satisfy general curiositycuriosity
Reference Service
830,000+SessionsSessions
Since 2004
How does it work?
Five ThingsTo KnowAbout
KnowItNow24x7About
KnowItNow24x7
#5Entire Class vs. One-on-One
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163896074/
#4Resources/Information
vs. Homework/Homework/Tutoring
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stockholmtransportmuseum_commons/6515613405/
#3Privacy Concerns
http://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/2960116125/
#2Your patience is appreciated
http://www.flickr.com/photos/australian-war-memorial/3526345203/
#1We’re real people, too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergen_public_library/5668966203/
http://provider.knowitnow.org> Educator Materials
Thank you!Questions?
KnowItNow24x7 is made available free-of-charge to all citizens and
residents of Ohio through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
awarded by the State Library of Ohio.
Andnowfor
somethingfor
somethingcompletelydifferent
Googling & Wiki’ing
Getting the Most out ofTwo of the
Internet’s Most Popular Sites
Who are we dealing with?
70 offices… 40+ countries
For-profit company
Who are we dealing with?
1 floor…
Who are we dealing with?
70 offices… 40+ countries
For-profit company
1 floor…
Non-profit
ALL public libraries in the United States
Operating Revenue$
$11 billion
GOOGLE IT
I’ll just…
GOOGLE IT
GOOGLE IT
Search Books
Scholar Patents
GOOGLE IT
Even More…
YouTube ImagesMaps
News
Early 2012
Google Reader
TranslatedForeign Pages
iGoogle
Early 2012
Google Reader
TranslatedForeign Pages
iGoogle
2013
What else
can we find out
about
Charles Brush
utilizing Google? utilizing Google?
Report on
manufacturing
industries in the
United States at
the eleventh
census: 1890
BRUSH FOUNDATIONBRUSH FOUNDATION
(The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History)
“The BRUSH FOUNDATION was established in 1928 in
Cleveland by CHARLES FRANCIS BRUSH, in memory of his
son, Charles F. Brush, Jr. (d. 1927). The foundation
supported the fledgling Maternal Health Assn. of Cleveland
(later PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER CLEVELAND,
PPGC) and played a significant role in the organization and
funding of the Intl. Planned Parenthood Federation (1949).”
After that, we need a cookie
www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com
Referral tool…
Popular culture…
12 printed pages
14 printed pages
Popular
culture…
Old EnglishÆnglisc
Language study…
FinnishSuomi
Language study…
Arabic
العربية
Language study…
Local perspective…
Russian:
English:2 pages
Local perspective…
Russian:17 pages
The Flip Side of
Wikipedians
• Over 18 million registered users
• 270,000 active users monthly• 270,000 active users monthly
• 91% are male
• 20% live in United States
• 59% are aged 17 – 40
Take control of online identity…
Promote local resources…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheeten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editingen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markupen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training
