Re: opac live search

From: Kevin M Kidd <kiddk_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:17:27 -0500
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Tim Spalding:
>By "do not actually serve the same group of users" you really meant
>the same *people*, or do you mean that you are serving different
>*needs*?

I mean needs, Tim. 

>Most students and faculty are served by Google *and* by the library.
>So if you are serving the same need, you are in competition.

Again, not really.

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Kevin M. Kidd, MA, MLIS
Library Applications & Systems Manager
Boston College Libraries
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Received on Mon Mar 02 2009 - 22:17:46 EST