From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:01:15 +0000


>The last sentence of Rick Anderson's intervention is obviously true. I
>simply wonder why it even came up. Lars Bjornshauge has been nothing
>but forthright, and defending a particular take on who did what when,
>etc. is not the same as being "defensive".

I¹m happy to explain. Lars¹s reaction to Joe¹s suggestion that Beall be
given some credit for bringing the issue of predatory publishing to light
struck me as a bit defensive. The DOAJ¹s reaction to the piece in Nature
(http://bit.ly/1sITtd8) struck me the same way. I discuss this
defensiveness and suggest an explanation for it in a Scholarly Kitchen
posting titled "Housecleaning at the Directory of Open Access Journals"
(http://bit.ly/1l8tWrG).

To be very clear, though, I don¹t see this defensiveness as a major
concern. The main message of my SK posting is one of praise for Lars and
the DOAJ for taking on this project, which will make an already important
and valuable resource even more so. I hope that message came across
clearly.

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Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections
Marriott Library, University of Utah
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