ERIC Number: EJ222135
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Apr
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The Reference Librarian as General Fact-Totem.
Isaacson, David
Wilson Library Bulletin, v54 n8 p494-500 Apr 1980
Argues that some reference librarians, often without knowing it, have become fact-totems--people who have made objects of worship out of facts. In suggesting an antidote to this "Gradgrind pedagogy," the author critically reviews some "reference" books. (JD)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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