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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