From: SANFORD G THATCHER <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:37:12 -0500 If your question boils down to asking whether faculty or anyone else in a university ever acts irrationally, well, I once proposed writing a book titled "The Irrational University," the introductory chapter of which is summarized here: We think of universities as bastions of reason, but in reality they are riven by multiple types of irrationality. These arise owing largely to the unique nature of the university as an institution in our society. At once highly bureaucratic and administratively structured as top-down hierarchical pyramids, like many private businesses as well as government and the military, they are yet—owing particularly to the traditions of academic freedom and faculty autonomy—better described as a loose collection of units with different and often conflicting interests, albeit sharing a common mission to promote the public good through the production, dissemination, and inculcation of knowledge. Note, in particular, that the voice of the university is seldom unitary; it is, rather, a Babel of varied voices each representing the interests of its own position within the university, and often formally represented in lobbying and other activities through separate professional associations, like AAU, ARL, both AAUPs ACLS, NCAA, etc. These different interest groups try to operate in ways that reflect a rational understanding of what will be best for their own separate spheres of activity. Yet what frequently happens is that rationality at the unit level turns out to become irrational at the level of the university as a whole. This book will examine in detail various manifestations of this combination of subsystemic rationality and systemic irrationality and conclude with a proposal for a way to cut the various Gordian knows that have bedeviled universities in recent years. Sandy Thatcher On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 04:34 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >From: Debbie <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:47:36 +0000 > >Hi Sandy, > >PSI has collected evidence relating to over 1500 separate intrusions >originating from Sci-Hub. There is no evidence showing that the credentials >were donated. > >We find it hard to believe that anyone would actually donate their personal >credentials. Quite apart from the fact that doing so is supporting this >questionable group in their dubious activities, is the practical issue >that, once the excessive use resulting from intrusions is identified, the >credentials are blocked and rendered unusable. What scholar would chose to >jeopardise their own access? > >Kind regards, > >Debbie Wilton >PSI Ltd >Tel: +44 (0) 1865 849514 [SNIP]