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Libraries and Google

Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: New York London Haworth Press Inc. 2005ISBN:
  • 0789031248
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 020.2854678 $2 22
Partial contents:
Introduction, Libraries and their interrelationships with Google -- Disruptive Beneficience, The Google print program and the future of libraries -- The Google library project at Oxford -- The (uncertain) future of libraries in a Google world -- A gaggle of Googles, Limitations and defects of electronic access as panacea -- Using the Google search appliance for federated searching: a case study -- Google's Print and Scholar initiatives, The value of and impact on libraries and information services -- Google Scholar vs. Library Scholar, Testing the performance of Schoogle -- Google, the invisible web, and librarians, Slaying the research Goliath -- Choices in the paradigm shift, Where next for libraries? -- Calling the Scholars home, Google Scholar as a tool -- Checking under the hood, Evaluation the Google Scholar -- Running with the Devil, Accessing library-licensed full text holdings through Google Scholar -- Directing students to new information types, A new role for Google in literature searches -- Evaluating Google Scholar as a tool for information literacy -- Optimising publications for Google users -- Google and privacy -- Image, Google's most important product -- Keeping up with Google, Resources and strategies for staying ahead of the pack
Summary: A selection of articles considering the relationship between Google and libraries, and their effects upon one another. Examines key Google projects, particularly the Print Program and Google Scholar (Schoogle), and examines their impact on public libraries. Examines ways in which links between Google projects and libraries are growing, and looks at possible strategies libraries may take to exploit and complement Google's services. Includes some case studies.
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Introduction, Libraries and their interrelationships with Google -- Disruptive Beneficience, The Google print program and the future of libraries -- The Google library project at Oxford -- The (uncertain) future of libraries in a Google world -- A gaggle of Googles, Limitations and defects of electronic access as panacea -- Using the Google search appliance for federated searching: a case study -- Google's Print and Scholar initiatives, The value of and impact on libraries and information services -- Google Scholar vs. Library Scholar, Testing the performance of Schoogle -- Google, the invisible web, and librarians, Slaying the research Goliath -- Choices in the paradigm shift, Where next for libraries? -- Calling the Scholars home, Google Scholar as a tool -- Checking under the hood, Evaluation the Google Scholar -- Running with the Devil, Accessing library-licensed full text holdings through Google Scholar -- Directing students to new information types, A new role for Google in literature searches -- Evaluating Google Scholar as a tool for information literacy -- Optimising publications for Google users -- Google and privacy -- Image, Google's most important product -- Keeping up with Google, Resources and strategies for staying ahead of the pack

A selection of articles considering the relationship between Google and libraries, and their effects upon one another. Examines key Google projects, particularly the Print Program and Google Scholar (Schoogle), and examines their impact on public libraries. Examines ways in which links between Google projects and libraries are growing, and looks at possible strategies libraries may take to exploit and complement Google's services. Includes some case studies.