Gourman Report
David Goodman
dgoodman at PRINCETON.EDU
Thu Mar 15 00:58:04 EDT 2007
Although we knew this report from internal evidence to be total nonsense, we nonetheless acquired a copy,
and we would do so again. It is necessary for a library to have it available, because the patrons ask for it. No
library can restrict its collection to valid scholarship, even in those instances when, as here, it is in a position
to judge.
We did obtain a review, and insert it into the volume. At the beginning, it was kept behind the reference desk
and provided along with a verbal explanation.
But I note that strictly speaking, this is in violation of the ALA standards for librarians, which call for all
materials to be made available without special labeling. The only strictly ethical way we could have used
would have been to shelve it next to other and better reports.
David Goodman, Ph.D., M.L.S.
previously:
Bibliographer and Research Librarian
Princeton University Library
dgoodman at princeton.edu
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Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:48 pm
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> GourmanReport. It is not bad, and the citation record does not
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> popular press and internal university memoranda. WorldCat shows it
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