> >I will in fact go and try to collect it tomorrow. I will refuse to >sign the copyright, asking only that I be allowed to read >the paper document for 5 minutes and take notes. I fully expect >the librarians to refuse this request, in which case an interesting >stand-off will occur. I will let you know what happens!
Update on above. Well, I arrived, and made my request. It was refused, on the grounds that it would "set a precedent". Apparently, because the photocopy was not the original (whatever that means), they would have to "clarify" whether I could be allowed to read it. Had it indeed been the original, there would have been no problem in letting me look at it, or indeed even letting me photocopy the article for my own use (but still, not my student's use). So whatever it was that Julius Steglitz had to say about carbonium ions in 1899 will go undiscovered by me for at least for a few more days (or likely, weeks). The librarians did seem agreed that if I were to acquire a photocopy, scanning it, followed by OCR and then eg OSCAR text mining would constitute a gross infringement (punishable by god knows what). I hasten to add this is all in a good cause. The Wikipedia entry on carbonium ions mentions Steglitz by name, but gives no detail whatsoever. My original intent was simply to expand upon that! -- Henry Rzepa. +44 (020) 7594 5774 (Voice); +44 (0870) 132 3747 (eFax); [EMAIL PROTECTED] (iChat) http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK. (Voracious anti-spam filter in operation for received email. If expected reply not received, please phone/fax). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list Blueobelisk-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss
