Re: Library Link discussion (fwd)


Subject: Re: Library Link discussion (fwd)
Guedon Jean-Claude (guedon@ERE.UMontreal.CA)
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:50:34 -0500 (EST)


Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:50:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Guedon Jean-Claude <guedon@ERE.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: Re: Library Link discussion (fwd)
To: arl-ejournal@arl.org
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Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9902032126.F9176-0100000@esi25.ESI.UMontreal.CA>

I interlace below...

Best,

jc

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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Tony Barry <tonyb@dynamite.com.au> wrote:
>
> On 28/1/99, Jean-Claude Guedon <guedon@ere.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Scholars are the librarians' master
>
> Agree completely.

Errrr... That was atypo and I sent in a small correction. What I wanted
to say, of course, is that scholars are *not* the librarians' masters...

So I guess we disagree completely :-)

> > The publishers such as Elsevier, are certainly no tail in that kind
> > of dog. If Elsevier is but a tail, it is a hell of a huge and
> > prosperous one... :-) Kind of top heavy for the whole shebang if
> > you ask me...
>
> I am in violent agreement :-)

\Thanks.

> > This is why scholars, librarians and honest learned societies must
> > band together, along with honest university presses. By honest, I
> > mean organizations that remain true to the fostering of scholarly
> > communication rather than foiled by mercantile concerns.
>
> Agree completely. I not you say "librarians" not "libraries".

Not sure what you meant here as there is obviously a typo here.

Best,

jc



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