Ecolog:
In the long tradition of science, information has gladly been exchanged and
provide at no cost (time, postage stamps, paper, and envelope costs were
borne by the receiver of the request, although requesters commonly provided
SASE's) upon request to colleagues and serious amateurs alike. It seems
ironic that as the Internet and email has vastly reduced even those minimal
costs to a few mouse-clicks and a one-time posting, that commercial and
institutional entities have vastly increased costs, considering
scientific/academic/intellectual information to be "profit-centers" instead.
This trend retards the advancement of science at the very time when world
society is in a position to make exponential gains. What would Einstein
think of this trend?
WT
PS: One way to combat this trend is for scientists and others to publish by
means that minimize rather than maximize the costs to themselves and to
others, by boycotting the "prestigious" publishers, particularly those which
charge such outrageous sums for scholarly papers under their control that
even major university libraries' budgets are busted by the rapacious fees
charged for subscriptions (access limited to the privileged only) and
downloads which cost next-to-nothing to post and maintain. Why this
continues to be a problem is at once all too clear and unjustifiable. The
minimal costs of editing and equipment purchase and maintenance should be
borne by institutions and organizations which purport to be public service
entities, much as free libraries have traditionally done, especially
tax-supported organizations and governmental agencies. "Prestige" should be
based on merit, not upon publicity and advertising. It is up to individual
scientists to take action. No organization should be needed. It is a moral
decision, not a legal one.
----- Original Message -----
From: "R K" <podocop...@yahoo.com>
To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:46 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] clarification on prothonotary article request
I appreciate the responses I've received already, but most of them have
involved the Cornell BNA, which unfortunately is locked behind a paywall.
To clarify, I would appreciate citations for recent references involving
prothonotary ecology and behavior. I don't have database access and can't
search directly for references, but I can work with citations if someone is
kind enough to provide them.
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