[Air-l] Posting abstracts to AoIR

[Karim R. Lakhani]

let me third that.  abstract posting is a great idea.  question should
it be working papers or published papers?

K

"Mary L. Gray" wrote:
> 
> I would appreciate the postings. i feel like the work from people in AIR is
> of particular interest to me and rather than wade through the countless
> journals that *may* contain their articles, i'd rather hear about it from
> the source!
> 
> my 2 cents.
> mary
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> Mary L. Gray <mlgray at ucsd.edu>
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> > From: "Hans Klein" <hans.klein at pubpolicy.gatech.edu>
> > Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> > Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 12:20:12 -0400
> > To: air-l at aoir.org
> > Subject: [Air-l] Posting abstracts to AoIR
> >
> >
> > I am grateful that Jay Hauben posted the abstract of Ronda Hauben's recent
> > article.
> >
> > In general, I think it would be good if people on this list would announce
> > their articles as they are published.  Too often articles disappear down a
> > black hole.  By announcing them, there is greater chance of their reaching
> > interested readers.
> >
> > Would other welcome other such posts?  Or would it be seen as an act of
> > immodesty? (Truth in advertising: I have a recent article that I would
> > announce.)
> >
> > Hans
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 21:00:59 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Jay Hauben <jrh29 at columbia.edu>
> > To: air-l at aoir.org
> > Subject: [Air-l] Usenet Archives and the search engine at google.com
> > Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> > Hi,
> > Posting on Usenet has always been freely done as contibuting to the
> > common wealth. It has also always been expected that posts were part
> > of ongoing discussions and would expire in some finite time at every
> > newsfeed site. The archiving of Usenet posts and the "ownership" of
> > such archives by commercial entitites raises many questions. An
> > article addressing some of these questions in the context of
> > google.com appears in the current issue of the journal Science Studies
> > 15:1(2002), 61-68.
> > "Commodifying Usenet and the Usenet Archive or Continuing the
> > Online Cooperative Usenet Culture?" by Ronda Hauben
> > http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other/usenetstts.pdf
> > Abstract
> > This article explores the conflict between the cooperative online culture
> > of users who have created Usenet and the corporate commodification of
> > Usenet posts by companies archiving the posts. The clash of decision-
> > making processes is presented thorough the details of how Usenet
> > users choose to petition a company to provide protection for the
> > public archives it had collected. The company disregarded the petition
> > and the archives were sold to another company. The new company has begun
> > to put its own copyright symbol on the posts in its archives. How will
> > such a commodification affect the cooperative nature of Usenet itself
> > and the continuing vitality of Usenet's cooperative culture The article
> > explores this culture clash and considers possible consequences.
> >
> > http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other/usenetstts.pdf
> >
> > Take care.
> > Jay
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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