http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/08/08/worldcatorg-goes-live/ A daily newsletter with resources of interest to information professionals, educators and journalists. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:36:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/08/08/worldcatorg-goes-live/#comment-12806 ResourceShelf » Briefs: Google’s San Fran Wi-Fi Net at Standstill? Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:17:01 +0000 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/08/08/worldcatorg-goes-live/#comment-12806 [...] New Issue of Google’s Librarian Newsletter Online (#5) Online Most of the topics have been posted and commented about on RS in the past. They include: + PDF’s from Google’s Book Search Good idea but it’s the raw PDF. Material is not divided up by chapter. Not very easy to use but it’s a start. + Library Catalog Search (Basically, a Front End for OCLC Worldcat) Our comments. + Google News Archive Search ResourceShelf comments here. Btw, note that one provider of content to this service, NewspaperArchive.com offers lots of free content and actually offers their COMPLETE DATABASE for free to public libraries and K-12 schools. + Banned Books Week Why not make this an industry wide effort and point to materials from NetLibrary, ebrary, and even Amazon (where lots of books that Google only links to records can be searched and browsed online? Examples here. [...] [...] New Issue of Google’s Librarian Newsletter Online (#5) Online Most of the topics have been posted and commented about on RS in the past. They include: + PDF’s from Google’s Book Search Good idea but it’s the raw PDF. Material is not divided up by chapter. Not very easy to use but it’s a start. + Library Catalog Search (Basically, a Front End for OCLC Worldcat) Our comments. + Google News Archive Search ResourceShelf comments here. Btw, note that one provider of content to this service, NewspaperArchive.com offers lots of free content and actually offers their COMPLETE DATABASE for free to public libraries and K-12 schools. + Banned Books Week Why not make this an industry wide effort and point to materials from NetLibrary, ebrary, and even Amazon (where lots of books that Google only links to records can be searched and browsed online? Examples here. [...]

]]> http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/08/08/worldcatorg-goes-live/#comment-12179 ResourceShelf » RedLightGreen To Go Offline at the End of November Sat, 09 Sep 2006 01:16:40 +0000 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/08/08/worldcatorg-goes-live/#comment-12179 [...] Instead of rehashing what we wrote a few weeks ago, we’ll point out one Worldcat.org feature that RLG does better, refinements Run a search on both services. [...] [...] Instead of rehashing what we wrote a few weeks ago, we’ll point out one Worldcat.org feature that RLG does better, refinements Run a search on both services. [...]

]]> http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/08/08/worldcatorg-goes-live/#comment-12051 ResourceShelf » Google Adds Library Search to Book Search: Thoughts, Issues, Questions Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:22:36 +0000 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/08/08/worldcatorg-goes-live/#comment-12051 [...] 1) Like we said about Worldcat.org last week, telling a user (not a librarian) that a book is readily available at The Library of Congress or a nearby university or special library in MOST cases does the patron no good since the public doesn’t have access to these libraries. Another issue is can libraries afford a growing number of interlibrary loans and a bigger issue, will people wait for an ILL? I think many people would just buy the book. That’s fine but it does bring up lots of questions. We think all of this can cause confusion (about how libraries work) and reinforces the belief that libraries are difficult and user unfriendly. If a person is confused they’ll likely just buy the book (if available, new or used) or just forget it and forget libraries in the future. Maybe not just for books but for other servives. In some ways a bit of confusion might not be a bad things for publishers and book vendors. But, what does this mean for libraries, their collections, and getting the material to the end user? What does it mean for how people feel about libraries? Also, remember that Google Book Search is not complete, at least for now. Example: searching for The Da Divinci Code returns books about the book/movie but not the actual book. [...] [...] 1) Like we said about Worldcat.org last week, telling a user (not a librarian) that a book is readily available at The Library of Congress or a nearby university or special library in MOST cases does the patron no good since the public doesn’t have access to these libraries. Another issue is can libraries afford a growing number of interlibrary loans and a bigger issue, will people wait for an ILL? I think many people would just buy the book. That’s fine but it does bring up lots of questions. We think all of this can cause confusion (about how libraries work) and reinforces the belief that libraries are difficult and user unfriendly. If a person is confused they’ll likely just buy the book (if available, new or used) or just forget it and forget libraries in the future. Maybe not just for books but for other servives. In some ways a bit of confusion might not be a bad things for publishers and book vendors. But, what does this mean for libraries, their collections, and getting the material to the end user? What does it mean for how people feel about libraries? Also, remember that Google Book Search is not complete, at least for now. Example: searching for The Da Divinci Code returns books about the book/movie but not the actual book. [...]

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