[Web4lib] Changing Patterns In Internet Research - Revisited

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Changing Patterns In Internet Research - Revisited

I wrote "Changing Patterns In Internet Research"
to indicate what seems to be a significant shift in
online resources, from "gatekeeper" mentality, to
one of "gateway" presentations.  There appears
to be a vast global evolving democratization process
in Internet resource references and search sites,
that will eventually effect how companies can do
business, or nations lose information firewalls.

I presented an updated link:

City Of Davis and Yolo County, California
http://academic-genealogy.com/cityofdavisyolocountycalifornia.htm
(1) This site is  representative of any location
resource in the world.  It is now possible
to supplement local library systems with
Google Book search records, some being
fully available at home, in the public domain.

Using the cities examples, a simple
string can be presented, such as:
Davis CITY: Davis Official - Davis Wiki
----------------------------
Davis - Best of the Web resource
CITY - Wikipedia Article on Davis
Davis Official - Official City Site
Davis Wiki - Wiki group resource
----------------------------

If information is combined in this
manner, it is exceedingly obvious
that 50 per cent of input created
comes from general group resources,
25 per cent from online web interests,
and only 25 per cent from officialdom.

With other links presented, such as
Facebook | Davis California, personal
interaction becomes dominant throughout.

There has been a continuing discussion
on another list concerning what a reference
librarian should do, as to the preservation
of collections, or only helping patrons with
online reference data.

This is resolved, if automatically, these group
resources are computer connected online,
by fingertip touch in area library web sites;
http://academic-genealogy.com/cityofdavisyolocountycalifornia.htm#county
else, in my opinion, they will still be created
online anyway by related groups interested
in the resources, as they are now becoming
increasing available.

In the case of my personal interest:
The Family Genealogy and History
Internet Education Directory is a
worldwide online resource, located
at the site: academic-genealogy.com

It is continuously being developed
for the benefit of every family age
group. This global portal connects
all currently available family history
and genealogy data, provided through
an annotated collection of world wide
Internet links, to key family history
and genealogy resources on the Web.

It is a scholarly family history and
genealogy mega site map, that can
be effectively used for homeschooling,
by dads and moms for their children,
with family friendly games, computer
activities and knowledge management.

For the business environment, at work,
school, in the office or mobile travel,
this Internet educational directory is
available for use by staff, teachers,
students, educators, librarians, local
area historians, family genealogists,
professional researchers, generational
historians; as well as employees in
government, humanitarian aid, social
welfare, and human resource agencies.

Every available site in the world is
being placed online, with information
related to national civil records, all
cultures, genealogy, libraries, museums,
printed country family history outlines,
country studies, individual identity
information, indigenous peoples, etc.

Free Coverage of the Genealogy World
in a Nutshell is provided within this
comprehensive Genealogy and Family
History online Handbook, How-To-Guide
and self paced learning skills Manual.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Family-Genealogy-and-History-Internet-Education-Directory/261975771423?ref=mf