RE: Role of arXiv

[Sandy Thatcher <sandy.thatcher@alumni.princeton.edu>]

Anticipating Stevan's response, I'd ask how these disciplinary 
repositories are to be filled since they lack the power that 
universities have to mandate submissions?

Sandy Thatcher


>HMMMM, We see huge value in robust subject repositories that
>present readers with tools and content appropriate to their
>disciplines.  My not-so-secret hope has been that subject
>repositories will thrive and endure, and will not depend on the
>existence of thousands of institutional repositories.
>
>Ann Okerson/Yale Library