http://subjectobject.net/2009/09/08/information-between-google-and-the-library/ Steven Chabot Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://subjectobject.net/2009/09/08/information-between-google-and-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-135536 laura Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:17:13 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/?p=299#comment-135536 <p>On my more pessimistic days, I agree with you completely. On better ones, though, I'd say that we still do pay attention to selecting quality information and ordering it in such a way as to make it useful. I still read book reviews and select books to purchase with those reviews in mind. When I'm asked if we should get a new database, I spend a fair amount of time see what's in it and how it works. And I spend a <em>lot</em> of time trying to help people learn to evaluate the information they find out in the world -- because ultimately, they are going to encounter information outside the library, without guidance -- and that's been true since before Google, and will be after it.</p> On my more pessimistic days, I agree with you completely. On better ones, though, I’d say that we still do pay attention to selecting quality information and ordering it in such a way as to make it useful. I still read book reviews and select books to purchase with those reviews in mind. When I’m asked if we should get a new database, I spend a fair amount of time see what’s in it and how it works. And I spend a lot of time trying to help people learn to evaluate the information they find out in the world — because ultimately, they are going to encounter information outside the library, without guidance — and that’s been true since before Google, and will be after it.

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