Comments on: Twain Had It Right

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Tweets that mention Twain Had It Right « Agnostic, Maybe -- Topsy.com — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:14:56 +0000

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By: Liz B

Liz B — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:51:04 +0000

Bias is why we have policies & procedures that are carefully created and instituted. They keep us “honest”.

I feel uneasy about book x? Policy says read the whole thing, rely on professional review journals.

When we start thinking our bias is not a bias –so we don’t need to follow those policies, we just “know” — we have problems.

It’s the same problems I see at CommonSenseMedia. They have let a whole lot of biased people post book reviews, yet hide behind “oh, we’re not biased! Shoot, we’re just common sense parents want.” Really? It’s common sense that all parents would rate a girl who prefers science to housekeeping only 2 out of 5 on a role model scale?

By: Vicky

Vicky — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:58:19 +0000

Of course we’re biased, and our collections reflect it. That’s why we have this wonderful thing called interlibrary loan.