The Google statistic most impressive to librarians at the Public Library Association (PLA) conference in Boston came from Ben Bunnell, an engaging librarian on Google's Book Search team. As of March 22, Bunnell announced, there were 24,000 sign-ups for Google's librarian newsletter. Google's library outreach team first appeared last June in Chicago at the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference; when the newsletter launched in 2005, some 3000 librarians signed up in one week. Given that most librarians in attendance at the PLA session hadn't heard of the service, the number likely has grown even more.
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