No. 6
ISSN: 1559-0011
April 2007
Contents
It’s fair to say that Google, along with a host of other Internet search engines,
have fundamentally changed the relationship between humanity and knowledge.
But the battle for search supremacy is hardly over. In fact, search is in its early
days. And several experts believe that search stands today at the threshold of a
new era. Opportunities exist for other companies and organizations, including
libraries, to grab a portion of this rapidly growing phenomenon.
Neal Petersen is not your typical yachtsman. Born in South Africa under Apartheid,
the future world traveler started his life under very different circumstances.
You would never have guessed he would learn navigation and boat design in a library—and go on to become the first black man to race solo around the world.
OCLC network-level services can connect users searching on the Web, where
most people start their search, to their libraries and, using a broad range of
intelligence about objects, identifiers, people, places and institutions, are able to
provide unprecedented context around the items libraries hold.
Departments
President’s Report
Cover Story
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