ISSUE: Library value versus it is all free on Google
v Somebody usually library provides access to all that is “free”.
v Who make sure such services work but the library staff?
v Prove worth by document delivery data.
v Aggregators have taken over lots of library functions.
v How to assess quality of Google info.
v What about preservation everything is not there forever on the internet.
v What about what is not accessible via Google.
v Librarians teach effective searching and show what exists that search on Google do not find or know about.
v Digital divide access for everyone is not there.
v People overestimate their own information literacy.
v Library has real people who know who to assist not machine voices or websites.
v Who select the subscriptions and negotiates for services.
v Need to understand information needs of the business or organisations.
v Focus on the skillset not the place not just individual skillsets but the combined skillset of the library staff.
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