Google and libraries an uneasy relationship Stephen Abram

Google and libraries: an uneasy relationship Stephen Abram Sirsi. Dynix

Opening Plenary Session Connecting collections with workflows Carol Goble University of Manchester, School of Computer Science Closing Plenary Session Puppy love versus reality: The illiteracy, innumeracy, phantom hit counts and citation counts of Google Scholar Peter Jacso University of Hawaii, Dept. of Information & Computer Sciences

Quotes from Carol Goble UKSG 2006 Nice project but not so nice attitude • I don't read journal articles • I don't do libraries • I send Ph D students to pick up materials from the library • That's what Ph D students are for • Google is the Gift of the Lord • I don't use anything but Google • I am proud of it & I rub it in at UKSG 2006 • I am a heretic Jacso

Not so hidden messages and metalanguage • • • We don't need no education We don't need no £$%& journals We don't need no £$%& libraries We don't need no £$%& librarians We don't need no nothing but Google Jacso

Google Scholar (GS) The Myth • GS is the alpha and the omega of scholarly literature search • GS personality cult GS is the smartest GS is my best friend GS for president GS for Page Six GS for TIME Magazine Person of the Year • GS for citedness and impact factor Jacso

Good for • the have-nots • casual search • undergrad students • ego boosting (inflated counts + questionable sources) • but not for real research Jacso

The Reality • Secrecy about sources • Secrecy about journals • Secrecy about time span • Secrecy about size • Huge gaps in collections crawled from publishers’ archives • Skeletal [citation] records • Mixing fine champagne with cheap wine • Inflated hit counts & citation counts • Phantom citing items Jacso

• Check it for yourself Reality Check http: //www 2. hawaii. edu/~jacso/scholarly/side-by-side 2. htm Jacso

I N N U M E R A C Y Jacso

Innumeracy Basic Boolean Blunder Jacso

Illiteracy and/or innumeracy? Jacso

Illiteracy and or innumeracy Jacso

Who is cited & what is cited? STD article in Circulation Who is R. Card? Cited only 4 times in 6 years? Jacso

Oh, this is advertising circulation data And this is the journal name Jacso

Too good to be true? 215 items per year? Jacso

Skimpy records … Why skimpy [citation] records instead of Serials’ archive records? Jacso

… direct you to BL Direct to pay for what is free Jacso

Much open access in Serials archive Jacso

in PDF and HTML formats Jacso

Check out my short picture-book for GS Innumeracy & GS Illiteracy Jacso

Jacso

Two scientists and GS Pauly, D and Stergiou, K. I. (2005) “Equivalence of results from two citation analyses: Thomson ISI’s Citation Index and Google’s Scholar service” Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2005 p. 33 available at http: //www. int-res. com/articles/esep/2005/E 65. pdf Jacso

Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2005 p. 33 available at http: //www. int-res. com/articles/esep/2005/E 65. pdf Jacso

Unscholarly citation illiteracy and innumeracy • Dabbling in citation searching • Running with citation counts reported by GS without checking & corroboration • Grossly misunderstanding and underreporting Wo. S citation counts • Blissful ignorance, dangerously dilettante conclusion Jacso

These citation counts in the authors’ spreadsheet are as equivalent as the Elvis imitators and the real Elvis Jacso

Bradford’s article was cited nearly 200, 000 times. The one of Lowry’s about 300, 000 times. The authors use a citation count for 1961 -1982. They just don’t get it. . Jacso

Fools’ gold and foolish ideas Jacso

Declan Butler, Nature’s senior reporter gets his cites… Jacso

… in more ways than one by Stevan Harnad, Canada Research Chair of Cognitive Science Jacso

An ignorant reporter reports the “findings” as gospel, and your library budget will likely to be cut to substitute Wo. S by GS. Jacso

Not so fast with that ax, interpreting citation data is a subtle stuff, indeed Jacso