Search is stagnant, Google has implemented no meaningful improvements in its search filtering and navigation tools in a decade, is there space for something new?

How do you find information? 

How do you search a library?

Libraries have a plethora of access opportunities and ways to approach finding and consuming information appropriate to you. Layers upon layers of complimentary and well refined cues that can serve a first time user walking in while in the same breathe provide efficient and complex tools for the adept.

 - geographic cue, important or central location

- architectural cue, welcoming, interesting, modern, sophisticated. refined

- interior design, gaudy kids section, quiet adults, 'upstairs' behind ribbon, restricted areas

- signposting, topics, ages, reading ability, physical ability,

- author, book title

- isbn,etc

- random access

But best of all, The Librarian, one look and me and my request as to the 'best way to grease a nipple' would result in a more effective outcome than Google, et al can offer.

We constantly talk about all the intel and human anaytical data being extracted by Google(and..) using from our tiny circles of behavior tracked and ready to arm free market to best sell us...but why not for us? 

'Hi, I see you are looking at this, how about this and this' or 'Look at this, you looked before but now everyone says its bullshit', says Google, never. It struggles to remember anything about me that might help a search return something meaningful, it must know so much more about us than revealed in the stubby and unsophisticated wart of a user interface we are currently restricted to...that never comes.

 complementary services(health, gov, local gov, 3rd and 4th sector, locally sourced information, tourism, clubs, sports)

- 2020 libraries (terminals, toys, hardware, software, video and audio)