I just Googled the NYT bestsellers plus the word "Boston." I got
newspapers, publishers and random blogs. I even got your neighbor, the
Borders at Downtown Crossing. But I only got the BPL once, half-way
down linking to a page about Overdrive.
The web is increasingly how people find things. Libraries aren't part
of that. They're not sharing their data and they're not part of the
search ecology generally.That's a problem.
It's even a problem for the Boston Public Library.
Tim
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Kevin Kidd <kiddk_at_bc.edu> wrote:
>>The Google API is another sign that libraries are increasingly
>>irrelevant to what used to be thought a core strength, telling people
>>about books.
>
> Good God! I feared this day would come! I'll let our director know that we might as well begin to plan for the inevitable closing of the libraries here - what with being irrelevant and everything...
>
> --------------------------------------
> Kevin M. Kidd, MA, MLIS
> Library Applications & Systems Manager
> Boston College Libraries
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Received on Mon Sep 29 2008 - 15:19:17 EDT