Tuesday, July 31, 2007

two (or parenthetically three) words

AKMA notes a development in university publishing.

Then there's this:


They do offer individual subscriptions to rare eggs enrolled in certain learned societies:

INDIVIDUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

Individual subscriptions are now available for a small additional fee through membership to the American Historical Association (AHA) and the Renaissance Society of America (RSA), two of the participating learned societies of HEB.

When one dispassionately examines the rationale for this sort of privatized, hedge fund-ghettoized gatekeeping, one finds there is none.

Two words to all you learned society types: Open (fucking) Access.


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Saturday, May 12, 2007

I'm no pedant

When I take my Kultur Warrior Test

I want to be fair.

I want to be balanced.

I want to be accurate:

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