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Google: The for-profit public library

7/3/2020

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I never thought of the internet of the '90s in terms of its "imagined audience." One of [my] school librarians would recommend Google to [us] students, and I myself thought of it and the Web as a digital library.
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Not anymore. Google, Facebook and other social media may be of public interest, but they're not a public service. They're commercial enterprises and publicly traded. Not a problem. Nonetheless, I agree with the professor when she notes the library (I'll emphasize public library) and librarians as another resource for research and information.​
A comment on "Bias in Commercial Search Engines: A Conversation With Safiya Umoja Noble" (Gallup)
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Google headquarters (Credit: "Google HQ" by Ben Nuttall | CC BY-SA 2.0)

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and commentaries, including the one on "Bias in Commercial Search Engines: A Conversation With Safiya Umoja Noble" by Gallup, at landturn.com/blog.

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Jubalyn ExWilliams link
4/8/2025 08:48:41

"GOOGLE: THE FOR-PROFIT LIBRARY" was a reflection about "BIAS IN COMMERCIAL SEARCH ENGINES" A CONVERSATION WITH SAFIYA UMOJA NOBLE" (Gallup). The next year, in 2021, Dr. Noble became the first recipient of the NAACP's newly created Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award.

I recently learned about the award, which is now in its fifth year.

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