RE: Article in "Inside HigherEd"

["Osterbur, David L." <David_Osterbur@hms.harvard.edu>]

Joseph,

It is also obvious from your answer that you have never spent 
time inside an academic library working behind the circulation or 
reference desks.  With regard to information it is often stated 
that there is Harvard and there are the "have-nots" but in my 
experience there are many things that even Harvard cannot access 
simply because we cannot afford the subscription and not all 
articles are available via interlibrary loan.

David L. Osterbur, Ph.D.
Access and Public Services Librarian
Countway Medical Library
Harvard Medical School
10 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA   02115
Voice: 617 432-2636
Fax:  617 432-4739
E-Mail: david_osterbur@hms.harvard.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu]
On Behalf Of Joseph Esposito
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 6:14 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: RE: Article in "Inside HigherEd"

I had not read this FAQ before because I could not find it.

Joe Esposito


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Stevan Harnad
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:23 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: Article in "Inside HigherEd"

On 23-Mar-09, at 7:21 PM, Joseph Esposito wrote:

> See Ken Coates's piece in "Inside HigherEd":]
>
> http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/03/23/coates#Comments
>
> The title is "Knowledge Overload."
>
> My question, which I have been asking for 5 years now, is, Why does
> anybody believe that access is the key problem?

Info-glut FAQ, online for well over a half-decade:

http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/self-faq/#4.Navigation

Stevan Harnad