The Google generation (Decline of research at the Library)

Portland Press Herald ^ | June 11, 2006 | BETH QUIMBY

[linda_22003]

Help from a librarian could have taught you "shudder to think", the correct phrase. We'll never know. :)

[linda_22003]

I'm just saying that you have to use correct spelling to get results from databases and search engines. I'm not the Nazi for that, technology is. You could have hit on the correct spelling by browsing through an old card catalog, now you can't.

Don't blame ME because you can't find things at the library. Or the library, for that matter. :)

[Dead Corpse]

I fat finger a key dropping an "l" and this gives you license to rag on me? Go find a better, healthier, hobby...

[WoofDog123]

" I would not recommend Wikipedia as the be-all and end-all source of information. Good for organizational purposes, but the information can be very questionable at times."

Neither would I, but for what I was looking up (early post-conquest english monarchy info) it was just fine. I didn't see anything in what I read that was suspicious or flawed. i assume on more modern or contraversial events they are more suspect.

[al baby]

Maybe its Hillary's iud ?

[linda_22003]

Not even close. hint: when I was a kid, we needed them to play our favorite music.

[Lazamataz]

I fat finger a key dropping an "l" and this gives you license to rag on me? Go find a better, healthier, hobby...

The Jews were exterminated for less.

[Dead Corpse]

Really? Did one of them type "Hiter" one too many times?

Back on topic though, public libraries currently pay no royalty to the original author or publishing house. How could extending this to the Internet, but with some recompense for the author as a small subscription fee, be a bad thing? Isn't something better than nothing?

Aside from typing skills, what am I missing here?

[al baby]

Spaceage guitar pick?

[linda_22003]

Libraries pay for hard copies of books and periodicals, just like individuals do. With a subscription service like Books 24x7, or electronic database subscriptions, fees are calculated by the vendors either enterprise-wide, or per seat.

[Dead Corpse]

I'm aware of that. Public libraries also accept private donations of books and magazines.

However, there is no "per use" user fee involved. This business model would not only allow for a greater number of online resources access to these materials, but would also be a constant form of income for the publisher/author.

It'd seem a win/win from an economics standpoint.

[ChadGore]

I've never been asked "can you google?" in a job interview.

This is just like the false hype that once was spoken about Excite.com

[CheyennePress]

The world really did make more sense prior to 1919, didn't it? Or at least I think so the only way that I can: retrospectively.

[plan2succeed.org]

Here's what teens get in public libraries: 12 years olds get to read about oral sex and porn movies in a book the ALA (American Library Association) awarded as the very best book of 2006 for children as young as twelve! Porn Pushers - The ALA and Looking For Alaska - One Example of How the ALA Pushes Porn On Children. Imagine, rather you don't have to, top librarian leadership recommending oral sex porn for the entire nation's population of children as young as twelve. See on that link how we even got the author of the book to admit he would never give his own book to his own 12 year old if he had one! Nevermind! He's a prude. Librarians now award porn books as the top book for twelve year olds to read. Get with it! Besides, we need an educated electorate! The ALA actually claims that as a reason to give children such books. g2g

[linda_22003]

"Americans Say Public Libraries Are Essential to 21st Century Communities"

http://www.publicagenda.org/press/press_release_detail.cfm?list=72