Klaus
I find your conclusions regarding the "Request Button" unproven.
· Firstly, it is obvious that the button "works" in the case
of the University of Tasmania. You got two papers, so the software
works.
· Secondly the sample was ridiculously small.
· Thirdly, you have given no indication of what you asked
for. For example if you had asked for a thesis, the following could
have happened:
a. The research might have a totally banned commercial reason for
non-disclosure (I have just had a PhD student graduate, and the
company that sponsors him insists on a two year total embargo so they
can exploit the research. This is not peer reviewed and published
research.
b. You might be asking during the exam period / summer holidays (you
will know your northern summer is 6 months out of sync with ours,
ditto academic year).
c. The graduate may have left the University and the email address
on record might be defunct.
· Fourthly, the author may still be ignorant or worried about
their rights under Australian copyright law (unfounded, but real).
Arthur Sale
University of Tasmania
-----Original Message-----
From: American Scientist Open Access Forum
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On Behalf Of Klaus Graf
On October 11, I requested 7 titles from the U of Tasmania repository
found with the following query:
http://tinyurl.com/5dbssm
On October 12 and 14 I get summa summarum 2 results, i.e. the PDFs of
the requested eprints.
For me this is enough empirical evidence to say that there is until
now no empirical evidence that the RCB works!
Klaus Graf
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Received on Sat Nov 22 2008 - 02:50:53 GMT