medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Thanks to Laura and Tom for their considerate responses to my own expression of
dissent (and to John for his last two links)!
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> On 22 April 2013 at 00:05 Thomas Izbicki <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> We librarians often use book approval plans for routine acquisitions. At two
> institutions I have put Mellen on Notify to selectors. They do occasionally
> have a book I consider ordering. There is a very real problem of placing
> specialized books in an academic market in which university presses are hard
> pressed to stay afloat, especially since universities tend to cut them loose
> to sink or swim. Mellen has been one outlet in such cases. Nonetheless, I
> cannot imagine suing anyone for a blog posting. It comes over as coercive.
>
> Tom Izbicki
>
>
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> From: "Laura Jacobus" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 6:16:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [M-R] Edwin Mellen Press sues a librarian!
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> I agree, sort of. The original blog comes across as a lazy piece of
> criticism, and I when I read it I certainly thought it a bit 'off' to condemn
> a publisher's whole list in such a broad way. But in the context of a
> personal blog post which we can all evaluate, and which can be subject to
> response and debate (as one of Edwin Mellen press's authors did, and did well)
> it was perfectly reasonable. The point is that EMP had the option of
> defending itself in the online discussion, rather than with a mega-lawsuit.
> In that sense, not only academic freedom has been threatened, but the right
> of every member of an online community who posts an opinion about a commercial
> product.
>
> Laura
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