tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post1900515367186382323..comments2024-03-27T05:00:00.090-04:00Comments on Letters to a Young Librarian: Why Are Academic Libraries Getting the Short End of the Stick? Can We Do Something to Turn Things Around?Jessica Olinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-88610835782568299932012-08-21T15:38:03.262-04:002012-08-21T15:38:03.262-04:00Good point. Every time I explain the academic publ...Good point. Every time I explain the academic publishing business to someone outside of academia, they are always astonished.Jessica Olinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282500023825318766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061870849031468581.post-40784715080216650892012-08-21T12:02:57.287-04:002012-08-21T12:02:57.287-04:00The number one most disturbing trend that I see is...The number one most disturbing trend that I see isn't shrinking budgets, it's spending them on things like the article you cite - which would cost me over $40 to read. That price is a reflection of the value of the stuff we write for nothing and give away to the private sector, which swallows most of our dwindling budgets. If I were a higher administrator, I would question the wisdom of putting more money into libraries. I would also tell the faculty to figure out how to advance knowledge rather than their careers and insist that tenure and promotion reflect that value. Sadly, I am not Emperor of All, but that's what I would do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com