New IHE piece: Old Boy Networked
by Alex
In case you’ve been wondering about all the words that I’ve been writing that haven’t appeared here, you can find some in my new column at IHE — it’s called “Old Boy Networked”:http://insidehighered.com/views/2007/02/19/golub.
[...] February 19th, 2007 In an oped piece for Inside Higher Ed, Alex Golub laments that he has lost access to full-text resources through his alma mater, the University of Chicago. He discusses how he used to view this access as a privilege that he enjoyed for having attended this elite school, especially given his current underprivileged position at a state university. I have encountered this situation before, so I thought it would be worthwhile to point out this article on my blog. Just as University of Chicago discovered, it is not usually legal for libraries at IHEs to provide their graduates with access to licensed content. I suppose this could possibly be negotiated in the licensing agreements with vendors, but would certainly increase the cost. Just one more reason why Alex and all the other academics out there should jump on the bandwagon and publish their research in open access journals! Here’s a link to the Directory of Open Access Journals listings for Anthropology. [...]