Did you know that you can't get to everything on the Internet just by using Google?

1. Why do we still need
libraries when everything is
on the Internet?
Presented by Karla Ivarson, Mariner Media Specialist

2. Books vs. Internet

3. A library is a curated repository of
information, be it physical or virtual.

4. Libraries have already shifted many
times:
cuneiform tablets to
papyrus scrolls to illuminated
manuscripts to printed books.

5. $$$$ to publish.
Content is vetted by
publishers before publication.
Very cheap to publish
information.
Content does NOT have
to be vetted prior to being
posted on the Internet.

6. Doesn’t Google sort out the good from the bad?

7. Good news: there is still authoritative
content being vetted by publishers.
Bad news: that content is locked behind
pay walls.
Good news: libraries get you through
those pay walls.

8. Most of the content on
the Internet is locked
behind pay-walls or at
least password walls.
http://www.elixirofknowledge.com/search/label/Dark%20Web
Google only hits the top of
the iceberg!

10. We’re subscribing
to several
authoritative
resources.