Overview

This book includes a variety of articles which look critically and judiciously at Google and its products, with a focus on Google Scholar and Google Book Search. It also examines their usefulness in a public service context. Its ultimate aim is to assess the use of Google as a major information resource. Its subject matter deals with online megasearch engines and their influence on reference librarianship, the impact of Google on information seeking, librarianship and the development of book digitization projects in which Google Book Search plays its part. This book will be of interest to librarians across all educational sectors, library science scholars and publishers. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.

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Author:   William Miller (Florida Atlantic University, USA) ,  Rita Pellen (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780415483797

ISBN 10:   0415483794
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   16 December 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Living with Google William Miller 2. Standing on the Shoulders of Libraries: A Holistic and Rhetorical Approach to Teaching Google Scholar Charlie Potter 3.Fool’s Gold: Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library Mark Y. Herring 4. Who Holds the Keys to the Web for Libraries? Emily F. Blankenship 5. An Opportunity, Not a Crisis: How Google Is Changingthe Individual and the Information Profession Kay Cahill 6. Changes at Google Scholar: A Conversation with Anurag Acharya Barbara Quint 7. Studying Journal Coverage in Google Scholar Philipp Mayr and Anne-Kathrin Walter 8. Attitudes of OhioLINK Librarians Toward Google Scholar Joan Giglierano 9. Using Google Scholar at the Reference Desk Karen Bronshteyn and Kathryn Tvaruzka 10. Google Book Search Libraries and Their Digital Copies Jill E. Grogg and Beth Ashmore 11. To Google or Not to Google, That Is the Question: Supplementing Google Book Search to Make It More Useful for Scholarship Shawn Martin 12. The Million Book Project in Relation to Google Gloriana St. Clair 13. Using Metadata to Discover the Buried Treasure in Google Book Search Millie Jackson 14. Google Video– Just Another Video Sharing Site? Tine Walczyk 15. Google’s Bid to Build Cooperation and Partnerships Through Librarian Central and Google for Educators Robert J. Lackie

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