European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Us a research spoof by Bob hover staff writer in the grand design of american Edu cation the encyclopedia has its but that place is nowhere near As exalted As encyclopedia merchants would have potential customers be librarians and teachers generally reject the notion that the encyclopedia is indispensable to a Well rounded they the contrary is the because it is a single reference is of limited value As a research critics there is no real need for an encyclopedia in the As libraries both in America and in the Mil itary communities overseas Are Well stocked with the latest editions of a variety of and these critics is the essence of research which All serious students must hopefully in their local while not opposing the Purchase of encyclopedias by those who can honestly afford librarians and teachers at american communities in Europe list a number of reasons Why the average family should not invest in an encyclopedia for the Home Good encyclopedias Are expensive and much of the information in them be comes dated in four or five it is expensive to replace encyclopedias and secondhand books Are about As Worth less As worn they bring next to nothing on the some encyclopedias Are difficult to it is better to refer to encyclopedias in the Library where assistance is Avail Able and where a number of encyclopedias and a variety of research material Are encyclopedias Are not designed to give a Complete education and their use should be amply augmented with More specific reference material and with current writings on the Joe acquisitions librarian for the army Library services re minds prospective buyers that the encyclopedia they buy today will be obsolete in five and he cites the High Cost of the better sets of books As a Good reason not to buy Price of books is too High for the average be its eyewash to put those books la the Home when you have All those sets la the the rapid depreciation of encyclopedias is confirmed at defense property disposal offices Dos throughout Peter chief of the ramble in air base do said second hand encyclopedias arriving at the do from military libraries normally Are sold for to per a 10yearold set of encyclopedia americana on hand at the time of the inquiry was priced at to a in addition to Cost and depreciation fac Chicarella paints the encyclopedia is vastly overrated As an despite sales claims to the encyclopedias Are not designed to provide the user with a Complete he Cree chief of the Library serv ices says families often Are talked into buying encyclopedias by agents Indi Etall who know absolutely nothing about trends in american education trends which More and More Are limiting the use of the encyclopedia in Billie librarian at Pioneer reminds patrons that encyclopedias Are Seldom accepted As the sole source of information in High school and College and Jeff Extension librarian for Frankfurt military says that As the result of new encyclopedias have lost some of their clout in Aca Demic teachers express similar Joanne Frankfurt ugh school social studies has banned the use of encyclopedias for upperclassmen and Sopho mores to use them Only when doing general too often students use an encyclopedia As a she this Doest teach them anything about the and it does nothing to develop research Shopbell is particularly Tough on Stu dents headed for College where they will need research skills that demand the use of Many references in a Library Frankfurt High English teacher Betty Nicholas permits her students to use an encyclopedia As a starting but she insists on a number of additional material must be used be sides the she and re search should not be limited to it might include periodicals any current material on the Cora director of Library serv ices Tor dependent suggests that in place of an expensive set of a family might buy Inex pensive Home reference material such As almanacs and which can be periodically updated for modest i think its almost criminal that people Are buying encyclopedias they dont know How to Kennedy it really both ers me to see people out there in the lob Bies of the exchanges using pressure tactics to sell books to people who dont need Frances director of Safe i Points out there is no need to buy a set of books for a Small child be cause they will be outdated by the time the child is old enough to use Pat assistant Library director at v thinks it would be a lot better for parents in Europe to spend Money on cultural rather than on expensive books which must be added to household goods when Why not go to the opera Why not take children to the zoo there Are so Many other ways to spend Money usefully in Lauderback Why not let the libraries take care of your reference needs Johnson says that knowledge gained in browsing through encyclopedias can be useful in later but he suspects that very few people buy encyclopedias with this use in for parents seeking information on encyclopedias librarians offer Gener Al without endorsing specific William Headquarters i refers prospective buyers to general encyclopedias in a reference Book that rates doll tells buyers to Check out a subject they Are familiar with in a number of encyclopedias before making a although Many parents will continue to buy encyclopedias for the often for the wrong it is Clear that librarians see no pressing need for this Portmann seemed to sum up the View of her colleagues when she i think encyclopedias Are for of mystery by George Eberl Stan writer majr a business outwardly de voted to knowledge and enlighten the encyclopedia Trade is fraught with for the responses of Virgilio who describes himself As vice president for Tosca distributing one of the several marketers of new age ency Tope a product of lexicon who said he has been vice pres ident for four of five to Doest know who is president of which has an address in Del who named you vice Nicolodi they worked it out through Hassett Richard top Man for a collection Universal time in he said who is i dont he i do everything through How Many sets did you sell in 19ts the question apparently confined urn it was asked three How Many sets of new age did you sell in you most know u your commission is based on these i dont maybe so to when did you sell your last set a month or two i dont have you Ever seen a set of new age Ive seen the but have you Ever seen a full set of the books is that new age or new age inter there seems some confusion about its that the new according to Board chairman William Murphy of Parent firm of there is no such thing As new age although new age is listed on its inside Page As being a version of the encyclopedia a product of Grolier which is sold through the Exchange the need to know does not appear to be a burning Issue in some sectors of the encyclopedia june 1977 the stars and stripes Page a7