On 22/12/06, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/22/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG
<guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
> Another issue: a particular promoter of a
particular POV cites a book
> in support of his argument. It is not a widely-circulated book.
> Others are unable to find the book, or, having found the book, unable
> to find the specific text supposedly quoted. At some point we have to
> apply the "yeah, right" rule and remove it.
If the british libiary does not have a copy I'm
going to want to hear
a pretty good explantion.
Because deposit libraries don't actually expend a lot of effort
tracking down small publishers who don't send them a copy, beyond
perhaps a letter if they find out they exist (perhaps years after the
fact). Because deposit libraries don't have money either.
- d.