From: Richard James <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 07:21:29 -0500

Rick- to your first point: yes, I would hazard that many faculty see them such.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 7:21 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:23:33 +0000
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> Did anyone ever believe that social networking sites were open access
> repositories?
>
> And do we have to choose between them?
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> Rick Anderson
> Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication
> Marriott Library, University of Utah
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> >From: Subbiah Arunachalam <[log in to unmask]>
> >Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:32:35 +0530
> >
> >Our friend Muthu Madhan alerted me to this article on why
> >institutional repositories are far superior to social networking sites
> >such as Academia.edu and ResearchGate.
> >
> >A social networking site is not an open access repository
> >
> >https://misslibrarygrrrl.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-access-repository/
> >
> >
> >Arun
> >http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658
> >http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009