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January 30, 2008
Google and Librarians
A few folks are beginning to notice that Google Librarian Central is puff.
Their summer hiatus continues past January...
The newsletter hasn't arrived since May.
I doubt they actually care about libraries, may view us as competition, and spend a few bucks on booths and giveaways at ALA to keep the serfs under control...
I predict postings will start again in the upswing to Spring conference season.
Stephen
Posted by stephen at January 30, 2008 1:46 PM
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Just started using a feed reader and your article and this one from TechCrunch came up within a short space of each other:
Google, Facebook Battle For Computer Science Grads. Salaries Soar.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/30/stanford-computer-science-grads-getting-95k-offers-from-google/
Here are some skills they are valuing!
Posted by: steph hall at January 31, 2008 1:59 AM
I love it when you talk straight like this.
A dozen libraries as partners and they've got most of the books in the world.
Still, I wouldn't be surprised to see Google echo Microsoft in saying that libraries are essential to provide access to the internet, at least in the US.
Posted by: who point oh at February 2, 2008 12:26 AM