DCHAS-L Archives, Jan 21 2018 - Fwd: [DCHAS-L] [CHMINF-L] Google Memory Loss

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 06:15:56 -0500
Author: Ralph Stuart

From: Ralph Stuart <rstuartcih**At_Symbol_Here**me.com>
Subject: Fwd: [DCHAS-L] [CHMINF-L] Google Memory Loss
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 07:24:26 -0600
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU>
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Demystify:

The article this note points to makes a Very Important Point for those of us maintaining chemical safety information and teaching chemists and others how to use it.

- Ralph

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From: Robert C Michaelson <rmichael**At_Symbol_Here**northwestern.edu>
Subject: [CHMINF-L] Google Memory Loss
Date: January 20, 2018 at 8:07:32 PM CST
To: "chminf-l**At_Symbol_Here**list.indiana.edu" <chminf-l**At_Symbol_Here**list.indiana.edu>, "pamnet**At_Symbol_Here**listmgr.nrao.edu" <pamnet**At_Symbol_Here**listmgr.nrao.edu>
Reply-To: chminf-l**At_Symbol_Here**list.indiana.edu

As the academic world increasingly uses Google instead of costly specialized databases, it is probably important to be aware of changes in the way it retrieves very old web pages, as described here.
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2018/01/15/Google-is-losing-its-memory

Bob Michaelson
retired librarian

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO

rstuartcih**At_Symbol_Here**me.com

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