http://mick768.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/chacha/ Library 2.0 at Dominican Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:11:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mick768.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/chacha/#comment-33 Nat Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:12:06 +0000 http://mick768.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/chacha/#comment-33 I don't have the time right now, but I'll look at it later. I like your comments about racing with them and finding better resources. I wonder if Indiana gave funding to this service because they recognized the problems with robot-based search engines like Google, but just plainly didn't think of libraries as human-based 'search engines.' Makes me think of the 05 OCLC report (Perceptions...) which showed that people overwhelmingly associate the library 'brand' with books. Do librarians lobby? I haven't looked much at what the various library associations do, but it seems as though library associations should dedicate some resources to lobbying, on top of other types of marketing... I don’t have the time right now, but I’ll look at it later. I like your comments about racing with them and finding better resources. I wonder if Indiana gave funding to this service because they recognized the problems with robot-based search engines like Google, but just plainly didn’t think of libraries as human-based ’search engines.’ Makes me think of the 05 OCLC report (Perceptions…) which showed that people overwhelmingly associate the library ‘brand’ with books. Do librarians lobby? I haven’t looked much at what the various library associations do, but it seems as though library associations should dedicate some resources to lobbying, on top of other types of marketing…

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