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The CM Law Library Blog seeks to inform the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law community about key legal education, research, practice, and law library news, with a particular focus on Cuyahoga County and Ohio as well as faculty research interests.

Open Access Doesn't Mean More Citations

Jan Novak, Associate Director jan.novak@law.csuohio.edu | August 06, 2008 - 15:55

Journal literature available for free on the web certainly leads to wider distribution of one’s scholarship, but does it leader to wider use, as far as citations are concerned? Not according to a recent study reported in the British Medical Journal and summarized in the Cornell Chronicle. While open access articles are downloaded more than subscription access works, they are not more likely to be cited by subsequent researchers. It’s the quality of the scholarship that leads to citations, say the authors, and the highest quality articles are also likely to be widely and freely available. The study involved articles from scientific journals.

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RTA - Schedule Changes, Public Hearings, Involvement in the Public Sector

Marie Rehmar, Head of Reference Services, marie.rehmar@law.csuohio.edu | August 06, 2008 - 10:29

First of all, in getting ready for fall, there are RTA schedule changes effective Aug. 24th.

Second, it's not a surprise that RTA is experiencing fuel cost increases, and is projecting less revenue than needed. See the RTA 2009 Tax Budget with projected scenarios. (The Euclid Corridor Project is from different funds and is projected to be more cost efficient operationally when completed this fall.) Ridership is growing, however RTA has indicated that fares only cover about 20% of the cost of service. For costs not exceed its revenue, a legal requirement, RTA is looking at imposing a fuel surcharge (increasing the fares), and making service reductions. The Community Circulators, a service improvement on which many in our community depend, may all have to be cut, along with cuts on numerous other routes. See the list.

RTA is holding public hearings to gather testimony concerning impact of specific cuts. There was a very upset, overflow crowd at the downtown Cleveland Public Library Auditorium on Tuesday, Aug. 5th , with many speaking after the PowerPoint presentation. RTA reserved the Auditorium at CPL for Wed. Aug. 5th at 12 noon for additional testimony. If a cut will impact you but you cannot attend a hearing, submit your comments to RTA by Aug. 18th.

RTA is created under the authority of Ohio Revised Code Chapter 306. For more information on documents establishing the parameters for the governance of RTA, as well as the powers, responsibilities and duties of RTA see RTA's website.


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