About Me
I am a librarian at Cal Poly Pomona. I have an M.S. in library and information science and an M.A. in English. This weblog reflects my interests in library & information science, literature, language, culture, and the arts. Click for my full profile.
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julieshen (at) gmail (dot) com
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Books I Like
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Google Print changes its name (11/17/2005) Reason for the change? "[O]ne factor was all the comments we got about how excited people were that Google Print would help them print out their documents, or web pages they visit -- which of course it won't . . . We want to make all the world's books discoverable and searchable online, and we hope this new name will help keep everyone focused on that important goal." |
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Slate series on higher ed (11/17/2005) Curricular concerns, college life, blogging, college newspapers/radio, and most memorable book encountered in college (via ACRLog). |
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Googleheads can't tell difference between unbiased search results and advertisements (11/07/2005) Today someone asked me if librarians felt threatened by people using Google Print, Google Scholar, etc. I said that on the contrary, they need librarians more than ever. I've dealt with countless students who have wasted 2 weeks, +/- a few days, trying to find relevant information on Google for a research project, then contacted me and gotten a solution within 2 minutes. Coincidentally, the Des Moines Register recently wrote something to that effect: "Think you're an expert, Googlehead? The Pew Internet and American Life Project did a survey earlier this year and found only one in six users of search engines can tell the difference between unbiased search results and paid advertisements." 'Googlehead' -- love it. |
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