[Original posting on this topic appeared in COLLDV-L no. 1460, was
reproduced with Response #1 in no. 1562 and Response #2 appeared in no.
1563.]
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From: curr_at_mnsinc.com
Carol [camcal_at_mail.swem.wm.edu (Carol A. McAllister)], you said:
> at which the faculty member took his degree. For example, one
> Oxford graduate regularly has his books published by Oxford
> University press. Likewise, for a Yale graduate. Commercial
> publishers develop similar working relationships.
> My point is that researchers and publishers know who has a
> strong
> reputation in a particular field and they network to promote one
> another.
Sounds all pretty bloody incestuous to me: no wonder so much academic
scholarship is awfully boring and second rate. It's the old boy's
old or girl's network that networks hard to protect and promote each
other's junk. "You promote my junk, I'll promote yours."
Cliff Urr
Senior Manager
Aspen Systems
Rockville, MD
Received on Mon Sep 15 1997 - 09:55:30 EDT