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Thursday, 18th December 2003

"Web Tools Don't Always Mesh With How People Work"

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Online Behavior
Source: AScribe Newswire
Keeping Found Things Found: Web Tools Don't Always Mesh With How People Work
"People have devised many tricks - such as sending e-mails to themselves or jotting on sticky notes - for keeping track of Web pages, but William Jones and Harry Bruce at the University of Washington's Information School and Susan Dumais of Microsoft Research have found that often people don't use any of them when it comes time to revisit a Web page. Instead, they rely on their ability to find the Web page all over again." The researchers have been examining how Web users "keep found things found" when seeking information online and -- by understanding how and why people do what they do -- hope they can develop more useful information management tools. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation. Thanks to SDK for the link and blurb.
See Also: Keeping Found Things Found (Research project of the Information School at the University of Washington)
See Also: Keeping Found Things Found Survey of Web Keeping Methods (MS Word; 104KB)
See Also: KFTF Publications and Presentations
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Librarians
Source: LIScareer.com
Librarians in the Information Age: Alternative Uses of MLS Degrees
Darwin McGuire, a student in the Library and Information Science Program at Wayne State University, researched alternative careers for librarians, which he then broke down into six categories: libraries (outside the traditional functions), corporate, freelance, technology, government, and �way-out-there." Lots of interesting ideas about what you can do with an MLS degree.

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