Enterprise Search Europe (www.EnterpriseSearchEurope.com) takes place in London on 20 & 21 October, with plenty on the agenda for library and info pros implementing or improving search strategies. Take a look at some of the sessions relevant to your environment:

MEETING USER REQUIREMENTS – e-Resources Librarian, Anita Wilcox, University College Cork: "For universities, effective search reduces the time users spend looking for information, reducing their chances of making uninformed decisions and duplicating work. For businesses, effective search can accelerate the sales process, increasing product/service visibility and increasing customer retention. Semantic Search could be the next one to watch with capabilities to interpret searcher intent ... we know it as Semantic Web Technology." 
USING LOGS TO IMPROVE SEARCH PERFORMANCE - Search Consultant, Helen Lippell: "More than any other enterprise application, search connects people to the stuff they need to do their jobs. I'm keen to see how one of the best recent features of web search - namely, structured data snippets - starts to emerge in corporate search interfaces and digital workplaces. Instead of making users plough through dull documents or applications, search could start to serve up data and answers people need, when they need them." 
APPLYING SYSTEMS THINKING TO SEARCH – Researcher, Paul Cleverley, Robert Gordon University: "Enterprise search is not just an efficiency time saver, it can be a 'creative assistant', a 'wealth maker'... The key message is that an enterprise search system is not just about the IT/Service engine. The Technical/IT component of a search system requires the other components of Information Management and Information Literacy." 
THE FUTURE OF SEARCH - Keynote Charlie Hull: "Search is the universal gateway to information: if your enterprise search doesn't work - and work well - then your colleagues simply won't be able to work as effectively. Open source enterprise search is the key to economic scalability - you can plan to cope with tomorrow's data as well as today’s while retaining control of your future and avoiding vendor lock-in."

Take a look at the full programme here: www.EnterpriseSearchEurope.com, the event is handily co-located with Internet Librarian International.
40% multi delegate discounts.

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