Re: Not sure what this means

From: Johnston, Leslie <lesliej_at_nyob> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 11:48:44 -0400 To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

I'm not sure that it matters how the search works under the hood ... only that cataloging metadata was repurposed to enable an additional form of discovery.

Leslie

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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of john g marr
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 3:20 PM
To: Johnston, Leslie; Next generation catalogs for libraries
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Not sure what this means

On Thu, 27 May 2010, Johnston, Leslie wrote:

> And you were able to find the books in Google because a library 
> provided them with catalog records to index.

   When you search Google, are you searching keywords and phrases in titles and/or full text or catalog records?

>> George Wrenn wrote:

>> ... let's not forget that libraries made a big chunk of Google Books 
>> possible.

  We may not, but Google users will.

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                                             Univ. of New Mexico
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