They've decided the best remedy for misunderstanding is to stop talking ...
Google Librarian CentralReading on, it appears that sooner or later they might send a newsletter. Maybe.
...As you may have noticed, we've taken a somewhat leisurely summer break here at Librarian Central. We've been thinking about how to best communicate with you, our audience, and as a result, we've decided to close this blog in order to focus on our newsletter...
I don't know why Google has such poor relations with librarians, but Bethany Poole has written one cold "Dear John" post.
2 comments:
John, were you reading the librarian blogs last week? You must have been!!
Popular Library Blog
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Librarian Central post was actually the *last* of it.
I track one of 'em, Phil Bradley -- http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/.
I read one of your references:
http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/07/10/love-for-sale/
I read it as "Google got what they wanted, so there's no reason to expect them to continue to play nice".
As a fan of librarians, I think Google should have tried a little harder. It doesn't take that much effort to put out a library relevant blog posting once in a while.
I lean more towards Phil's sentiments ...
Be different if Google were brushing off physicians. We're a mean tribe ...
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