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crl-14043	Sewell, Robert G.	Trash or Treasure? Pop Fiction in Academic and Research Libraries	1984-11-01	12	.pdf	application/pdf	8042	444	57	Wayne Wiegand, an embattled advo- cate of popular culture collections, places the blame on the resistant attitudes in li- brary schools and libraries: Academic library collection development has an inertia of its own which is aided and abetted by the academic librarian's preconceived pre~­ lections, conservative training and book on- ented practical experience. In contrast to the conclusions in Currents of Wann Life that popular culture's struggle for life is over, Stevenson and other advocates of popular culture collections in academic li- braries realize that they are still on the de- fensive.13 They know, What librarians have traditionally identified as 'trash,' 'entertainment,' and 'escape literature' are the basic resources of popular culture research.	cache/crl-14043.pdf	txt/crl-14043.txt