Kenneth F. Kister (November 3, 1935 – September 21, 2022)[1] was an academic, professor of library science and authority in the field of reference and information sources.
[2] As an academic Kister taught in the 1960s on "Intellectual Freedom and Censorship".
He was also the biographer of influential librarian and Library Journal editor, Eric Moon.
[3] For the quantitative analysis, ten articles were selected at random (circumcision, Charles Drew, Galileo, Philip Glass, heart disease, IQ, panda bear, sexual harassment, Shroud of Turin and Uzbekistan) and letter grades (A–D, F) were awarded in four categories: coverage, accuracy, clarity, and recency.
In the timeliness category, Collier's averaged an 85% to Americana 90% and Britannica' 86%.