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Google and libraries: an uneasy relationship Stephen Abram SirsiDynix

Google and libraries: an uneasy relationship Stephen Abram SirsiDynix. Canceled. Closing Plenary Session Puppy love versus reality: The illiteracy, innumeracy, phantom hit counts and citation counts of Google Scholar Peter Jacso

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Google and libraries: an uneasy relationship Stephen Abram SirsiDynix

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  1. Google and libraries: an uneasy relationship Stephen Abram SirsiDynix Canceled

  2. Closing Plenary Session Puppy love versus reality: The illiteracy, innumeracy, phantom hit counts and citation counts of Google Scholar Peter Jacso University of Hawaii, Dept. of Information & Computer Sciences Opening Plenary Session Connecting collections with workflows Carol Goble University of Manchester, School of Computer Science

  3. Quotes from Carol Goble UKSG 2006Nice project but not so nice attitude • I don't read journal articles • I don't do libraries • I send Ph D students to pick up materials from the library • That's what Ph D students are for • Google is the Gift of the Lord • I don't use anything but Google • I am proud of it & I rub it in at UKSG 2006 • I am a heretic Jacso

  4. Not so hidden messages and metalanguage • We don't need no education • We don't need no £$%& journals • We don't need no £$%& libraries • We don't need no £$%& librarians • We don't need no nothing but Google Jacso

  5. Google Scholar (GS)The Myth • GS is the alpha and the omega of scholarly literature search • GS personality cult GS is the smartest GS is my best friend GS for president GS for Page Six GS for TIME Magazine Person of the Year • GS for citedness and impact factor Jacso

  6. Good for • the have-nots • casual search • undergrad students • ego boosting (inflated counts + questionable sources) • but not for real research Jacso

  7. The Reality • Secrecy about sources • Secrecy about journals • Secrecy about time span • Secrecy about size • Huge gaps in collections crawled from publishers’ archives • Skeletal [citation] records • Mixing fine champagne with cheap wine • Inflated hit counts & citation counts • Phantom citing items Jacso

  8. Reality Check • Check it for yourself http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jacso/scholarly/side-by-side2.htm Jacso

  9. I N N U M E R A C Y Jacso

  10. InnumeracyBasic Boolean Blunder Jacso

  11. Illiteracy and/or innumeracy? Jacso

  12. Illiteracy and or innumeracy Jacso

  13. Who is cited & what is cited? STD article in Circulation Who is R. Card? Cited only 4 times in 6 years? Jacso

  14. Oh, this is advertising circulation data Oh, this is advertising circulation data And this is the journal name Jacso

  15. Too good to be true? 215 items per year? Jacso

  16. Skimpy records … Why skimpy [citation] records instead of Serials’ archive records? Jacso

  17. … direct you to BL Direct to pay for what is free Jacso

  18. Much open access in Serials archive Jacso

  19. inPDF and HTML formats Jacso

  20. Check out my short picture-book for GS Innumeracy & GS Illiteracy Jacso

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  32. Two scientists and GSPauly, D and Stergiou, K.I. (2005) “Equivalence of results from two citation analyses: Thomson ISI’s Citation Index and Google’s Scholar service”Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2005 p. 33 available at http://www.int-res.com/articles/esep/2005/E65.pdf Jacso

  33. Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2005 p. 33 available at http://www.int-res.com/articles/esep/2005/E65.pdf Jacso

  34. Unscholarly citation illiteracy and innumeracy • Dabbling in citation searching • Running with citation counts reported by GS without checking & corroboration • Grossly misunderstanding and underreporting WoS citation counts • Blissful ignorance, dangerously dilettante conclusion Jacso

  35. These citation counts in the authors’ spreadsheet are as equivalent as the Elvis imitators and the real Elvis Jacso

  36. Bradford’s article was cited nearly 200,000 times. The one of Lowry’s about 300,000 times. The authors use a citation count for 1961-1982. They just don’t get it.. Jacso

  37. Fools’ gold and foolish ideas Jacso

  38. Declan Butler, Nature’s senior reporter gets his cites… Jacso

  39. …in more ways than one by Stevan Harnad, Canada Research Chair of Cognitive Science Jacso

  40. An ignorant reporter reports the “findings” as gospel, and your library budget will likely to be cut to substitute WoS by GS. Jacso

  41. Not so fast with that ax, interpreting citation data is a subtle stuff, indeed Jacso

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