From: Bill Cohen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 22:59:35 -0400 Sem reminds us aptly that the concept of the "core journal" still exists. And not because of institutional inertia, but the straight-forward, top priority needs of the faculty and students. Bill Cohen On 6/7/12 8:47 PM, LIBLICENSE wrote: > 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