<story><title>Library-managed &apos;arXiv&apos; spreads scientific advances rapidly and worldwide</title><url>http://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/FALL12/CoverStorySidebar2.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>CJefferson</author><text>Can I just make a general plea?&lt;p&gt;You should upload your paper to arXiv. When you do, please upload your source (tex, or word I imagine), as well as a PDF.&lt;p&gt;For the blind, PDF is the worst possible format, and tex and word are the best formats. Don&amp;#x27;t hide, or lose, the blind-accessible version of your paper.</text></comment>
<story><title>Library-managed &apos;arXiv&apos; spreads scientific advances rapidly and worldwide</title><url>http://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/FALL12/CoverStorySidebar2.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>naftaliharris</author><text>This article misses one of the biggest value-adds of arXiv, at least in my field (Statistics): since almost everyone posts to arXiv, you can almost always find a free version of a published and potentially pay-walled paper. In the past, publishing in a peer-reviewed journal would (1) improve the paper through peer review, (2) signal the quality of the paper based on the prestige of the journal, and (3) distribute the paper. With arXiv, publishing now only does (1) and (2).</text></comment>