Are Libraries Really Good at Mystery Searches?

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I think librarians are really good at mysteries. They can find the one book that the person wanted. But by just, you know, keeping on asking details about what they're looking for, you can help them locate it. That's something that I think Google as a general search can't do. It reminds me of an online reader's guide to periodical literature which was always a very general kind of index. And ever since Google came in the mid 90s, people keep telling me, "Pretty soon, we're just not going to need libraries"

Susan Currie has 40 years of experience as a senior librarian and administrator. She worked for close to thirty years in academic libraries and knows a profound amount about information and how it's managed in society. This week we talk about how the internet has changed people's relationships with information, how librarians can help people find information in the digital age, how librarians can help people be less biased researchers and the generational differences between young and old in consuming and managing information.

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