RE: Librarian survey

[Todd Puccio <puccio@nova.edu>]

Overall, I would say that this is a victorious free-speech issue. 
One publisher didn't want to publish it.  That's their right. 
This may be grounds for a wrongful termination suit, since they 
didn't seem to give him a reason or point out any previously 
agreed standards of publication.  But a Free Speech issue, no.

Will was able to post it on his Blog, and other publishers showed 
a great amount of interest.

Additionally, Will Manley's survey is admittedly not scientific 
so I'm not sure I would cast him as a "researcher".

Todd Puccio

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[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Esposito
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 5:56 PM
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Subject: Librarian survey

As we recently had some discussion on this list on the use and 
meaning of surveys, this article, which is now making the rounds, 
on a particular survey of librarians may be of some interest. The 
researcher in question claims to have been fired for conducting 
the survey, making this not only a question of methodology but 
also a free-speech issue.

Here is the link from The Daily News:

http://j.mp/a0tTKK

Joe Esposito