[WEB4LIB] Re: The "Commercialized" Library

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Williams 
  To: Multiple recipients of list 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 12:21 AM
  Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: The "Commercialized" Library


  George Porter is exemplary in his explantion. Anybody who puts any faith in the
  random reviews found on the various books/film, etc. sites is living very
  dangeously

  John Williams
  Via Belmeloro 11, 40126 Bologna, Italy


  George Porter wrote:
  > 
  > Gerry McKiernan wrote:
  >    Why not both Amazon.com and/or banesandnoble.com AND Choice and/or
  > Library Journal !
  > 
  > The reason why not link to book reviews at Amazon or Barnes & Noble is
  > extraordinarily simple.  The vast majority of readers are not qualified as
  > reviewers.  In the ultimate reductionist approach, 10 out of 10 people
  > surveyed on the street in 1492 KNEW the earth was flat.  The vast majority
  > of the infinite number of hours of local news is now fluffed out with
  > interminable "person on the street" reactions/viewpoints, usually on matters
  > where the layperson is uninformed or misinformed.  Jay Leno has gotten lots
  > of mileage out of the totally clueless who walk the streets of Southern
  > California.  If librarians are going to advocate linking catalog entries to
  > reviews, let's at least ensure that the reviews are worthy of the name, not
  > an unsorted mixture of semi-literate scribblings and expert opinion.
  > 
  > George S. Porter
  > Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied Science
  > California Institute of Technology
  > Mail Code 1-43, Pasadena, CA  91125
  > Telephone (626) 395-3409 Fax (626) 431-2681

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