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Re: Google Scholar/ASIDIC

Hi,

Please find below my answers to your questions - however I should explain
that I am replying from the perspective of a funded online journal hosting
service, which has a mission to promote scholarly African peer reviewed
journals, so I approach initiatives such as Google with a somewhat
different perspective than other publishers. (FYI our website is
www.ajol.info)

If you have any further questions I would be happy to discuss these with
you - my contact details can be found at the end of the email. Pippa

At 23:48 22/02/2005, you wrote:


Hello,   I am presenting research at the ASIDIC Spring 2005 Meeting (Assn.
of Information and Dissemination Center) next month on Google Scholar and
its impact on professional publishers.

I know many of you are familiar with the program so I was hoping you could
assist me by responding to the following questions...Any feedback would be
greatly appreciated. Please reply offline.

1) Please rate on a scale of 1-5 the impact you think Google Scholar will
have on your business?  (1=very little if any impact; 5 = major impact.)

3


Please explain:

2) Do you view Google Scholar as
A) A threat
B) An opportunity,
C) A little of both

an opportunity - to draw attention to African scholarly research


Again, please explain your response.

3) Has Google been cooperative in investigating ways to work with
professional publishers or confrontational?

in our case, helpful and offering to work closer with us to promote our
online service


4) Have you or will you alter your business strategy during the next 12
months as a result of Google Scholar? If so, how?

No


5) Do you think Elsevier's Scirus is a more or less powerful tool than
Google Scholar? Why?
Yes, it is a more focussed tool, with apparently clearer results - however it does not pick up our website as efficiently as Google

Best regards,

David Jastrow
Sr. Analyst/Editor, Business/Professional
Simba Information
david_jastrow@simbanet.com