MORE 'GOOGLE' POSTS
The 96% number is one of many interesting findings in a new report from Bank Of America Merrill Lynch about how American’s use Facebook and other social networking services. If the 96% is off to some degree (it likely is in our view) the number would still be amazing. The complete report is not online […]
New: Elsevier Enriches Online Articles with Google Maps
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Elsevier, Maps, Publishing
|From Elsevier: Elsevier announced today that Google Maps functionality is now available in its journals. This new feature enriches online articles on SciVerse ScienceDirect with interactive maps, adapting to the needs of various scientific disciplines to visualize and interact with the author’s geographic data. Elsevier is one of the first publishers to introduce Google Maps […]
"Is Google eBooks Planning A Rental Service?" Or Is Google "Walking Away" From Their eBookstore?
Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Reports
|Here’s a report that begins with talk about Google opening an eBook service and then moves into a report that Google is “walking away “from eBookstore they opened about six months ago? That’s the world of Google for you. Book Expo America is going on this week in NYC and this morning a panel about […]
From a Google Labs Blog Post: It all started with the flu. In 2008, we found that the activity of certain search terms are good indicators of actual flu activity. Based on this finding, we launched Google Flu Trends to provide timely estimates of flu activity in 28 countries. Since then, we’ve seen a number […]
So Long and Goodbye! Google Is Ending Newspaper Digitization Project
Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Reports, Resources
|Update (5/22): We’ve Added A Few Pieces of Info From the Letter Google Sent to Google Newspaper Digitization Partners. You’ll Find Them At the Bottom of this Entry. Google’s goal to digitize all of the world’s newspapers is ending. Matt McGee from SEL reports that after approximately 32 months after a formal launch announcement, Google […]
As Search Engine Roundtable first reported a few weeks ago and Google Operating System reported today, the Define: syntax from Google no longer appears to work or perhaps better said doesn’t work the way it used to work. There are several posts in the Google Web Search Forum reporting the same thing. Now, instead of […]
OK, as we mentioned last night, Google was planning to announce the launch of a cloud-based music hosting service, similar to what is already available from Amazon.com (launched at the end of February). Now, it’s official. Hello to Google Music Beta. However, before you begin organizing your files for upload, you’ll need to receive an […]
Google I/O, a conference where many Google products and services have been introduced (Android, Google Wave, Google TV are three of them), begins today and we’re already hearing about some of the services that will be announced. So we thought it would it might be useful to compile a ist of some of the most […]
"ARL Suggests Privacy Oversight for Google Books"
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
|In a post on the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Policy Notes blog, ARL’s Brandon Butler points out that on Tuesday the association filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that suggest the it, “require strong protection for reader privacy in the Google Books service.” Butler also points out that anyone file comments with […]
New Research Article: "Why Not Just Google It? An Assessment of Information Literacy Skills in a Biomedical Science Curriculum"
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Open Access, Reports, Resources, School Libraries
|This new open access article appears in BMC Medical Education 2011, 11:17 (25 April 2011). Co-Authors: Karl Kingsley, Gillian M Galbraith, Matthew Herring, Eva Stowers, Tanis Stewart and Karla V Kingsley From the Abstract: Background Few issues in higher education are as fundamental as the ability to search for, evaluate, and synthesize information. The need […]