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An insult to the intelligence.(Dictionary of Information and Library Management)
Byline: Bobby Pickering
An insult to the intelligence
' Book review
It's difficult to believe that the Dictionary of Information & Library Management has made it into a second edition because the book is such a witless waste of pulp that you have to pity the trees that died for it to be published.
You could admire its ambition -- to bring together "over 6,000 words and expressions related to information management professions" in "clear simple English". But there is a difference between a plain English policy and plain daft definitions that leave the reader feeling dumbfounded and patronised.
Take this: "airmail, noun, a system of transporting letters and packages by air". Or this equally risible entry: "let, verb, to allow somebody to do something".
A judicious editor would have cut this garbage out completely. Deleting the endless internet domain names (.gu for Guam, .zm for Zambia, et al) and the antiquated computer terms (Prestel, Fortran, CAD) would also have freed up a lot of space for more detailed entries of real relevance.
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