tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844319067330379742.post6006194420425930816..comments2024-03-28T03:26:31.706-07:00Comments on The Ginger (Law) Librarian: Is .Gov Reputable? Jamie J. Baker, JD, MLIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16573342022828603782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844319067330379742.post-7223179562223771332017-01-31T09:37:07.978-08:002017-01-31T09:37:07.978-08:00Very good point. I was at a bit of a loss trying t...Very good point. I was at a bit of a loss trying to consider ways to validate the information itself. But at least mentioning that even the prized .gov can be biased may be the solution.Jamie J. Baker, JD, MLIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573342022828603782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844319067330379742.post-12803081114297156822017-01-31T09:30:19.478-08:002017-01-31T09:30:19.478-08:00The law librarian's role is to make sure that ...The law librarian's role is to make sure that the information has a pedigree, i.e., that is it what it purports to be. That is similar to the authentication rules in the evidence rules.<br /><br />That is not the same thing as deciding whether the information is itself accurate. Indeed, even a subject specialist would be hard pressed to do that in most instances. The evidence rule analog would be excluding an expert's evidence because it is not reliable. <br /><br />All you can do as a librarian is make sure that the user knows that the pedigree extends to the thing itself and not to its contents. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com