From: Stevan Harnad <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 18:58:12 -0400 If there is a Green OA version on the Web, why would a user be consulting a librarian at all, in this day and age (except if they want the version of record)? No mediation required, for Green access. SH On 2013-10-05, at 8:41 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 03:58:00 +0000 > >> How can a library that has a long tradition of providing the version >> of record, supply as part of any good faith effort a copy where it is >> unknowable that an article is "a reasonable facsimile"? > > By explaining what Green OA is, asking the requestor whether a Green > version would be acceptable, and then acting on the response. > >> The library can't possibly know what a reasonable facsimile of an >> article might be absent versioning information. > > All the more reason to explain what Green OA is and then ask the requestor > whether a Green version would be acceptable, rather than making that > decision on the requestor's behalf. > >> You have made no suggestion as to how a library could know which copy >> is closest to a "reasonable facsimile". > > That's correct. I've suggested explaining to the requestor what Green OA > is and then asking the requestor to say whether a Green version would be > acceptable. > >> Absent that, I don't see you have made a case at all for the library's >> involvement in green OA provision of articles from the general web. > > The library's involvement would come only at the request of the patron, > who of course always has the option of seeking out the OA version him- or > herself in the first instance rather than making a request of the library. > >> I think you will agree it is not the library's job to even imply one >> version out on the web is better than another. That is not a judgment >> the library can make. > > Yes, we agree on that. That's why I propose explaining to the requestor > what Green OA is and then asking the patron whether a Green version would > be acceptable, rather than presuming to make that judgement on his or her > behalf. > > --- > Rick Anderson > Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections > Marriott Library, University of Utah > [log in to unmask]