From: Laval Hunsucker <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:15:14 -0700

I can't help wondering whether anyone here would care to comment
on the strategy briefly outlined in the (at this moment of writing) most
recent online [and tongue-in-cheek???] reaction to this _Chronicle_
item referred to by Ken -- i.e., quoting:

"Here is my suggestion: when writing a reference for someone's
case for tenure, promotion or election to a national academy, I
mainly pay heed to those of the candidate's publications that I
can get to instantly online, even if I'm working at home. Stuff
behind a paywall should not count; if it's not accessible in the
university of Timbuktu then it's not material that the candidate
has contributed to the benefit of all humankind. In fact I once
voted against awarding an honorary degree to a poet because
almost none of his work was available online. If everyone acted
as I do, this problem would be solved quickly"

Anything of practical utility(/feasibility?) here ;-)?

- Laval Hunsucker
  Breukelen, Nederland


----- Original Message -----
> From: LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]>
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> Cc:
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 3:56 AM
> Subject: Harvard committee urges Open Access
>
> From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:47:31 +0400
>
> Hi All
>
> There is a brief article in the Chronicle on Harvard urging Open Access at:
>
> http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/saying-costly-subscriptions-cannot-be-sustained-harvard-library-committee-urges-open-access/42589?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
>
> Memo to traditional publishers from Bob: "...and admit that the waters
> around you have grown."
>
> Regards
>
> Ken
>
> Dr. Ken Masters
> Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics
> Medical Education Unit
> College of Medicine & Health Sciences
> Sultan Qaboos University
> Sultanate of Oman
> E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education
>