How do you judge the value of expertise on the Web? Does it differ from your notion of expertise in face-to-face settings? Why or why not?
Expertise on the Web? Hmm... When my daughter asks me a question that I don't know the answer to I say, "I dunno, why don't you Google it?" I consider the Web a perfectly acceptable method for her to learn about how rainbows are formed or why bugs are attracted to light. I'm not as willing to "Google" questions that arise at work. I know the experts so I seek face-to-face exchange of information. The face-to-face setting facilitates interaction.
In general, I think of the expertise on the Web as being contained within the libraries. Journals and books written by experts in a given field. Materials that are known and available outside the Web. The individuals who contribute content to the Web may be experts but I don't have time to seek them out.
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