From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:35:22 -0500


That's a misrepresentation of my argument because ONLY in the case of
revised dissertations, not other kinds of books, are there real
consequences for junior faculty authors if those librarians who decide
against ordering revised dissertations just because they are based on
dissertations are presented with that information.  No other authors
are vulnerable to this kind of decision based on lack of information.

Sandy Thatcher


> From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:24:30 +0000
>
>> That's a ridiculous extrapolation from what I said. My remark had
>> specifically to do with revised dissertations <snip>
>> How to leap to the conclusion that I was arguing that publishers
>> should be making all the decisions about all books is beyond me.
>
> What I presented was hardly a "ridiculous extrapolation." You are arguing
> that librarians shouldn't be told whether a UP book is a revised
> dissertation, because librarians don't know as much as publishers do about
> what went into the book. You may not have been deliberately arguing that
> publishers should make all decisions about all books, but that's exactly
> where your argument leads, given the fact that the same is true about
> every book a publisher releases. Just because you don't want to take
> responsibility for the implications of your argument doesn't make those
> implications go away.
>
> ---
> Rick Anderson
> Interim Dean, J. Willard Marriott Library
> University of Utah
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