tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post113406336101104088..comments2023-08-10T16:06:35.452+01:00Comments on Scholar's Blog: Who are Google kidding ?Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1134147567899867072005-12-09T16:59:00.000+00:002005-12-09T16:59:00.000+00:00Indeed - I can get access to most subscription jou...Indeed - I can get access to most subscription journals via my Bodleian Library membership !Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1134137762373368492005-12-09T14:16:00.000+00:002005-12-09T14:16:00.000+00:00Whats that noise to data ratio? Pretty soon you'll...Whats that noise to data ratio? Pretty soon you'll be getting so many hits on google it won't be worth using. And as jil pointed out the invisible web/subscription based sites are what most research people use.Fencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478271943214944729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1134107833655634532005-12-09T05:57:00.000+00:002005-12-09T05:57:00.000+00:00No I'm not saying librarians are for the most part...No I'm not saying librarians are for the most part friendly because I have Blog buddies who are librarians. I've been using libraries for many years and I've met very few who were not friendly ! <BR/><BR/>I think Google need to rethink what they're doing because I'm not convinced it's going to benefit the wider world of knowledge-seekers as much as some people seem to think. I admit when I first heard about the project I was excited - but the more I hear about it the less excited, and the more baffled and infuriated I become !Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1134080669787390052005-12-08T22:24:00.000+00:002005-12-08T22:24:00.000+00:00p.s. - distinction to be made (not a clear distinc...p.s. - distinction to be made (not a clear distinction in Google quote): public libraries vs. university libraries. Google seems to be targeting university libraries - scholarly publications - although I'm sure they're eventually gonna go for all the popular stuff (fiction and non-fiction) that you'd find in public libraries sometime too. But most of that is copyrighted!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1134080327111629412005-12-08T22:18:00.000+00:002005-12-08T22:18:00.000+00:00librarians are knowledgeable and (for the most par...<I>librarians are knowledgeable and (for the most part) very friendly people</I><BR/><BR/>Aww, and you're not just saying that 'cause some of your blog buddies are librarians! :) <BR/><BR/>The reason we're (or at least I'm) not spitting any feathers is that these sweeping statements are...ridiculous to the point of being just plain silly. The list of stuff that these grand plans ignore starts with the big COPYRIGHT issue and goes on to include smaller things like the invisible web (subscription databases and other non-crawlable pages), the greater browsability and contrast level (pixels and so on) of print, the audience for these "gathering dust" books (which generally speaking has access to these university libraries in the first place), the role of trained intermediaries in "knowing exactly what to look for", etc.<BR/><BR/>I like Google, too, and I have some degree of respect for the idea of pursuing an impossibly large goal - but, imo, it's more of a publicity stunt than a serious threat to anything. Although, admittedly, I haven't been keeping up with the latest developments in Google's attempts to get around copyright laws (at least here in the US!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com