I went to my first
Hanukkah party yesterday. We played
Texas Hold 'Em Driedel and went home reeking of
fried food smell. It was great!
'Tis also the season for
Science Fair projects at public libraries around the U.S.
(And you thought it was the
holiday shopping season!)
We had an interesting discussion today about a trial program we've been running on
Yahoo and
MSN, to show paid search results for meaningful content in
Worldcat.
Science Fair projects and related content has been the clear victor, in the results. Likely any Public Library Reference librarian who's driven the desk a year or two could tell you that, but it was good to see the online world bore out the same results.
Recipes were also a big hit--little wonder with the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday in November and
baking season in full swing.
Dust off that online cookbook display and consider digitizing a few always-out cookbooks--people are looking for them online!
3. "Resume samples"
4. "Property Tax"
5. "Tax Forms"
rounded out the top 5 visit results. We limited this test to U.S. audiences only, if I remember correctly. Shows you what at least some of America is thinking about:
How can I do my holiday shopping and deduct it from my taxes?
