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Main Author: Isaacson, David
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1980
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ222135
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  • The Reference Librarian as General Fact-Totem. Isaacson, David Librarians Library Services Reference Materials Reference Services Staff Role 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)