Arthur Sale, Unethical harvesters
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"I write to draw the list’s attention to unethical behaviour by a national harvester – the Australian Research Online gateway. This gateway, operated by the National Library of Australia, has rejected the OAI-PMH standard and has announced a local variant. This sort of behaviour by harvesters must be firmly stamped on as soon as possible. International standards are to be complied with, not modified for budgetary convenience...."