Comments on: One Way to Set Higher Expectations http://acrlog.org/2006/05/05/one-way-to-set-higher-expectations/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Griffey http://acrlog.org/2006/05/05/one-way-to-set-higher-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-3527 Jason Griffey Tue, 09 May 2006 19:04:25 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/05/05/one-way-to-set-higher-expectations/#comment-3527 I'm glad that others are enjoying this post...I nearly fell over with horror! There is no reason to assume that Wikipedia is a bad source, any more than to assume that a book is a good source (we all know a myriad of sources that have errors in them...even Britannica, which wikipedia happily corrects for us). The _information_ presented should be judged, not the source. I fear for the future if many of us blindly disregard sources like wikipedia... I’m glad that others are enjoying this post…I nearly fell over with horror!

There is no reason to assume that Wikipedia is a bad source, any more than to assume that a book is a good source (we all know a myriad of sources that have errors in them…even Britannica, which wikipedia happily corrects for us). The _information_ presented should be judged, not the source.

I fear for the future if many of us blindly disregard sources like wikipedia…

]]> By: Megan Adams http://acrlog.org/2006/05/05/one-way-to-set-higher-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-3386 Megan Adams Sat, 06 May 2006 19:14:28 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/05/05/one-way-to-set-higher-expectations/#comment-3386 I think this might be my favorite "why you should use the library's resources" post, ever. Thank you for sharing it. I think this might be my favorite “why you should use the library’s resources” post, ever. Thank you for sharing it.

]]> By: Marc Meola http://acrlog.org/2006/05/05/one-way-to-set-higher-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-3352 Marc Meola Sat, 06 May 2006 11:26:44 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/05/05/one-way-to-set-higher-expectations/#comment-3352 Yeah. Earlier in the day I had another senior tell me how the book we found for her paper was great and how she really got into writing the paper and wished she had more than one night to write it. She admitted that she and most of her friends really don't know how to use the library. So it takes them at least 4 years to learn that they don't really know what they think they know. Yeah. Earlier in the day I had another senior tell me how the book we found for her paper was great and how she really got into writing the paper and wished she had more than one night to write it. She admitted that she and most of her friends really don’t know how to use the library. So it takes them at least 4 years to learn that they don’t really know what they think they know.

]]> By: Barbara Fister http://acrlog.org/2006/05/05/one-way-to-set-higher-expectations/comment-page-1/#comment-3329 Barbara Fister Sat, 06 May 2006 02:06:54 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/05/05/one-way-to-set-higher-expectations/#comment-3329 This is classic, Marc! If a bit of a radical approach to critique. I've heard seniors say something similar: "I wish I knew this earlier; I'm about to graduate!" This is classic, Marc! If a bit of a radical approach to critique. I’ve heard seniors say something similar: “I wish I knew this earlier; I’m about to graduate!”

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