June 1, 2005 – MichaelZimmer.org

Why not to bring up McLuhan at parties

Posted by Michael Zimmeron June 1, 2005in Academic

Source: Educational Technology, January 15, 1976. Vol. VII, Number 1. Back Cover (Thanks to Richard Graham)

Yahoo! Mindset: Intent Driven Search

Posted by Michael Zimmeron June 1, 2005in Information Ethics, Search Engines

Yahoo! Research Labs released a beta version of a new search tool called Yahoo! Mindset allowing users to filter results on an axis of "shopping" (i.e., commercial) vs "researching" (i.e., non-commercial) sources. From their site: Find the results you like.Sort…

One College Librarian Worries About ‘Atomizing’ Books…

Posted by Michael Zimmeron June 1, 2005in Information Law & Policy, Libraries

Siva also points to this Chronicle of Higher Education interview with Michael Gorman, president-elect of the American Library Association, a critic of Google's library project. The summary:Mr. Gorman, who is dean of library services at California State University at Fresno,…

Concerns with Google Print Library

Posted by Michael Zimmeron June 1, 2005in Information Ethics, Search Engines

Siva Vaidhyanathan is working on a paper/talk about the social implications of Google's plan to digitize library books, and asks for feedback. The broadest issue is the widespread acceptance of the "Google paradigm" for organizing, distributing and accessing information. Google…