<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hear, hear hurrah from the backbenches. 🐧🤖</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="monospace, monospace">Hilton Gibson</font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Stellenbosch University Library</span><br></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X</a></u></font><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 February 2017 at 14:52, Ina Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Ina@assaf.org.za" target="_blank">Ina@assaf.org.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_2462214214307115655WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2017/02/21/blacklists-are-technically-infeasible-practically-unreliable-and-unethical-period/" target="_blank">http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/<wbr>impactofsocialsciences/2017/<wbr>02/21/blacklists-are-<wbr>technically-infeasible-<wbr>practically-unreliable-and-<wbr>unethical-period/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">The removal of the Beall’s list of predatory publishers last month caused consternation and led to calls in some quarters for a new equivalent to be put in its place.</span></em><span class="m_2462214214307115655apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Cameron Neylon</span></strong><span class="m_2462214214307115655apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-style:normal">explains why he has never been a supporter of the Beall’s list and outlines why he believes the concept of the blacklist itself is fundamentally flawed. Not only are blacklists incomplete by definition, they are highly susceptible to legal challenge and vulnerable to personal bias. Scholars should be able to decide for themselves what is a  good venue from which to communicate their work.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Ina Smith</span></b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Planning Manager, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<br>DOAJ Ambassador, Southern Africa Region<br>LIASA Librarian of the Year 2016<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://orcid.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#338caf;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" id="m_2462214214307115655Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D28D1B.44E1FC60" alt="http://orcid.org/sites/default/files/images/orcid_16x16(1).gif"></span></a><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">  <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-3668" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-<wbr>9710-3668 </span></a></span><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Switchboard: <a href="tel:012%20349%206600" value="+27123496600" target="_blank">+27 12 349 6600</a>    <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Tel: <a href="tel:012%20349%206641" value="+27123496641" target="_blank">+27 12 349 6641</a>           <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Fax: <a href="tel:086%20576%209512" value="+27865769512" target="_blank">+27 (0) 86 576 9512</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Email: </span><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za" target="_blank"><span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