From: "Hutchinson, Alvin" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 14:09:29 +0000 Lisa, I would be interested in any response you get or any studies you learn of. In fact, I would be interested in setting up a study if nobody has done so, except for the hurdles involved (human subject approval, etc.) and I hate to bother authors by asking for a paper that I don't intend to read but merely request in order to test a hypothesis. But please do share any results you find out about. -Alvin Hutchinson Smithsonian Libraries ************** Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 18:27:59 -0500 From: LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Get it from author requests - success rates? From: "Hinchliffe, Lisa W" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 00:50:13 +0000 Stevan Harnad mentions the option to implement Copy-Request Button <http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/268511/> being implemented in institutional eprint repositories. ResearchGate et al also enable requesting from authors. Has anyone conducted any formal or informal studies of response rate to such requests? I know that as an author, I reply but usually not for a few days since requests come in at all hours, while I¹m traveling, etc. and I don¹t always have ecopies of things I published years ago (in print). I go find ecopies or scan but that isn¹t instantaneous. And, myself I¹ve tracked down scholars to try and contact them only to find they have left academia, retired, or on case passed away. And, when I do write - response rate isn¹t 100% by any means. Thanks for any pointers! Lisa