Googlization of Libraries [Hardcover]

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.

1. Introduction: Living with Google  William Miller  2. Standing on the Shoulders of Libraries: A Holistic and Rhetorical Approach to Teaching Google Scholar  Charlie Potter3.Fools Gold: Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library  Mark Y. Herring  4. Who Holds the Keys to the Web for Libraries?  Emily F. Blankenship  5. An Opportunity, Not a Crisis: How Google Is Changingthe Individual and the Information Profession  Kay Cahill  6. Changes at Google Scholar: A Conversation with Anurag Acharya  Barbara Quint  7. Studying Journal Coverage in Google Scholar  Philipp Mayr andAnne-Kathrin Walter  8. Attitudes of OhioLINK Librarians Toward Google Scholar  Joan Giglierano  9. Using Google Scholar at the Reference Desk  Karen Bronshteyn andKathryn Tvaruzka  10. Google Book Search Libraries and Their DigitalÓË