Date sent: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 16:23:30 -0000
Subject: RE: plagiarism
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I agree, and I also feel that the complaint should maybe have been
made to the listowner or to the person who posted the message
personally, rather than to the list, as it appears to have caused
some unnecessary embarrassment.
> I cannot understand why the complaint was made in the first place. This
> seems to me a very appropriate and practical use of the list.
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> Anthony Beal, Internet and Systems Librarian
> West Cheshire College, Handbridge, Chester CH4 7ER
> Tel: +44 (0)1244 670578, Fax: +44 (0)1244 670676
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> > From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Reply To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: 09 February 2000 16:14
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: plagiarism
> >
> > I apologise if lis-link members feel that my posting of a message
> > about plagiarism earlier today was an inappropriate use of the
> > mailing-list. I thought it might be interesting for list members to
> > know a little about the history of why I chose to use the list for this
> > purpose.
> >
> > Two years ago another lis-link member from another university
> > several hundred miles away from this one posted a similar
> > message about dissertation plagiarism. It turned out that the
> > dissertation in question was a word-for-word plagiarism of a
> > dissertation written by one of our former students. This led not only
> > to action being taken against the offending student but also to a
> > change of policy here at the University of Westminster. We now
> > allow only our students to have access to our dissertation
> > collection. Without lis-link, it may well have taken us a lot longer to
> > realise how this collection was being abused.
> >
> > Lis-linkers may also be interested to know that within minutes of
> > my having posted the message this afternoon, I received a very
> > helpful phone call from another university which we are now
> > following up.
> >
> >
> > Ros Smith
> > Assistant Librarian
> > University of Westminster
> > Harrow Campus
> > Watford Road
> > Northwick Park
> > Harrow
> > HA1 3TP
> > 020 7911 5000 x4042
> >
> >
> >
>
Denise Flowers
Quality Assurance Co-ordinator
Information Resources Centre
St. Mary's College
Waldegrave Road
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TW1 4SX
Tel: 020 8240 2304 (direct)
Fax: 020 8240 4270
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