Colleagues/

I am pleased to announce TheSecondPosting to my _Disruptive
Scholarship_ blog

[ http://disruptivescholarship.blogspot.com  ]

Invisible Hand(s)

There are forces, factors, and influences _other than_ pending
classical peer review that assure the quality of scholarship _before_
formal publication.
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"Invisible Hand(s): Quality Assurance in the Age of Author
Self-Archiving," Jekyll.comm: International Journal on Science
Communication no. 6 (September 2003). Available at
[ http://jekyll.comm.sissa.it/commenti/foc06_01_eng.pdf ] (accessed 8
February 2005)

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PowerPoint version self-archived at [
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/Hands.ppt ] (accessed 8
February 2005).

The content of these two formats is identical. I believe, however, that
Many Will Find The PPT More Entertaining [:-)

As Always, I Welcome Any and All Comments, Cosmic Insights,
Observations, Critiques, Criticisms, Etc.

BTW: ThanksToAll who commented on PostingOne!!!

Regards,

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Second Librarian
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck@iastate.edu