Libraries and Google /

Libraries and Google / William Miller, Rita M. Pellen, editors.

It seems certain that Google is here to stay. Libraries and Google comprehensively examines this 'disruptive technology' that is seen as both a threat and an opportunity by both librarians and publishers. Both perspectives are explored in depth, along with practical applications of this an...

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Other Authors: Miller, William, 1947-, Pellen, Rita M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Binghamton, NY, USA : Haworth Information Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Google.
Libraries and the Internet.
Web search engines.
Library materials > Digitization.
Digital libraries.
Libraries > Forecasting.
Communication in learning and scholarship > Technological innovations.
Table of Contents:
  • Disruptive beneficence : the Google Print program and the future of libraries / Mark Sandler
  • The Google Library Project at Oxford / Ronald Milne
  • The (uncertain) future of libraries in a Google world : sounding an alarm / Rick Anderson
  • A gaggle of Googles : limitations and defects of electronic access as panacea / Mark Y. Herring
  • Using the Google search appliance for federated searching : a case study / Mary Taylor
  • Google's print and scholar initiatives : the value of and impact on libraries and information services / Robert J. Lackie
  • Google Scholar vs. library scholar : testing the performance of Schoogle / Burton Callicott, Debbie Vaughn
  • Google, the invisible Web, and librarians : slaying the research Goliath / Francine Egger-Sider, Jane Devine
  • Choices in the paradigm shift : where next for libraries? / Shelley E. Phipps, Krisellen Maloney
  • Calling the scholars home : Google Scholar as a tool for rediscovering the academic library / Maurice C. York
  • Checking under the hood : evaluating Google Scholar for reference use / Janice Adlington, Chris Benda
  • Running with the devil : accessing library-licensed full text holdings through Google Scholar / Rebecca Donlan, Rachel Cooke
  • Directing students to new information types : a new role for Google in literature searches? / Mike Thelwall
  • Evaluating Google Scholar as a tool for information literacy / Rachael Cathcart, Amanda Roberts
  • Optimising publications for Google users / Alan Dawson
  • Google and privacy / Paul S. Piper
  • Image : Google's most important product / Ron Force
  • Keeping up with Google : resources and strategies for staying ahead of the pack / Michael J. Krasulski, Steven J. Bell.

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