Volume 11, Number 3
Apr 1987

Editor's Page

No Ads, No Endorsements

Since this Newsletter does not print advertisements (except for Positions Open, where they are printed free of charge), all information about new products and services has to be part of a news or feature item if it is to be included at all. This means that the Editor has to describe the product or service, often using only what printed information has been furnished by the supplier. This description does not constitute an endorsement. Readers who want to know more about the quality of the product still have to use tried and true methods: ask for samples; ask the company to give a list of customers who use it, and call the customers; ask the Library of Congress Research and Testing Lab if they have any data on it; wait for more information to coma out in the Newsletter and elsewhere; try it out and test it in service; buy it on contract specifications or refer to national standards; and so on.

A misleading positive bias in reporting of supplies and services also results from the need to avoid libelous statements. Suppliers are understandably sensitive about anything that hurts their reputation or interferes with their livelihood. Readers should bear this in mind.

Wrong Page Numbers

There were two page 19s and two page 20s in the last two issues. The first p. 19-20 was a loose sheet with three "Positions Open" on it, at the end of the first issue. The second p. 19-20 is at the beginning of the second issue, and should be renumbered 19a and 20a to correspond with the references to then in the index.

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