Web Search–Google
Source: Library Journal
Google Guy: Reference Librarians Can Keep Jobs
A very brief report about Craig Silverstein, Google’s CTO, presentation at the Info Today 2003 Conference. From the article, The Holy Grail, for Google–to act like a reference librarian in responding to these queries–is “hundreds of years away. Silverstein realizes this, we know it, but does the public? If the public doesn’t understand that Google isn’t THE solution, let’s not blame Google, web search engines in general, or super bookstores. Another question to ask is will “all” information be available for Google to crawl and add to their index? What do info vendors think? Will a one-stop interface provide the usability that users and professionals want?
See Also: Google Will Not Separate Weblog Content (via SiliconValley.Com)

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