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Against the Grain, Dec 2008

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0 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact 1 i Hear the Train A Comin'................ 84 pub2web and MetaStore by Greg Tananbaum - This month, Greg interviews Louise Tutton, Head of Client Management for Ingenta Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation - Editor Article 39 Follow this and additional works at: http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/atg Against the Grain (USPS 012-618) (ISSN 1043-2094) is published six times a year in February, April, June, September, November, and December/January byAgainst the Grain, LLC, 209 Richardson Ave., MSC 98, The Citadel, Charleston, SC 29409. Subscription price per year is $50 U.S. ($60 Canada $85 foreign). Periodicals postage paid at Charleston, SC. Postmaster: Send change of address to Against the Grain, LLC, 209 Richardson Ave., MSC 98, The Citadel, Charleston, SC 29409. Editor: Katina Strauch (College of Charleston) Associate Editors: Rosann Bazirjian (UNC-Greensboro) Cris Ferguson (Furman University) Tom Gilson (College of Charleston) Joyce Ogburn (U. of Utah) John Riley (Eastern Book Company) Research Editors: Barry Lee (Research & Reference Services) Judy Luther (Informed Strategies) Assistants to the Editor: Ileana Strauch Toni Nix (Just Right Group, LLC) Contributing Editors: Richard Abel (Consultant) Rick Anderson (University of Nevada, Reno) Sever Bordeianu (U. of New Mexico) Bryan Carson (Western Kentucky University) Liz Chapman (University College London) Eleanor Cook (Appalachian State University) Audrey Fenner (Library of Congress) Anthony Ferguson (U. of Hong Kong) Ruth Fischer (R2 Consulting Services) Laura Gasaway (UNC, Chapel Hill) Miriam Gilbert (Consultant) Julia Gelfand (University of California, Irvine) Peter Givler (AAUP) Chuck Hamaker (UNC, Charlotte) William M. Hannay (Schiff, Hardin & Waite) Mark Herring (Winthrop University) Ned Kraft (U.S. Dept. of State) Margaret Landesman (University of Utah) Tom Leonhardt (St. Edward’s University) Rick Lugg (R2 Consulting Services) Jack Montgomery (Western Kentucky University) Bob Nardini (Coutts) Matt Nauman (Blackwell’s) Elsie Pritchard (Morehead State University) Peter Shepherd (Project COUNTER) Greg Tananbaum (Consultant) Jared Seay (College of Charleston) Deborah Vaughn (College of Charleston) Proofreader: Carol Lyle (Summerville, SC) Graphics: Bowles & Carver, Old English Cuts & Illustrations. Grafton, More Silhouettes. Ehmcke, Graphic Trade Symbols By German Designers. Grafton, Ready-to-Use Old-Fashioned Illustrations. The Chap Book Style. Production & Ad Sales: Toni Nix, Just Right Group, LLC., P.O. Box 412, Cottageville, SC 29435, phone: 843-835-8604 fax: 843-835-5892 <> Advertising information: Toni Nix, phone: 843-835-8604, fax: 843-835-5892 <> or Edna Laughrey, phone: 734-429-1029, fax: 734-429-1711, <> Send ad materials to: Attn: Toni Nix, Just Right Group, LLC 398 Crab Apple Lane, Ridgeville, SC 29472 Publisher: A. Bruce Strauch Send correspondence, press releases, etc., to: Katina Strauch, Editor, Against the Grain, LLC, 209 Richardson Ave., MSC 98, The Citadel, Charleston, SC 29409. phone: 843-723-3536, fax: 843-805-7918. <> Against the Grain is indexed in Library Literature, LISA, Ingenta, and The Informed Librarian. Authors’opinions are to be regarded as their own. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States ofAmerica. This issue was produced on a Power Mac G4 using Microsoft Word, and Adobe CS2 Premium software under Mac OS X Tiger. Against the Grain is copyright ©2008 by Katina Strauch AGAiNST THE GRAiN TABLE OF CONTENTS v.20 #3 June 2008 © Katina Strauch ISSUES, NEWS, & GOINGS ON Letters to the Editor............................ 6 Deadlines .............................................. 6 FEATURES The Google Effect – Part 2 Guest Editors, Beth Bernhardt and Nathan Norris The Google Effect – Part 2 ................. 1 Keeping the Enemy Close................. 38 by Beth Bernhardt and Nathan Norris Kinda Just Like Google .................... 18 Presence and Variety of Search Options on Library Homepages by Jimmy Ghaphery, Susan Teague-Rector, and Sam Byrd — The future of library search may rest outside of the native interface or even the library homepage. The 21st Century Searcher............... 22 How the Growth of Search Engines Affected the Redesign of EBSCOhost by Michael Gorrell — If a site is overly complex, foreign, or “clunky,” users will move on to something that’s easier, even if it doesn’t have the “best” material. Giggling Over Google ....................... 28 Using Google Docs and Google Custom Search Engines for Web 2.0 i nformation Literacy Practices by Lilia Murray — Perhaps the greatest reward is that Google Docs and Custom Search Engines make teaching and learning more fun. Original Proposal .............................. 34 Developing a Business Library Collection in the Age of Google by Nathan Rupp — Libraries (...truncated)


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