Joanna
Joseph Catron wrote:
>How about the racket of high-end academic publishers who solicit
>articles from professors, pay the authors little or nothing, then sell
>them back to the same institutions that funded the research for
>thousands of dollars? The professors have little choice but to go
>along with it, since their tenure and promotions rely upon publication
>in prestigious sources. And the institutions need the articles for
>their ongoing research.
>
>This scandal is one of the single biggest drags on academic
>librarianship. By way of example, the physics library at my alma
>mater, which was left unguarded 24 hours a day, contained a slim
>quarterly journal which cost $25,000 a year. I was always tempted to
>make the modest effort necessary to steal the collection, but
>refrained. (Scruples aside, what the hell would I have done with a
>stack of physics journals?)
>
>If anyone's interested in learning more about this disgracful
>situation, a Google search for "academic journal pricing crisis,"
>minus the quotation marks, will reveal a wealth of information.
>
>On 5/21/07, joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>Chuck wrote:
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>>>Don't get me started on how public libraries are using taxpayer money to
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>>>subsidize large publishers. The evil side of Harry Potter.
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>>Get started. That's a very interesting topic. I would have guessed there
>>would be a conflict of interest...."publishers sell less because I can
>>get their books at the library...."
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>>Could you say more?
>>
>>Joanna
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