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Authorial Ethics is a normative study that deals with the many ways
in which writers abuse their commitment to truth and integrity. It
is divided by academic discipline and includes chapters on
journalism, history, literature, art, psychology, and science,
among others. Robert Hauptman offers generalizations and
theoretical remarks exemplified by specific cases. Two major
abrogations are inadvertent error and purposeful misconduct, which
is subdivided into falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism. All
of these problems appear in most disciplines, although their
negative impact is felt most potently in biomedical research and
publication. Professor Mary Lefkowitz, the classicist, provides an
incisive foreword.
This book, first published in 1992, examines the reference
librarian's role as a connecting link between information seekers
and the resources they need. It provides the best approaches to
providing resolutions or guidance to the appropriate resources. It
analyses librarians' reference skills, communication abilities,
accuracy in responding to specific inquiries, and sensitivity to
various groups such as paraprofessionals and non-traditional
patrons. This provocative book encourages librarians to go beyond
merely providing an answer or resource to helping clients better
understand the physical surroundings, the social or educational
context, and the ethical, political and economic climate in which
the process takes place.
This outstanding reference work is the first English-language A-Z
compendium on all topics related to mountains, including
geological, geographical, and zoological terms, as well as many
entries on significant explorers, surveyors, mountaineers, rock
climbers, and skiers. Numerous entries also cover related pursuits
such as logging, mining, skiing, climbing, and mountaineering.
Definitions, explanations, and clarifications are contained in more
than 2,300 entries that vary in length from a brief sentence to
detailed overviews of more complex subjects. The Mountain
Encyclopedia is invaluable as a source of data and information, but
it is also enjoyable to read straight through. Featuring 400
breathtaking color photographs of mountains, volcanoes, animal and
plant life on mountains, rock and ice formations, and historic
shots of climbers and expeditions, outdoor enthusiasts and all
others who are interested in mountains will find this a beautiful
reference work as well as an engaging read. Black-and-white
historical images, technical drawings, and typographical maps of
mountains throughout the world illustrate many of the detailed
entries. Notable is the fact that many of the entries and
photographs are based on the authors' first-hand experiences
skiing, hiking, bouldering, climbing, and mountaineering throughout
the world to obtain the extraordinary images and data. For readers
who are fascinated by facts and figures, listings of the world's
1,000 highest peaks, 4,000-meter peaks in the Alps, 6,000-meter
peaks in the Andes, North America's 14,000-Footers, the world's
highest volcanoes, major unclimbed peaks above 7,000-meters, and
the high points in the 50 United States and the 13 Canadian
provinces and territories conclude this essential manual to the
mountains.
Authorial Ethics is a normative study that deals with the many ways
in which writers abuse their commitment to truth and integrity. It
is divided by academic discipline and includes chapters on
journalism, history, literature, art, psychology, and science,
among others. Robert Hauptman offers generalizations and
theoretical remarks exemplified by specific cases. Two major
abrogations are inadvertent error and purposeful misconduct, which
is subdivided into falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism. All
of these problems appear in most disciplines, although their
negative impact is felt most potently in biomedical research and
publication. Professor Mary Lefkowitz, the classicist, provides an
incisive foreword.
In this collection of essays, leaders in the emerging field of
information ethics (Daniel Dennett, Senator Patrick Leahy,
Kirkpatrick Sale, ACLU president Nadine Strossen, and 15 others)
discuss the challenges associated with advances in technology. The
essays are divided into five subject areas: freedom if information
and the pursuit of knowledge; information, technology and
education; information, rights and social justice; ethics and the
Internet; and professional ethics. The writers come from many
backgrounds (e.g., libraries, law, and academy) and provide a
variety of views on the value of information and its ethical
dimension in an increasingly technological age. The essays have
been drawn from many periodicals, including ""Library Journal"",
""Daedalus"", ""The Nation"", ""Journal of Information Ethics"" and
""Wired"".
This work examines and critiques the history, use, and abuse of
various literary systems of documentation. Throughout history, such
systems have been employed in different ways and through various
applications in order to attribute, comment, translate, reference,
or otherwise remark tangentially on a primary text. The work
studies all forms of documentation used in the Western world--from
ancient Biblical commentaries, to the medieval gloss, to the
current systems used by researchers in the humanities and social
and hard sciences. Topics include the historical development of
documentation; the specific advantages and disadvantages of
Chicago, APA, MLA, and other current styles; and the common misuses
or intentional deceptions within modern documentation practices.
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Travel Ruminations is a personal account of the author's walking,
hiking, and mountain climbing over a 75-year career in all 50 U.S.
states and 38 countries, but it is more than a mere memoir.
Interspersed are remarks on the ecological aspects of his
environments and the devastation caused by human activity.
In A Popular Handbook of the Emotions, distinguished literary
scholar Robert Hauptman summarizes various theoretical positions to
analyze 18 emotions in terms of art and culture. Not merely a
textbook and lavishly illustrated, A Popular Handbook offers a
unique, interdisciplinary perspective on the human experience for
students, specialists, and the interested public.
This reference work will be the first English-language A-Z
compendium on all topics related to deserts, including geography,
geology, meteorology, climatology, hydrology, botany, zoology,
anthropology, art, music, film, culture, sports, as well as the
specific and diversely different deserts that one finds in all
parts of the world. Definitions, explanations, and clarifications
will be contained in more than 2,300 entries that vary in length
from a brief sentence to detailed overviews of more complex
subjects. The Desert Encyclopedia will be invaluable as a source of
data and information, but it is also enjoyable to read straight
through. It will also be replete with line drawings, black and
white illustrations, maps and images from outstanding
photographers, all licensed by the authors.
The field of information ethics (IE)-a subdivision of ethics-was
developed during the 1980s, originating and maturing in library
science and slowly working its way into other disciplines and
practical applications. Some years later, a secondary field
emerged, emphasizing theoretical and philosophical concepts, with
little focus on real-world applicability. The first of its kind,
this comprehensive overview of IE evaluates the production,
dissemination, storage, accessing and retrieval of information in
an ethical context in areas including the humanities, sciences,
medicine and business. A leading figure in the field, the author is
concerned with misconduct (falsification, fabrication, plagiary),
peer review, the law, privacy, imaging and robotics, among other
matters.
This book, first published in 1992, examines the reference
librarian's role as a connecting link between information seekers
and the resources they need. It provides the best approaches to
providing resolutions or guidance to the appropriate resources. It
analyses librarians' reference skills, communication abilities,
accuracy in responding to specific inquiries, and sensitivity to
various groups such as paraprofessionals and non-traditional
patrons. This provocative book encourages librarians to go beyond
merely providing an answer or resource to helping clients better
understand the physical surroundings, the social or educational
context, and the ethical, political and economic climate in which
the process takes place.
Debunking Scholarly Nonsense is a diatribe against the foolish
claptrap that serious and respected scholars sometimes foist upon
their peers and the public. The material discussed here does not
usually derive from extreme political notions, conspiracy theories,
or the ruminations of those who accept astrological control, I
Ching divination, crystal healing, or chariots of the gods. Rather,
the progenitors are physicists, astronomers, psychologists,
psychiatrists, medical doctors, and philosophers. The topics under
discussion include Holocaust denial, string theory, multiple
universes, alien abductions, extraterrestrials, a simulated or
non-existent world, non-sentience or poly-sentience, harmful
therapies, denials of climate change and Covid vaccination
efficacy, among other possibilities. The authors of these articles,
essays, papers, and books are not merely ruminating in a void.
Their words and ideas influence others and may have detrimental
effects in a world already charged with extreme misery.
Deadly Peaks is a collection of the most notable mountaineering
disasters and near-disasters in history. Exhaustively researched by
two of the most respected authorities on mountaineering history,
the book is structured in a unique way: Longer recitations in
chronological order followed by a group of briefer narratives,
which all offer an intimate glimpse into the worst case-scenarios
high altitude adventure can offer.
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