[SLLS] Rescue campaign for the International Bibliography of Sign Language

[Terry Janzen]

Elitist? Maintaining and updating such a massive bibliography takes an
incredible number of hours of work. That costs somebody. I think Bencie¹s
proposal is at least worth some discussion. I think many people could
convince their libraries to subscribe, so it might just work. It¹s been
great to have the bibliography for free all this time, but I¹m 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 wouldn¹t happen without a
subscription fee. 

Cheers,
Terry


On 11-05-06 6:30 PM, "Trevor Jenkins" <trevor.jenkins at SUNEIDESIS.COM> wrote:

> On 6 May 2011, at 09:51, Bencie Woll wrote:
> 
>> I think one way forward would be for this to become a subscription-based
>> service, with universities paying for access (just as they do for many
>> other bibliographic services). It would be good to know if there is
>> support for this idea at Hamburg and elsewhere.
> 
> 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.
> 
> In other words I don't support the idea.
> 
>  
> Regards, Trevor.
> 

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