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Do librarians love Google?

Author:

Neil Infield

Date:

Wednesday, 18th Aug 2004 11:41

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In the recent article on Google in Playboy Magazine it is suggested to Page and Brin, "Librarians must hate Google. Will you put them out of business?"

They reply, "Actually, more and more librarians love Google. They use it. They do an excellent job helping people find answers on the Internet in addition to using their book collections. Finding information still requires skill. It�s just that you can go much further now. Google is a tool for librarians just as it�s a tool for anyone who wants to use it."

My feeling is that they avoided answering the question. What are your views?

Neil

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•	Do librarians love Google?
	In the recent article on Google in Playboy Magazine it is suggested to Page and Brin, "Librarians must hate ...

Neil Infield

18/08/04 11:41

29728

•	Re: Do librarians love Google?
	definitely yes! It helps us find a lot of information in a very short time frame. Our clients can answer ...

Ingola Pantke

08/09/04 06:42

29878

•	Re: Do librarians love Google?
	We love it! It's often particularly useful for finding the correct legal citations when we get given them garbled, and getting ...

Jennie

20/08/04 10:50

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•	Re: Do librarians love Google?
	Librarians must consider google as a reference material and since many of them resolved to put internet in libraries they ...

falhlax olak

20/08/04 10:03

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•	Re: Do librarians love Google?
	Here is a comment. I see part of the role of the librarian as being a Navigation Officer - viewing issues (external ...

Andrew Garrett

19/08/04 12:26

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•	Re: Do librarians love Google?
	Good grief! Somebody actually does read Playboy for the interesting articles! Google's great for the librarian - in my experience ...

Sue

19/08/04 15:51

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•	Re: Do librarians love Google?
	Sorry to disappoint you, but Google were forced to reissue their prospectus adding the Playboy article in full as they ...

Neil Infield

20/08/04 12:56

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•	Re: Do librarians love Google?
	As an information professional working at Factiva, do we love Google? Well we know that there is always a place ...

Gill Voisey

25/08/04 11:17

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•	Re: Do librarians love Google?
	I think there is the perception that the Internet (i.e., Google) will be the demise of libraries, but I just ...

Charles Wiggins

18/08/04 20:13

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