In Defense of Scholarly Publications — Looking Back Before Lurching Forward

摘要

Ware we losing? Over the past few years I have lost several good friends and outstanding scientists in the global arena and along with them, the world has lost not only their continued input of wisdom and vision but now theiraccumulated libraries are being thrown into dumpsters with nary a twinge of conscience! Why? Because no one seems to recognize the importance and significance of historic documents, hard-to-obtain publications, or perhaps most salient — the need to know what has been done previously and by whom.