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"Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers." True, indeed, "right" is relative! And, while I may consider phrasing this statement a little differently -- for the inconsistency thrown up by an unnecessary modal verb, for a start! - perhaps, "librarians" should not be interpreted too literally as they speak through the refrain of using library resources for their information evaluation and literacy goals. After all, students are already spending a lot for a university education, so why not get them to use these exorbitantly-priced resources, organized and made accessible by librarians? The library resources, actually, are what, *with librarians' guidance*, provide the answers.with "right" albeit relative, In agreement with you all, let the discoverer of knowledge determine through his or her own critical thinking the matter of right or wrong. The skills that research databases and OPACs impart to users are transferable for mining the Web to appropriate needs. Bebe Bebe S. Chang Research & Instruction Librarian Arts & Humanities – E250H University Libraries – Norlin University of Colorado Boulder [log in to unmask] (303) 735-8119 On 5 April 2016 at 13:20, Bebe S. Chang <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > "Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right answers." > > True, indeed, "right" is relative! And, while I may consider phrasing this > statement a little differently -- for the inconsistency thrown up by an > unnecessary modal verb, for a start! - perhaps, "librarians" should not be > interpreted too literally as they speak through the refrain of using > library resources for their information evaluation and literacy goals. > After all, students are already spending a lot for a university education, > so why not get them to use these exorbitantly-priced resources, organized > and made accessible by librarians? > > The library resources, actually, are what, *with librarians' guidance*, > provide the answers.with "right" albeit relative, In agreement with you > all, let the discoverer of knowledge determine through his or her own > critical thinking the matter of right or wrong. The skills that research > databases and OPACs impart to users are transferable for mining the Web to > appropriate needs. > > Bebe > > > > > > > On 5 April 2016 at 07:41, Wilhelmina Randtke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> That statement is pretty old. >> >> Today, much of the internet is written for machines or by machines. >> Poorly >> written rehashed fluffy content dominates. As time goes on, even though >> search algorithms are getting better and the general public is getting >> more >> savvy about how to use a search engine, the problem is that lots of the >> content is written mechanically. Information literacy hardly helps for >> some searches, because there are searches where every hit was written only >> for SEO value with no agenda beyond SEO value. >> >> I think the way forward is a focus on how to push out quality content to >> machines, rather than focus on how to sift through fluff or focus on how >> to >> purchase quality from monopoly vendors. Librarians also tend to fall into >> the rut of doing what they have skills and training to do, and years of >> experience in information literacy training are easily rolled into more >> information literacy training. >> >> -Wilhelmina >> >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:31 AM, Cornel Darden Jr. < >> [log in to unmask] >> > wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > "Google can give you answers, but librarians give you the right >> answers." >> > >> > Is it me? Or is there something wrong with this statement? >> > >> > I've been hearing statements like this since I've been in the field. >> > Tonight I saw a public library post on FB: >> > >> > Library: "because not everything on the internet is true" >> > >> > Some people applauded the statement and were like: "yay librarians!" >> > >> > Others thought it was a very ignorant statement. And many patrons >> caused a >> > huge backlash. It was interesting as the library responded to the >> irritated >> > patrons. >> > >> > Thoughts? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Cornel Darden Jr. >> > Chief Information Officer >> > Casanova Information Services, LLC >> > Office Phone: (779) 205-3105 >> > Mobile Phone: (708) 705-2945 >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > >