Franklin Consulting 

Because its not the solution.  You have two researchers, one doing great
research and publishing loads and not putting it in the IR, the other doing
crap research and hardly publishing at all, but putting it in the IR which
is going to get the promotion?  For managers its only a marginal issue.
Like when choosing software open source is a nice to have, but the selection
will actually be made on functionality, support, ability to work with other
systems and what other people are doing. Open source just doesn't figure.
Self deposit just doesn't figure because it isnt core to the job. 

regards 

Tom.

Tom Franklin 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Repositories discussion list 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stevan Harnad
> Sent: 26 June 2008 12:38
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: It's Keystrokes All the Way Down
> 
> The sole cure for the empty IR syndrome (illness 
> well-described below, but with no mention of the remedy) is 
> institutional deposit mandates (linked to performance 
> evalation: that's how you submit your publications for evaluation).
> 
> Why oh why do we delight more in rehearsing the symptoms 
> rather than getting to work on the cure?
> 
> Stevan Harnad
> 
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Peter Nix wrote:
> 
> > On 26 Jun 2008, at 11:20, Tom Franklin wrote:
> >
> >> there is nothing in these IRs
> >
> > Here's one with, hardly any, contents for my faculty:
> > http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/view/iau/Leeds.FA-FVPA.html
> >
> > There is no perceived "obstacle" to deposit by my colleagues, 
> > cultural, practical or whatever. The concept of eprint deposit is 
> > simply not known to or envisaged by them. Every year or two 
> I ask them 
> > about eprint deposit. They remain unaware of its existence 
> or meaning. 
> > The discussion of worth, of effort required, or of excuses for 
> > non-deposit has not even begun.  If they were ever shown 
> the contents 
> > of this depository, they would conclude that, as with the only 
> > restaurant almost completely empty on a Saturday night, 
> there must be some very good reason not to go there and seek 
> a queue to join.
> >
> > I know the majority of the  individuals who _have_ 
> deposited to either 
> > have academic interests in computing/IT/new media or to be computer 
> > hobbyists in private life.
> >
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peter Nix, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural 
> Studies, Old 
> > Mining Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
> > http://www.leeds.ac.uk/fine_art/
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