I got it Wrong

It’s slightly unnerving that I can write on a log that I tell no-one about and still get read. Unfortunately the post that got noticed is incorrect or at least might be. There is, in the UK, an Arts and Humanities Arxiv. It’s called the Arts and Humanities Data Service. If I understand it correctly I can drop a PDF of an article in there for £30, which is a small price to pay for self-archiving.

Whether or not I can as an individual deposit a published paper in there is something I’m chasing up, but if I can then it makes sense to use it.

I stand by the bit about technophobia though. If I can deposit into the AHDS and my peers don’t then my work has a huge advantage over theirs, even if theirs is better quality. To be able to cite an article you first have to be able to find it.