William Miller is Dean of Libraries at Florida Atlantic University. He is Past-President of the Association of College and Research Libraries, has served as Chair of the Choice Editorial Board, and is a frequent contributor to professional journals, as well as being a contributing editor of Library Issues. He was named Instruction Librarian of the Year in 2004 by the ACRL Instruction Section.Rita M. Pellen is the Associate Director of Libraries at Florida Atlantic University. She has served on committees in LAMA, ACRL, and ALCTS, as well as the Southeast Florida Library Information Network, SEFLIN, a multi-type library cooperative in South Florida. Honor society memberships include Beta Phi Mu and Phi Kappa Phi.

• 1. Introduction: Using Google Applications: Expanded Tools for Libraries William Miller 2. Google: A Chronology of Innovations, Acquisitions, and Growth Richard Robison 3. Thinking Inside the Box: Comparing Federated Search Results from Google Scholar, Live Search Academic, and Central Search Rachel Cooke and Rebecca Donlan 4. It’s All Academic: Google Scholar, Scirus and Windows Live Academic Search Lyle Ford and Lisa Hanson O’Hara 5. Join the Conversation: Show Your Library’s Google Scholar and Book Search Expertise Luke Vilelle 6. The Triumph of Expediency: The Impact of Google Scholar on Library Instruction David Ettinger 7. Worth the Price? Virtual Reference, Global Knowledge Forums, and the Demise of Google Answers Kay Cahill 8. Google and Collaboration Carrie Newsom and Kathryn Kennedy 9. Scheduling Smorgasbord: Google Calendar and Key Contenders Sara Davidson 10. Blogger: Your Thoughts Here Tricia Juettemeyer 11. Blogger, WordPress.com, and their Pseudoblog Alternatives: A Comparison of Focus, Features, and Feel Robert J. Lackie and John W. LeMasney 12. Libraries and Google Co-op Maha Kumaran and Dawn Bassett 13. A Squatter on the Fourth Estate: Google News Jim Galbraith

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