Plus, you don't mention what the possible benefit is...? Impact of sources and tracking distribution of papers would come immediately to my mind
Joseph Reagle <joseph.2011@reagle.org> schrieb am 22.07.2011 um 13:42 in Nachricht <201107220742.13053.joseph.2011@reagle.org>: On Friday, July 22, 2011, yana breindl wrote: I was wondering what your thoughts were concerning the use of shortened URLs (e.g. tinyURL, bit.ly etc.) to reference electronic sources in a dissertation or other academic publication (along with the title, date, etc. possibly an annexe with the long URL). Has this been done already? Is it acceptable? Are there important differences between various shortening sites?
I think it inappropriate. Who knows how long such sites last and with the original URL one can always make use of various cache or archives sites (Way Back Machine) to try to recover things. Plus, you don't mention what the possible benefit is...?
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