Re: Libraries and dissertations

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

Weren't you picking on publishers, Joe, by saying its their 
"responsibility to rectify the situation" by doing more 
marketing? I was trying to point out that everyone shares some of 
the blame here, by each party being focused so intently on their 
own immediate self-interest that the larger problem gets swept 
under the rug and no one feels any responsibility for solving it. 
if we can all agree that 1) there is value in revised 
dissertations above and beyond the dissertations on which they 
are based and (2) junior faculty need to publish them to advance 
in their careers, then we collectively need to look for solutions 
and involve others, like administrators, to make changes that are 
beyond the limited powers of each of our sectors to accomplish 
separately.

Sandy Thatcher


>Sandy,
>
>I am not missing the "main" problem here.  I know very well what 
>the problem is.  My point was simply that we shouldn't pick on 
>librarians. If the dysfunction is systemic, then we shouldn't be 
>blaming librarians or anyone else.
>
>Joe Esposito