Steve B HoltI hope the two guys that keep Google Scholar going as a pet project didn't get laid off. Just as a quiet reminder of the fragile contingency of this core academic service.
Albert Cardona@SteveBHolt Great point, about time that such core academic service is transferred back to university libraries where it belongs. For the time being, there’s https://scholar.archive.org (a charity organisation) which works pleasantly well, and doesn’t play the game of citations and h-index and similar rubbish metrics of academic performance, focusing instead on archiving and ensuring access to the papers.
Hao Ye@albertcardona @SteveBHolt I find it very tragic that folks hope for continuity of services run by for-profit data companies and don't imagine or work towards a future where the data and services are collectively built and maintained.