Ran is the author of The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook, The Traveler's Web, The Extreme Searcher's Guide to Web Search Engines, and Yahoo! to the Max. He is also a frequent contributor and columnist for professional publications, including Online and The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research. Through his company, Online Strategies, Ran creates and presents courses on using the Web for professional associations, government agencies and ministries, NGO's, companies, schools, and businesses. He has trained over 14,000 online users in thirteen countries. Ran has held management and training positions with DIALOG and Knight-Ridder Information Services, has been a reference librarian at MIT, and was the first Data Services Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught continuing education and other courses for the University of Maryland College of Information Studies and is currently an adjunct faculty member for Catholic University's School of Library and Information Science and Lesley University's Technology in Education Program. He is active in the American Society for Information Science and Technology for which he has served on the Board of Directors, and chaired committees and chapters, and is also a member of the Association of Independent Information Professionals.