[Original posting on this topic appeared in COLLDV-L no. 1349 and is
reproduced below; the response follows it.]
From: Daniel Blewett <dblewet_at_orion.it.luc.edu>
Hi. I am sorry to bother the list with this, but does anyone have a copy
of the message about the "International Encyclopedia of Buddhism" (from
India) being plagerized? I need to see a copy so that we might return the
volumes that we purchased.
Many thanks.
Dan Blewett
Bibliographer for History and Political Science,
The Elizabeth M. Cudahy Memorial Library,
Lake Shore Campus,
Loyola University Chicago,
6525 North Sheridan Road,
Chicago, Illinois 60626
773-508-2620
dblewet_at_luc.edu
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From: James Nye <jnye_at_midway.uchicago.edu>
Barbara Van Deventer forwarded your note requesting a copy
of the LC mailing on IEB. It follows.
James Nye
Bibliographer for Southern Asia
>Return-Path: <daemon_at_lib.washington.edu>
>Errors-To: owner-sacap-out_at_lib.washington.edu
>Date: 19 Nov 96 04:43:51 EST
From: Lygia Ballantyne <72410.743_at_CompuServe.COM>
>To: <sacap_at_lib.washington.edu>
>Subject: International Encyclopaedia of Buddhism
>
>To: SACAP
> Field Director
>
>Subject: International Encyclopaedia of Buddhism
>
>Several participants have forwarded us the exchanges on the Buddha-
>l discussion group regarding the 18 volume encyclopaedia published
>by Anmol Publications.
>
>This set was reviewed in the office back in December 1995 and
>rejected for all the reasons described by Mr. Narendra Pankaj. At
>that time (December 11), we sent an e-mail message to participants
>informing them of our decision to reject the work. At the same
>time, we also rejected Encyclopaedia Indica, by the same publisher.
>
>Anmol is only one of several Indian publishers, several of them
From Rajasthan, who seem to have dedicated themselves to producing
>books and multi-volume works made up of excerpts from previously
>published monographs and serials, published under the "editorship"
>of some local academic who writes a brief introduction. In many
>cases, the sources are not named, or are insufficiently identified.
>The selection of texts lacks any identifiable system and often
>leaves big lacunae in the coverage of the topic. Many of the
>excerpts are from foreign books or journals, from government
>documents or from older publications - perhaps because copyright
>infringements would be less, or less easily identifiable, for these
>categories of publications.
>
>We have rejected many such multi-volume works in the past few
>years, and will continue to do so.
>
>cc. Allen Thrasher, Judy McDermott
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 18 1997 - 16:57:34 EST