Friday, November 7, 2008
Reading Notes Ten
The first digital library article about the challenges faced by them was a little interesting and a little boring. The one thing that did strike me a bit was when it said that Google scholar is the biggest rival for campus and academic search systems. This came as no real surprise to me as I constantly use Google Scholar. The 2nd article, Dewey meets Turing, was a bit better of a read for me than the first one. This article seemed to go hand in hand with what we have been discussing in Understanding Information this semester. I agree with it that the way information is being delivered and created may be changing, but the fundamentals of librarianship remain the same. The 3rd article, Institutional Repositories, explains about institutional respositories and the changes from print to digital publication. This article also discusses how digital publication benefits institutions and expounds on the changes in schloarly communication. I found this article to be pretty informative and also goes along with topics we have been discussing in other classes this semester.
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The Google comment struck me as well... I know when I go to "look something up," no matter what its for, I always do a Google search first!
I also agreed with despite the many changes librarians face, the basic job remains the same. It was nice to hear.
The google comment sturck me too, but in a different way. I would of thought more people would use the library as they have access to special databases and e-journals so people can get articles that google scholar may not have
Discussion of the benefits of digital publication certainly ties into some of what we've been learning about in 2000. It's nice when our classes complement each other this way.
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