Here are direct links and summaries to each presentation. We think no matter what area you might work in there will be at least two or three presentations of interest.
Cody Hanson, Technology Librarian, University of Minnesota
This session will focus on the results of a study done to determine how relevant library resources could be made more visible, particularly within the user workflow. It will discuss five key trends related to information discovery and how those trends are reflected in user information seeking behavior.
The Search Interface: Making a Good First Impression with Users
This session will provide an overview of the ideal user interface and the challenges involved in "getting it right." It will look the methods and procedures of design and how to turn data into accessible information via technology that clearly communicates with the people that use it. It will take a look at the unique requirements of interfaces for mobile devices and the interface challenges that are unique to the academic library environment. In closing it will highlight how one publisher is developing a journal article interface for researchers who need to interact with article datasets.
Overview: Harold Hambrose, CEO/Founder, Electronic Ink
This session will look at three of the major search technologies currently used to access information in academic and corporate environments- their key advantages, their weaknesses, and the future enhancements that can be expected in the near future.
This session will focus on new and emerging technologies related to specific facets of the overall search experience that are beginning to shape user expectations: social search, on-the-fly translations of search results, and the ability to offer personalized search results.
Congrats the NFAIS team for putting together such an interesting conference with top-notch speakers. As soon as info about "Improving The User Experience - Part 2" becomes available we will let you know on ResourceShef.
Source: National Federation of Advanced Information Services
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Recently I have found myself cooing over visualisation maps (and heat maps) of health and well being resources. The content rich data is overlayed with mapping technologies, and some interesting themes and patterns are emerging.
A lot of the talk around social media in the last year has been around information overload. Social media has provided us with new and exciting ways to create content. But it has also meant learning new ways to manage and engage with social media tools. Are we teetering on the edge of an information overload precipice?
Information overload is a figment of your imagination. Or a failure of your filter. Or a symptom of your technological submissiveness. Depends on who you ask.
What if you had to sort through 3.5 million articles and social media posts a day and try to pull out the most relevant items for your organisation? What if you then had to cobble it all together into something readable for your top groups and executives in your organisation?
Alacra Compliance saves time by aggregating information from both free and fee-based sources and enabling users to conduct an accurate federated search across these sources (coined “simultaneous search” by Alacra).
FreePint Family
Quilting big data threads
The fallacy of information overload
Information overload: fact, fantasy or filter failure? 
