[Web4lib] Lack of discussion of Google CSE and Libraries

[Carol Bean]

Bill and David,

Yeah, I see what you mean!  Hmmm.  It's looking better.  I need to  
try that on my blog.

Thanks,
Carol

On Nov 9, 2006, at 10:28 AM, David Rothman wrote:

> Carol-
>
> While I think they rank significantly below sliced bread, CSEs CAN  
> be placed
> on one's own web site.  Look at LISZEN.com as an example, or the one I
> embedded in my blog at
> http://davidrothman.net/consumer-health-and-patient-education- 
> information-search-engine/
> .
>
> LISZEN's results even display under the LISZEN banner, and this  
> isn't hard
> to set up.
>
> -David
>
>
> On 11/9/06, Carol Bean <beanworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm with Ross on this.  What you say is true, but only from within
>> Google.  Is there a way to take this tool and put it on our library
>> website, or do we have to set up our CSE's on Google, and go there
>> (or send patrons there) to use the tool?
>>
>> Cool tool, but better than sliced bread?
>>
>> Carol Bean
>>
>> On Nov 9, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Drew, Bill wrote:
>>
>> > You are missing one major point.  It does not take a programmer  
>> to do
>> > anything with it.  The Google API and other APIs really require
>> > programming skills.  To me it is the biggest thing since sliced  
>> bread
>> > because it goes back to one of our basic functions as librarians,
>> > collection development and selection of resources.  I wish it  
>> did go
>> > further in going into the Invisible Web that is buried in our
>> > databases.
>> > I t could potentially serve as our federated search engine if it  
>> did.
>> > The front line librarian who knows how to do searches and  
>> understands
>> > Boolean logic can use the CSE to create great tools for our  
>> users.  I
>> > think that is meaningful and significant!
>> >
>> > Bill Drew
>> > drewwe at morrisville.edu
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: rossfsinger at gmail.com [mailto:rossfsinger at gmail.com] On
>> > Behalf Of
>> > Ross Singer
>> > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 9:46 AM
>> > To: Drew, Bill
>> > Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
>> > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Lack of discussion of Google CSE and  
>> Libraries
>> >
>> > Bill,
>> >
>> > The problem with Google CSE, as I see it, is that there doesn't  
>> seem
>> > to be an API for it (is there and I'm missing it?).
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