From: "jeremy hunsinger" <jhuns@vt.edu> "in fact none of those articles are in any way published by aoir when they sit in that archive, they are just shared as occasionally shares a preprint of an article among friends and colleagues." i see - i missed the distinction of archiving as against publishing. i agree that publication is for the author to decide, and acknowledge that archiving materials may be simply shared among 'friends and colleagues'. I think perhaps the core issue is one of protective ownership - we all strive for that flash of inspiration that raises our work higher than that of our colleagues - and generally would pick and choose very carefully to whom we allow access - archiving is perhaps the equivalent of leaving your research project in the common room Denise Carter denisecarter@denisecarter.net