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Stanford “Groks”: Using Grokker at Stanford

Stanford “Groks”: Using Grokker at Stanford . Chris Bourg Jerry Persons Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources. grok , verb:. To understand something so deeply that it is fully absorbed into oneself. From Robert Heinlein’s A Stranger in a Strange Land.

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Stanford “Groks”: Using Grokker at Stanford

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  1. Stanford “Groks”:Using Grokker at Stanford Chris Bourg Jerry Persons Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources

  2. grok, verb: • To understand something so deeply that it is fully absorbed into oneself. • From Robert Heinlein’s A Stranger in a Strange Land.

  3. What is Grokker? • Research and information management tool • Visualization technology • Federated searching

  4. Grokker at Stanford • Co-development partnership • Mutual benefit

  5. Stanford Grokker Plug-Ins • Google, Amazon, The Web, My Files • Academic Search Premier, Expanded Academic, HighWire, IEEE Explore, Library of Congress, RLG Union Cat., Socrates • Cross Search

  6. Grokker Awareness at Stanford • Public clusters, Library kiosks • Available for download (2300 so far) • Highlighted on Library homepage • Puzzles, buttons, stickers • Workshops

  7. What’s next? • Continued awareness & training • Hierarchical list view • SDK • More Databases (EBSCO) • Redesigned user interface • Web Grokker

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