[WEB4LIB] Re: Report Uncovers Epidemic of Children Viewi

[Christopher J White]

This topic fascinates me. Particularly, isn't the goal  to
integrate these tools with the traditional library catalog? Shouldn't
the distinction between web search tools and the library catalog
eventually dissolve? The reason I ask is that I am interested in web
pages that provide  resources in this area.  



On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jerry Kuntz wrote:

> A huge open source crawling index maintained by librarians would be great.
> As for indexed directories, there's already:
> http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/  Librarian's Index to the
> Internet
> &
> http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/  KidsClick!
> both of which are maintained by volunteer corps of librarians. [at one point
> in the past few days, these two sites combined were generating close to
> 10,000 hits per hour!]
> Jerry Kuntz
> Ramapo Catskill Library System
> (KidsClick! site manager)
> jkuntz at rcls.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CMUNSON <CMUNSON at aaas.org>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 10:10 AM
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Report Uncovers Epidemic of Children Viewi
> 
> 
> >     Nick wrote:
> >>I would still like to see librarians unplug their Internet connections to
> >dramatize the need for investment in information organization on the
> >Internet.  It is somewhat sad that the most comprehensive indexes are being
> >created by for-profit companies than by libraries.
> >
> >    Actually, some of us have recently come together to start work on an
> open
> >source alternative to Yahoo! and Alta Vista. This collaborative effort will
> >involve hundreds of programmers, librarians and volunteers. We are worried
> that
> >the egalitarian nature of the Net will be trampled and destroyed by the mad
> rush
> >of the Yahoo!s of the world to maximize their profits. We're also motivated
> by
> >the desire to create a directory that has some value added to it by humans.
> >
> >It's time for librarians to quit bemoaning how bad commerical search
> engines are
> >and to start doing something it.
> >
> >If you are interested in getting involved, email me for more information.
> >
> >Chuck0
> >FreeSearch development team
> >
> 
> 

Christopher J. White
LSU Libraries 
Reference/Electronic Support Associate
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