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William Miller & Rita Pellen
Googlization of Libraries [PDF ebook]

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This book includes a variety of articles which look critically and judiciously at Google and its products, with a focus on Google Scholar and Google Book Search. It also examines their usefulness in a public service context. Its ultimate aim is to assess the use of Google as a major information resource. Its subject matter deals with online megasearch engines and their influence on reference librarianship, the impact of Google on information seeking, librarianship and the development of book digitization projects in which Google Book Search plays its part.This book will be of interest to librarians across all educational sectors, library science scholars and publishers.This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 202 ● ISBN 9781317990062 ● Editor William Miller & Rita Pellen ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7120252 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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