Thanks for the kind words. I would add two items to your list: (5) I have only responded to what I perceive as false statements made by the Enemies of the Library (as described by Crawford and Gorman in FUTURE LIBRARIES) and university profit goals (described by Veblen in THE HIGHER LEARNING IN AMERICA).
(6) I have plenty of invitations to write, but preaching to the choir is not as interesting as facing the dragon in his lair with all my weapons -- my personal library -- at my disposal. Best wishes, Albert Henderson Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1994-2000 <70244.1...@compuserve.com> -------------Forwarded Message----------------- List-Post: goal@eprints.org List-Post: goal@eprints.org Date: 10/4/00 12:41 PM RE: Re: Invoking Cloture (Again) on "Serials Crisis = Library Underfunding" On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Charles Oppenheim wrote: > No need to apologise - every time Henderson spills more ink, he damns > himself even more. It's a bit of a sensitive point, though, and let me not conceal the ways: (1) Like Albert, I too am persistent and repetitious in my postings. (2) Mine too are plastered across multiple lists. (3) My theme too can be reduced to a one-liner: "Free the give-away literature through self-archiving." (4) My position too, generates hostile reactions. (So does my style.) So I ask myself: With what justification do I invoke cloture on Albert and not on myself? The murmured justification is that I am on the side of the Angels on this one. But who doesn't think he's on the side of the Angels...? Stevan