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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Elitist? Maintaining and updating such a massive bibliography takes an incredible number of hours of work. That costs somebody. I think Bencie’s proposal is at least worth some discussion. I think many people could convince their libraries to subscribe, so it might just work. It’s been great to have the bibliography for free all this time, but I’m not surprised in the slightest that the time has come to think about its worth, and alternatives for maintaining it. Would a publisher be interested in picking it up, by chance? For example, Mouton de Gruyter? They are moving to a lot of online services. But of course, if so, that wouldn’t happen without a subscription fee. <BR>
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On 11-05-06 6:30 PM, "Trevor Jenkins" <<a href="trevor.jenkins@SUNEIDESIS.COM">trevor.jenkins@SUNEIDESIS.COM</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>On 6 May 2011, at 09:51, Bencie Woll wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>I think one way forward would be for this to become a subscription-based<BR>
service, with universities paying for access (just as they do for many<BR>
other bibliographic services). It would be good to know if there is<BR>
support for this idea at Hamburg and elsewhere.<BR>
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I make no apology but I vehemently disagree with that proposal. It would put a source of material beyond the reach of interpreters undertaking continual professional development and for trainees following certification with training organisation unaffiliated with universities. Better for the bibliography service to closed completely than it become an academic elitist tool.<BR>
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In other words I don't support the idea.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT FACE="Helvetica, Verdana, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>Regards, Trevor.<BR>
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