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Lesk vs. Baker...THE SMACKDOWN!

I'm toggling between books for the next review and I must say, I'm rather intrigued. Fortunately, these two authors are NOTHING like Mr. Kuhn (no offense to the Kuhnians out there). In fact, they're polar opposites of each other in terms of writing style--Baker fits his points in between paragraphs of [in my opinion] over-illustrative anecdotes and far-flying tangents, while Lesk's approach to the subject matter resembles textbook precision.

Apparently, their writing styles are not the only matter of polarity between them because each stands firmly planted on the opposite side of the debate "Preservation: Digitization versus Original Format". Neither one is even attempting to present objectivity in their books but both present strong cases. I'm curious to see who will "win" in my review.... ;o)

posted by peculiar VIrtue @ 9:43 PM