From: "B.G. Sloan" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:51:46 -0800

Just wondering how many people have read through the Canadian court's
"Notice of Action"?

One of the odd things (to me) is that the plaintiff seems to claim
that the defendant is liable for "statements made by others" (i.e.,
the comments made to Dale Askey's blog post).

I don't know Canadian libel law, but how can someone be held
responsible for other people's comments?

Just curious...

Bernie Sloan


From: LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: Edwin Mellen Press sues Librarian
From: "Blobaum, Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:16:06 +0000

Statement from the Medical Library Assn and AAHSL (Assn of Academic
Health Science Libraries).

Medlib-l Subscribers:

Thanks to a team of people from AAHSL and MLA, including, the two
associations have issued the following joint statement on the Askey
and McMaster incident.  The press release will be posted on MLANET and
distributed through this week's issue of MLA-FOCUS.

Special thanks to Chris Frank, Chair of AAHSL's Scholarly
Communications Committee; Barbara Epstein, Chair of MLA's Scholarly
Communications Committee; Jane Blumenthal, MLA President; M.J. Tooey,
AAHSL President; and Carla J. Funk, CAE, Executive Director for their
work in crafting this statement.

Paul Blobaum, MA, MS
pblobaum at govst.edu
Full Professor and Head of Reference
University Library
Governors State University
University Park, IL  60484

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