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>Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 13:47:10 -0500
>To: Council of Academic Department Heads <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Obi Ebbe <[log in to unmask]>
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>Colleagues,
>
>David's questions are in order, That is why I asked Sheila on that Council
>of Department Heads meeting, quote: "Are we not being handicapped, when
>many academic journals are eliminated. If we depend on inter-library loan,
>where do we get the fresh citations that would trigger a resort to
>inter-library loan?" And she replied, "Index records." But what if the
>material just recently published is not yet in the index? We are being
>scholarly handicapped by eliminating most academic journals from the Lupton
>Library. There is no denial about it.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Obi
>
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>At 12:50 PM 11/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>> Dear Colleagues; Was it a bad dream or did we really learn that the
>>Library is about to cut more than half of its subscriptions to paper
>>journals? While I am no Luddite and am not autistic to the economic
>>conditions of academic publications, I am dumbfounded by the implications
>>of this policy. I fear that this cut is a harbinger for continued
>>decreased access to information. Many psychology journals are not on line,
>>and those that are are expensive. I'm sure the same is true in other
>>disciplines. Although we will have free access to interlibrary loan, I fear
>>that it is much like telling my ever-hungry son that we will have dinner an
>>hour from now. At the risk of sounding melodramatic, the Library is the
>>heart and soul of the institution. Its role has been and will continue to
>>be to provide scholars with timely access to information. I am not
>>convinced that this change will preserve the mission of the library.
>>Perhaps I would feel better if I could be assured that the future is here
>>and that paper is now an anachronism. Perhaps I would take comfort in the
>>cuts if I learned that we were making similar cuts to the nonacademic
>>components of the university -- perhaps we could have a virtual football
>>team as is done in the rotiserary games. We could create an imaginary team
>>consisting of players from the big SEC schools and then compete with other
>>modestly funded college who have also dropped their football teams. Do
>>we, as department heads who represent the academic integrity of the
>>University, wish to object to this new policy? Or am is shaking my fist at
>>the waves of the sea asking them to be quiet. Regards, David J.
>>Pittenger, Head
>> Department of Psychology
>> The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>> P. O. Box 2803
>> 615 McCallie Ave.
>> 37403 e-mail:
>> [log in to unmask] Voice: 423-425-4264 Fax: 423-425-4284
>> Fax: 423-425-4284
>>
>Dr. Obi N. I. Ebbe
>Professor and Chair
>Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Geography
>The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>615 McCallie Avenue
>Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
>Phone: (423) 755-4437/4411
>Fax: (423) 785-2251
>
Dr. Obi N. I. Ebbe
Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Geography
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
Phone: (423) 755-4437/4411
Fax: (423) 785-2251
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