I was disappointed that the editor of the article didn't take the opportunity to point out how well library research fared, especially in the context of the Libri report dooming us all to extinction last week. Especially given Sarah's point about the information-finding skills of a friendly librarian, not to mention that you can find Google in libraries too if you happen not to have an internet connection handy!
Stephie Coane
Warburg Institute Library
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Currier [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:15 PM
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> Subject: Re: Google vs Libraries
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> Yes, I read it with delight on the train this morning. Especially
> delighted as I'm constantly trying to defend metadata to e-learning folk
> who say "but can't we just Google it?".
>
> I had one small quibble though- it seemed to me they were using a
> library without the help of a friendly librarian, which was mostly OK,
> but I'm sure a couple of the questions would have shown an even better
> result with a librarian involved! :-)
>
> Sarah
>
> Rutherford, Gillian wrote:
>
> >Colleagues!
> >
> >Great article in today's Guardian.
> >
> >http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1210327,00.html
> >
> >
> >Gillian Rutherford
> >Learning Resource Centre Manager
> >North Tyneside College
> >0191 229 5106
> >
> >
> >
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