May I just quickly point out that the just-out 6 June issue of Times
Higher Education contains, I notice, an opinion piece ( entitled
"Green-eyed, no monster" ) by Gabriel Egan, director of the
Centre for Textual Studies at De Montfort University, arguing
"that the move to open access is desirable and inevitable for the
arts [i.e., the arts and humanities, in general] as well as the sciences".
Not unusually radical or visionary in formulation, but a strong
plea, and one whose appearance some persons here might well
want to take note of, in any case. His point seems to me one that
is certainly worth ( again ) explicitly making, not least of all in a
publication such as T.H.E. [ And if I may be so bold, isn't it
likewise one which applies, just as well, for example, to the
literature of library and information studies. Some would perhaps
even go so far as to say that LIS should be -- or should have long
since shown itself to be -- a leader and shining example in this
respect. ( Or not ?? ) ]
- Laval Hunsucker
Breukelen, Nederland
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