[MODERATOR's NOTE: Thanks to Chuck for this. In Rick Anderson's new posting on Scholarly Kitchen, he asks the question: "How do we know that 'an increasing number of university presses are reluctant to offer a publishing contract to newly minted PhDs whose dissertations have been freely available via online sources'? I can understand the reasoning that might lead to this stance, but is there actual evidence to indicate that it is, in fact, an increasingly widespread one among publishers?" Rick, the Conclusion of the article below answers that question.. the number of reluctant publishers has definitely increased in the last decade; the authors' recommendation is, therefore, at odds with their data?] From: "Charles E. Jones" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 11:30:24 +0000 I sent this to Jim O'Donnell last evening, he encouraged me to send it to the list as well -Chuck Jones- Marisa L. Ramirez, Joan T. Dalton, Gail McMillan, Max Read, and Nancy H. Seamans, "Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities? Findings from a 2011 Survey of Academic Publishers." Coll. res. libr. July 2013 74:368-380 http://crl.acrl.org/content/74/4/368.full.pdf+html