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Google Answers is Dead! Long Live Google Answers!
1st January 2007
For those unfamiliar with Google Answers, it is (was!) a human-powered, question-and-answer service begun in 2002 as the brainchild of Google co-founder Larry Page. Unlike most search-engine tools, Google Answers (gasp!) charged a fee: anywhere from $2 to $200. Not everyone is convinced that a fee-based Q&A service is workable, but in the course of its brief history, several hundred thousand people were willing to pay to have their questions answered at GA.
Convergence Counselling: Integration of IT Departments and Libraries
2001 to 2006: Five Years of Information Architecture
Wikipedia: To Use or Not To Use
Social Revolution: Bloggers Dominate Online
Leveraging the Power of White Papers: How to Create White Papers That Persuade
Internet Librarian International: Impressions from a First-Time Attendee
Election Cycles Primer: How and When People Come to Office
1st November 2006
Ink-smudged fingers and hanging chads may be local icons of election time, but their outcomes can reverberate around the world. November marks mid-term election time in the United States, and although the elections are local, the outcomes make a marked difference in domestic and foreign policy.
Outsourcing Research Information: An Introduction
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