Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
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Bernard Mitchell Fry · 1976
52/100
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Within its narrow professional field, this was a landmark empirical study that earned real recognition — the 1977 ASIS&T award is not nothing. But the catalog miscategorization as Children's signals how far this sits from most readers, and fifty years of digital transformation in scholarly publishing have made its specific findings historical artifacts rather than actionable guidance.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety85
substance72
craft65
originality68
accuracy60
hype65
age-fit30
human-eye45
Penny’s verdict52
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