부산대학교 도서관

This paper examines conflicts involving reference librarian ethics and their relationship to recently published views relating to peer review and the scholarly communication system. The case study based on the gap between promotional rhetoric and the actual peer review in the editorial practices of the Lexicon of the Middle Ages is presented. The Guide Riccio controversy is focused upon. The analyzes the sides of the issue and presents a judgement on the ethics involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]