Searching 2.0: The state of the reference desk, 2009
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Editor's Notes
“Wait. That bookmark is on a different computer.”Not accessible by your patrons
StaticNeed to know codeNot easy to managePutting one resource into multiple categories forces duplicationAccessible to users but they can’t participate
Database-basedCode problem solved (once it’s all set up)Duplication problem solvedUsers still can’t participate
YES!!!!!SocialNo codeTagging (no duplication)Feeds allow users to subscribe to resources (all, certain tags)Users can easily send the library resources for consideration
Librarians search, users find.
10/21/2009Real-time Twitter search results coming to Bing & Google