Ohio’s
Online
Reference Service
Helping Students
K through 12 and Beyond…
Don BoozerDon Boozer
KnowItNow24x7 Coordinator
support@knowitnow.org
What is
KnowItNow24x7?
StatewideStatewide
Online
Reference Service
What is
KnowItNow24x7?
StatewideStatewide
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Reference Service
83%
Students
K-12K-12
+
Post-secondary
What is
KnowItNow24x7?
StatewideStatewide
Online
Reference Service
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What is
KnowItNow24x7?
StatewideStatewide
Online
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 Things
To Know
About
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About
KnowItNow24x7
#5
Entire Class vs. One-on-One
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#4
Resources/
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vs.
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Tutoring
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Privacy Concerns
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#2
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#1
We’re real people, too.
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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.
And
now
for
something
for
something
completely
different
Googling & Wiki’ing
Getting the Most out of
Two 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 Images
Maps
News
Early 2012
Google Reader
Translated
Foreign Pages
iGoogle
Early 2012
Google Reader
Translated
Foreign 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
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Popular
culture…
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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:Cheatsheet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training
Thank you!
Don Boozer
support@knowitnow.org
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KIN24x7 and Googling & Wiki'ing