Web search engines: This p[roved to be an enlightening article. It basically describes the process behind entering a url and the behind-the scenes of summoning up documents based on your search terms. For the most part, I did not realize that much work was dopne on the other end of a search. I( merely thought that the search results were purely generated by the terms I entered and not bu ID numbers. This article has proven to me that the ease of using a search engine actually involves a much greater process at hand. There are methods for imporvement in constant development.
OAI archives: This article proves to me that my taks as a librarian will never be complete and, accordingly, I will always have work to do (good thing). I've hear the argument that search engines have eliminated the need for librarians, but the amount of push for complete archiving of intertnet data has shown me that there will never be a point where thigns become complteely manageable for the common user.
Deep Web: The existence of the deep web has been a subject of great interest to mke. When you enter a term into google, you are bound to come up with resaults that several peiople have come up with before. In other words, retreigving a rare and desired piece of information seems more and more like an art. The amount of content and "bots" in the deep web shoiws how such information is much harder and potentiaslly more dangerous to retreive.
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retrieving a rare and desired piece of information seems more and more like an art.
Hey Oliver,
I think this is quite true of modern reference work and everyday web searches. Professor Mahoney mentioned early in the semester in LIS 2002 that "there is a bit of serendipity in the research process". Overall, it seems like info retrieval is more of an art than a science.
Hello Oliver. It also never occurred to me how much work is involved in retrieving information off the web. The algorithms for the search engines alone are incredibly long and complex.
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