Apologies for cross posting This article may be of interest to readers of the list Scholarly Publishers Aim to Woo Librarians Away From Self-Published Research The campaign aims, in part, to quash a newfound enthusiasm among some librarians for self-publishing research results online, a practice that lets scholars bypass academic journals that many researchers say are too slow and too costly. http://chronicle.com/free/2002/11/2002110701t.htm Regards Gordon Gordon Fletcher BioMed Central Middlesex House 34-42 Cleveland Street London W1T 4LB phone | +44 (0)20 7323 0323 email | [log in to unmask] web | http://www.biomedcentral.com