Googlization of Libraries

摘要

Ask librarians what they think of Google and you will probably get almost as many views as there are librarians. Chances are that responses will include a little (grudging) admiration, some wariness or outright hostility. This book looks into the reasons behind our love/hate relationship and attempts to come to some conclusions as to how we can learn to live together. The assertion in the introduction that "scepticism is healthy and normal, but wholesale rejectionism is counterproductive and unworthy of the best in librarianship" seems to be the guiding principle behind this collection of essays, although some chapters are more sceptical than others.