Formal letters to the publisher's corporate office with ccs to the editor(s) would definitely be in order
Publishers often farm out work without realizing the extreme bias of their writiers. Also, academics and quasi-academics with political agendas approach respected publishers with proposals for titles that sound great. Publishers like Gale are always on the look out for new titles they think will sell to academic libraries and have a stream of such titles in the pipeline. While some editors do themselves share perhaps the bias, others assigned to the projects just take the so-called "experts'" words as authoritative and don't stop to consider that statements like these need review and fact-checking. Consciousness raising is in order and librarians have an important role to play both in their institutions and vis a vis the publishing community. Doing so is not censorship. Ellen Zyroff Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
