Steve Hitchcock wrote: > If . . . all academic journals could be > subscribed to by all academic libraries, what would we have? Almost the > ideal open archive.
For academicians, that is. I have heard a rumor, though, to the effect that intelligent life -- including scientific and intellectual life -- actually exists outside of academia. But then I have also heard it rumored that intelligent life exists within academia, too, though I've not seen much evidence for that as regards networking. But seriously, isn't distribution by academic subscription actually a more exclusionary and hence more reactionary form of distribution than what presently exists? I can see no reason for thinking it is even "a step in the right direction" unless one perceives something else being done which indicates that people actually understand what the right direction is and are moving toward it. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joseph Ransdell [email protected] [email protected] Dept of Philosophy 806 742-3275 Home: 806 797-2592 Texas Tech University - Lubbock, Texas 79409 USA http://www.door.net/arisbe (Peirce Gateway website) http://www.door.net/arisbe/homepage/ransdell.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
