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

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

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

5. Grokker at Stanford Co-development partnership Co-development partnership Mutual benefit Mutual benefit

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

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

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