<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:08 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brentier@ulg.ac.be" target="_blank">brentier@ulg.ac.be</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div>Elsevier's policy is now clear:</div><div><table border="1" style="border-spacing:0px;width:779px;border:1px solid rgb(188,188,188);border-top-left-radius:6px;border-top-right-radius:6px;border-bottom-right-radius:6px;border-bottom-left-radius:6px;margin:12px 0px 35px">
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<font color="#000000" size="3"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><strong><a href="http://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/article-posting-policy#accepted-author-manuscript" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Accepted author manuscripts (AAM)</a></strong>: Immediate posting and dissemination of AAM’s is allowed to personal websites, to institutional repositories, or to arXiv. However, if your institution has an open access policy or mandate that requires you to post, Elsevier requires an agreement to be in place which respects the journal-specific embargo periods. Click <a href="http://cdn.elsevier.com/assets/pdf_file/0018/121293/external-embargo-list.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">here</a> for a list of journal specific embargo periods (PDF) and see our <a href="http://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/funding-body-agreements" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">funding body agreements</a> for more details.</span></font></td>
</tr><tr style="background-color:rgb(247,247,247)"></tr></tbody></table></div></div></blockquote></div>Let us all ask ourselves the following question:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div class="gmail_extra" style>"Why, if Elsevier's <i>author</i> agreement is what it says it is, does Elsevier feel it needs a <i>further agreement with the author's institution</i>?" </div></blockquote>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Is a rights agreement not something between the author and the publisher? </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>The answer is simple: Elsevier knows perfectly well that an author's agreement that states <b>authors retain their right to post their AAMs to their institutional repositories, immediately</b> means that their <b>authors retain their right to post their AAMs to their institutional repositories, immediately.</b></div>
<div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>So the only way to try to prevent institutions from requiring that their employees <i>exercise</i> that right is to try to get the <i>institution</i> to sign an agreement with the publisher that over-rides that right!</div>
<div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style><b>Advice for authors:</b> Post your AAMs to your institutional repositories, immediately.</div><div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>
<b>Advice to Institutions: </b>Don't sign any agreements with publishers about what rights your employees may or may not exercise.</div><div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>Stevan</div>
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