Re: Copyright Extension Bill Passes Congress

On 29 Oct 1998, Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
>
> I must repeat, that, from my (admittedly limited) experience, there
> is a lot of wasted paper in Academe. Many professors are over-worked
> and encouraged to publish beyond their capacity to fulfill. If a
> "civilian" like me can go to the library and find the correct
> answers, answers which these professors could have found, lying there
> on the shelves gathering dust because the professors don't know where
> to look or care to trouble themselves about it, and then publish the
> answers in a major journal, then I think that something is VERY VERY
> rotten in the state of Academe.

Junior faculty are only encouraged to publish their research. If they have not done any research, their career suffers. Research usually starts in the library with a review of what's been done.

What's rotten in the state of Academe is that the largest libraries are unable to provide a complete record of what's been done.

Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 22:38:27 GMT