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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture afdtk wrote: > > In other words, I think we have to be careful of lending too much > credence to so-called objective measures of scholarly output. If you read carefully what I have written, I never suggested that these measures were in any way objective. Nor did I suggest that I believed in them (I'm the sceptic, remember!) Nor, for that matter, do I think that these techniques are really applicable (yet) to the humanities, because the literature is less developed than in the sciences - people still publish monographs, for heaven's sake! - it is lagging by decades, if not centuries. But that doesn't mean that the techniques themselves aren't well understood. As for the question of library access to the literature - that is really an issue for authors: the authors whose publications achieve 'high scores' will be able to command the widest access to the literature - if necessary by changing institutions. John Briggs ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html