* 34.5% of the requests were for articles published that year; 56.4% published in the most recent 5 years
* 62% of requests were for articles in life sciences & medicine; 13% in physical medicine; 13% in technology; 11% in social sciences; 1% in arts & humanities
-Kathleen
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Kathleen M. Folger, Electronic Resources Officer
University of Michigan Library
312 Hatcher North
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
[log in to unmask]On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:18 PM, LIBLICENSE <
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> From: Sandy Thatcher <
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> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:47:13 -0500
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> I suspect this work-around might run afoul of the law because it is
> someone else than the author sharing the article. Stevan Harnad has
> long recommended the practice of people who want access to an article
> writing directly to the author and asking for a copy. a practice that
> reflects the long tradition of scholars sending their articles to
> other scholars when asked by them to do so. Courts often give
> deference to such traditional practices, and it is why I believe
> Harnard's suggestion is probably safe to follow. I'm much less sure
> about a system of widespread sharing like this that is specifically
> aimed at replacing publisher fees.
>
> Sandy Thatcher
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> > From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <
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> > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:17:47 -0400
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> > Many readers have seen these pieces making the rounds today. Do folks
> > regard this practice as hacking or as normal scholarly sharing of
> > single articles? Why?
> >
> >
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-34572462> >
> >
http://qz.com/528526/academics-have-found-a-way-to-access-insanely-expensive-research-papers-for-free/> >
> > "Scientists are tweeting a link of the paywalled article along with
> > their email address in the hashtag-a riff on the infamous meme of a
> > fluffy cat's "I Can Has Cheezburger?" line. Someone else who does have
> > access to the article downloads a pdf of the paper and emails the file
> > to the person requesting it. The initial tweet is then deleted as soon
> > as the requester receives the file."