[Irtalk] Fwd: Organizations Around the World Denounce Elsevier’s New Policy That Impedes Open Access and Sharing

Tue May 26 12:07:17 SAST 2015

To follow up with Ina's reply.
See: http://webinarliasa.org.za
And: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/Webinar for help.

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On 26 May 2015 at 11:29, Ina Smith <Ina at assaf.org.za> wrote:

> Dear all
>
>
>
> ASSAf will be hosting a webinar with Dr Tobias Schonwetter tomorrow. The
> Elsevier policy is one of the issues that he will address. Researchers,
> Students, Librarians, Publishers and more will be joining us.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Ina
>
>
>
> *From:* Denise Nicholson [mailto:Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za]
> *Sent:* 26 May 2015 11:23 AM
> *To:* Ina Smith; Leti Kleyn; irtalk at lists.lib.sun.ac.za
> *Cc:* Hilda Kriel
> *Subject:* RE: [Irtalk] Fwd: Organizations Around the World Denounce
> Elsevier’s New Policy That Impedes Open Access and Sharing
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I don’t believe they should be allowed to purposely go against
> institutions’ policies.   QUT in Brisbane’s repository is huge because of
> their policy of depositing the final manuscript, peer-reviewed versions
> into their repository, the moment that the publisher has confirmed they
> will publish.  Surely they and other institutions will work hard to stop
> Elsevier from proceeding with this policy.  Many academics and institutions
> in Europe already boycott Elsevier because of its financing and other
> policies.
>
>
>
> South African Libraries and Institutions need to consider some action soon.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Denise
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Ina Smith [mailto:Ina at assaf.org.za <Ina at assaf.org.za>]
> *Sent:* 26 May 2015 09:20 AM
> *To:* Leti Kleyn; irtalk at lists.lib.sun.ac.za
> *Cc:* Hilda Kriel
> *Subject:* Re: [Irtalk] Fwd: Organizations Around the World Denounce
> Elsevier’s New Policy That Impedes Open Access and Sharing
>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
>
>
> Can Elsevier made it a requirement that a statement/policy applied
> retrospectively is my question. And which policy prefers preference:
> Elsevier or the Institution/Funder policy?
>
>
>
> I wish for some legal expert to advise …. Would be great.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Ina
>
>
>
> *From:* irtalk-bounces at lists.lib.sun.ac.za [
> mailto:irtalk-bounces at lists.lib.sun.ac.za
> <irtalk-bounces at lists.lib.sun.ac.za>] *On Behalf Of *Leti Kleyn
> *Sent:* 26 May 2015 08:55 AM
> *To:* irtalk at lists.lib.sun.ac.za
> *Cc:* Hilda Kriel
> *Subject:* [Irtalk] Fwd: Organizations Around the World Denounce
> Elsevier’s New Policy That Impedes Open Access and Sharing
>
>
>
> Dear IR members,
>
>
>
> Could anyone indicate if they will be adhering to this new policy by
> CLOSING materials already in the institutional repository to align with the
> statement that indicate that it also apllies to past articles?
>
>
>
> Kindest
>
> L.
>
> Dr Leti Kleyn
>
> Manager: Open Scholarship Programme
>
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>
>
> Mailed from my ipad
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>
>
> >>> Elsabe Olivier 2015/05/21 03:17 PM >>>
>
>
> >>> On 2015/05/20 at 04:08 PM, "ARL Communications" <commlmgr at arl.org>
> wrote:
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> Sign on to the statement against Elsevier’s sharing policy.
>
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> Organizations Around the World Denounce Elsevier’s New Policy That Impedes
> Open Access and Sharing
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>
> by *Prue Adler* | *202-296-2296* | *prue at arl.org <prue at arl.org>* | on *May
> 20, 2015*
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> On April 30, 2015, Elsevier announced a new sharing and hosting policy
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/9tr1h/t9gvsn/91twxc> for Elsevier journal
> articles. This policy represents a significant obstacle to the
> dissemination and use of research knowledge, and creates unnecessary
> barriers for Elsevier published authors in complying with funders’ open
> access policies. In addition, the policy has been adopted without any
> evidence that immediate sharing of articles has a negative impact on
> publishers subscriptions.
>
> Despite the claim by Elsevier that the policy advances sharing, it
> actually does the opposite. The policy imposes unacceptably long embargo
> periods of up to 48 months for some journals. It also requires authors to
> apply a “non-commercial and no derivative works” license for each article
> deposited into a repository, greatly inhibiting the re-use value of these
> articles. Any delay in the open availability of research articles curtails
> scientific progress and places unnecessary constraints on delivering the
> benefits of research back to the public.
>
> Furthermore, the policy applies to “all articles previously published and
> those published in the future” making it even more punitive for both
> authors and institutions. This may also lead to articles that are currently
> available being suddenly embargoed and inaccessible to readers.
>
> As organizations committed to the principle that access to information
> advances discovery, accelerates innovation and improves education, we
> support the adoption of policies and practices that enable the immediate,
> barrier free access to and reuse of scholarly articles. This policy is in
> direct conflict with the global trend towards open access and serves only
> to dilute the benefits of openly sharing research results.
>
> We strongly urge Elsevier to reconsider this policy and we encourage
> other organizations and individuals to express their opinions
> <https://t.e2ma.net/click/9tr1h/t9gvsn/puuwxc>.
> Signatories
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>    - COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories
>    - SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, USA
>    - ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries, USA
>    - ALA: American Library Association, USA
>    - ARL: Association of Research Libraries, USA
>    - ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, USA
>    - AOASG: Australian Open Access Support Group, Australia
>    - IBICT: Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology,
>    Brazil
>    - CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Canada
>    - CLACSO: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina
>    - COAPI: Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions, USA
>    - Creative Commons
>    - Creative Commons, USA
>    - EIFL: Electronic Information for Libraries, Netherlands
>    - EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation, USA
>    - GWLA: Greater Western Library Alliance, USA
>    - LIBER: European Research Library Association, Belgium
>    - National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
>    - OpenAIRE
>    - Open Data Hong Kong
>    - RLUK: Research Libraries UK
>    - SANLiC: South African National Licensing Consortium
>    - University of St Andrews Library, UK
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