From: "Sem C. Sutter" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:11:13 -0400 Things you might be missing: --not every author will post her article somewhere readily findable, or perhaps not at all --articles in IRs or on personal websites will not be linked from the standard online bibliographies with controlled vocabularies that researchers use --PMLA publishes one or more thematic issues per year and my readers will not have access to that coherence if I force them to rely on disambiguated access --an enlightened society that grants its authors the right to repost should not be high on my hitlist for cancellation. We'll be keeping our MLA subscriptions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sem C. Sutter Head of Collection Development and Interim Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources & Services Georgetown University Library Washington DC 20057-1174 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---- Original message ---- >From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:36:10 -0700 > >I just heard that the MLA journals are adopting an "author-friendly" >open access policy. The story is here: > >http://www.mla.org/news_from_mla/news_topic&topic=596 > >If I were a librarian, I would now cancel the MLA journals and put the >money toward toll-access publications or to some other use. My >assumption is that a Google search would locate the OA versions, >wherever they are located. Is there a reason that a librarian would >not cancel these subscriptions? What am I missing? > >Joe Esposito