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From: John E Brandt
Date: Oct 26, 2011 8:18PM

In reading this later comment, these thoughts comes to mind....

If you are dealing with resistant faculty you might encourage them to think
of their digital documents as being similar to their published material.
They would never submit an article to a refereed journal without making sure
all of the headings, titles, running heads, graphics, and indices were
perfect. Why would they then publish their work on-line without the same
level of care?

For students, it's a tougher sell. You might be able to use a similar
analogy noting that what they put on-line is like what they would put in
print, it's permanent and they will be judged accordingly. But students
might also respond to the egalitarian and moral aspects of accessibility.

~j

John E. Brandt
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