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T. Scott Plutchak
University of Alabama at Birmingham
UKSG
April 10, 2013
Publishers and librarians: we share the same values –
why are we fighting?
TechnologicalCultural and social
Challenges
Librarians are a group of talented professionals fiercely dedicated to the
notion that the effective exchange of information among people is absolutely
essential to the welfare and well-being of modern civil society.
They believe that market forces create barriers to achieving that end.
Publishers are a group of talented professionals fiercely dedicated to the
notion that the effective exchange of information among people is absolutely
essential to the welfare and well-being of modern civil society.
They believe that market forces are the means to achieving that end.
Publishers only care about the money
Librarians are hopelessly, willfully naïve
Caricatures
Publishers want to lock information up
Librarians don’t care about quality
Caricatures
parallel worlds
so we are ignorant
NegotiatorsPartners
Collaborators
Knowledge will make us better
We Still Will Not Agree
Cool it with the emotionsAttend some publisher conferencesBe educated by your knowledgeable
facultyBuy a publisher a drink
Librarians
You are lousy at telling your own story
Be more transparentBe more open about your mission
and your decision makingSit in on some of the sessions at the
conferences you attend
Publishers