Re: Why Cornell's Institutional Repository Is Near-Empty

["Michael Carroll" <Carroll@law.villanova.edu>]

Two suggestions:

(1) A reminder that the "Patchwork Mandate" is a reasonable, 
incremental response for open access advocates at a sprawling 
institution like Cornell.

See http://eprints.utas.edu.au/410/; see also
http://carrollogos.blogspot.com/2006/11/open-access-and-incremenatlism.html

(2) At least on American campuses, faculty are much more likely 
to support a mandate if they vote to impose it upon themselves 
rather than have it imposed by an administrator.  Look for a 
faculty champion who would be willing to take on this cause.

Best,

Michael W. Carroll
Associate Professor of Law
Villanova University School of Law
Villanova, PA 19085
blog: http://www.carrollogos.org/
Research papers: http://ssrn.com/author=330326
http://law.bepress.com/villanovalwps/