Libraries and Google

ISBN-13: 9780789031242 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 250 str.

III William Miller; Rita M. Pellen

Opis

'Libraries and Google' presents leading authorities discussing the many possibilities of using Google products as effective, user-friendly tools in libraries. Google Scholar and Print are explored with an eye toward offering an expanded view of what is and may be possible for the future.

Spis treści

• Introduction: Libraries and Their Interrelationships with Google (William Miller)
  
• 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 and Impact on Libraries and
  Information Services (Robert J. Lackie)
  
• Google Scholar vs. Library Scholar: Testing the Performance of Schoogle (Burton Callicott and Debbie Vaughn)
  
• Google, the Invisible Web, and Librarians: Slaying the Research Goliath (Francine Egger-Sider and Jane Devine)
  
• Choices in the Paradigm Shift: Where Next for Libraries? (Shelley E. Phipps and Krisellen Mahoney)
  
• 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 and Chris Benda)
  
• Running with the Devil: Accessing Library-Licensed Full Text Holdings Through Google (Rebecca Donlan and 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 and 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 and Steven J.Bell)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

William Miller, Rita M. Pellen