Re: Another take on Wikipedia and (academic) libraries

From: Weinheimer Jim <j.weinheimer_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:43:07 +0100
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Laval Hunsucker wrote:
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Some may find interesting this (two-page) article by Corinna Nohn, dated Monday
25 October, published on sueddeutsche.de : 

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/wikipedia-kompilationen-bullshit-amen-okay-1.1015680 

"Fehlkauf mit System: Immer mehr aus Wikipedia-Artikeln kopierte Bücher  finden
sich in Uni-Bibliotheken. Die "Enttarnung" gestaltet sich  schwierig."

etc.
</snip>

On this same topic, I just discovered in an article about a new Search Engine "Blekko" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/technology/01search.html, about an outfit called "Demand Media" and organizations called "content farms" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/business/media/08carr.html.

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Received on Tue Nov 02 2010 - 05:45:28 EDT