Thank you for commenting about that, Tony. I did not understand that
remark either since the reviews are directly reprinted from each
reviewing source including SLJ, Horn Book, LJ, Booklist, Kirkus, and PW.
I use Titlewave daily and appreciate Follett's adding those reviews to
Titlewave information available to us. It saves me so much time and
energy.
Marilyn
"Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when
you pry my cold fingers off of the binding." Stephen King
Marilyn L. Johnson
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POB 640
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mjohns@holbrook.k12.az.us
HHS 524-2815 x7011
HJHS 524-3959 x6009
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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Doyle_Tony
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:26 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: UPDATE: Zero to Sixty Comments
How are the reviews on Follett not reliable? They are from respected
sources and they are not truncated. And not all of the reviews are
positive. The reviews I have written for SLJ, including negative ones
(e.g. The Devil's Tango), are reprinted in full in Titlewave. If the
reviews omit information about controversial aspects of a book then the
fault probably lies with the original reviewer and/or the editor. Most
reviewers are practicing librarians and we have our own tastes,
standards, and prejudices. What we might find objectionable in our
school libraries may not even register as a concern for a public
librarian
Titlewave is one of the most useful-- maybe the most useful, ordering
tools around. I think it is crazy to write off the reviews because it
comes from a vendor.
Tony
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Kay
Goss
Sent: Tue 12/11/2007 11:49 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [LM_NET] UPDATE: Zero to Sixty Comments
Dear LM_NETters:
I thought I would share with you the few comments I received about the
content of two of Gary Paulsen's books being unsuitable for our
elementary
library collection.
Most of the respondents were happy to receive the warning about the
titles.
I did receive one comment that criticized us as professional for not
only
ordering from the authoritative best book lists and/or making sure there
was
a credible review of the book before any book was purchased. It was
pointed
out that reviews given on Follett are not credible because after all
they
are selling us books..
After that comment I searched the following web sites for any review on
Zero
to Sixty.
The only review I could find was one editorial from the publisher which
did
not mention the profanity or sexual situations found in Zero to Sixty. I
did
find some negative Customer Reviews on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
There
was also a comment AsIf--a web site of authors supporting intellectual
freedom.
Booklist--Requires a $350 per building subscription
Bookspot
Barnes and Noble
VOYA
NY Times
Allreaders.com
Bookpage.com
Kirkusreviews.com
Library Media Connection
Atlantic.com--requires subscription
Hornbook--requires subscription
Good luck finding only the right books for your collection.
Kay Goss
Mansfield Secondary Library
316 West Ohio Ave.
Mansfield, Mo. 65704
Home of Laura Ingalls Wilder
417-924-3236 Ext. 311
klg@tnp.more.net
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