Mary Ellen Bates
Mary Ellen is the owner of Bates Information Services, (BatesInfo.com) providing strategic business research and analysis to business professionals, and consulting services to the information industry. She also offers strategic business coaching for entrepreneurs (Reluctant-Entrepreneur.com).
She is a prolific writer and speaker, having keynoted at conferences around the world, and has written seven books and innumerable articles on the information industry. Her latest book is The Reluctant Entrepreneur: Making a Living Doing What You Love. She is a regular columnist for Online Searcher and contributing editor for Information Advisor. She received her MLS from the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in special libraries for over a decade before starting her own company in 1991.
Computers in Libraries 2025
Monday March 24, 2025
W1: WebSearch University Presents Searchers Academy: Evolving & Adapting
Tuesday March 25, 2025
D105: Google’s Claude Project/NotebookLM = Good/New Librarian?
Computers in Libraries 2024
Tuesday March 12, 2024
Monday March 11, 2024
W1: WebSearch University Presents Searchers Academy: Search Dreams Coming True?
Wednesday March 13, 2024
Computers in Libraries 2023
Monday March 27, 2023
Tuesday March 28, 2023
Wednesday March 29, 2023
Computers in Libraries 2022
Tuesday March 29, 2022
Monday March 28, 2022
W1: WebSearch University Presents Searchers Academy: Resetting Search
Computers in Libraries Connect 2020
Monday March 30, 2020
W1: Searchers Academy: Building Smarter Next- Generation Searchers
Tuesday March 31, 2020
Wednesday April 1, 2020
Computers in Libraries 2019
Monday March 25, 2019
Tuesday March 26, 2019
Wednesday March 27, 2019
Computers in Libraries 2018
Monday April 16, 2018
W1: WebSearch University presents Searchers Academy: Digitally Transforming Search
Tuesday April 17, 2018
Wednesday April 18, 2018
B202: ROI Truth to Power: Measuring & Talking About What Matters!
Computers in Libraries 2017
Monday March 27, 2017
W1: WebSearch University presents Searchers Academy: Upping Our Game