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<p>This is an interesting news item which should interest the
readers of this list. Let's hope arXiv is not for sale.</p>
<p>Bo-Christer Björk<br>
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<td>Message from Mike Jensen, SSRN Chairman</td>
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<td>Tue, 17 May 2016 07:40:29 -0400 (EDT)</td>
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Dear SSRN Authors,<br>
<br>
SSRN announced today that it has changed ownership. SSRN is
joining <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.mendeley.com/?signout">Mendeley</a> and <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.elsevier.com">Elsevier</a>
to coordinate our development and delivery of new products and
services, and we look forward to our new access to data, products,
and additional resources that this change facilitates. (See Gregg
Gordon’s <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.elsevier.com/connect/ssrn-the-leading-social-science-and-humanities-repository-and-online-community-joins-elsevier">Elsevier
Connect</a> post)<br>
<br>
Like SSRN, Mendeley and Elsevier are focused on creating tools
that enhance researcher workflow and productivity. SSRN has been
at the forefront of on-line sharing of working papers. We are
committed to continue our innovation and this change will enable
that to happen more quickly. SSRN will benefit from access to the
vast new data and resources available, including Mendeley’s
reference management and personal library management tools, their
new researcher profile capabilities, and social networking
features. Importantly, we will also have new access for SSRN
members to authoritative performance measurement tools such as
those powered by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus">Scopus</a> and
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/RedirectClick.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740&url=http://www.newsflo.net">Newsflo</a>
(a global media tracking tool). In addition, SSRN, Mendeley and
Elsevier together can cooperatively build bridges to close the
divide between the previously separate worlds and workflows of
working papers and published papers.<br>
<br>
We realize that this change may create some concerns about the
intentions of a legacy publisher acquiring an open-access working
paper repository. I shared this concern. But after much discussion
about this matter and others in determining if Mendeley and
Elsevier would be a good home for SSRN, I am convinced that they
would be good stewards of our mission. And our copyright policies
are not in conflict -- our policy has always been to host only
papers that do not infringe on copyrights. I expect we will have
some conflicts as we align our interests, but I believe those will
be surmountable.<br>
<br>
Until recently I was convinced that the SSRN community was best
served being a stand-alone entity. But in evaluating our future in
the evolving landscape, I came to believe that SSRN would benefit
from being more interconnected and with the resources available
from a larger organization. For example, there is scale in systems
administration and security, and SSRN can provide more value to
users with access to more data and resources.<br>
<br>
On a personal note, it has been an honor to be involved over the
past 25 years in the founding and growth of the SSRN website and
the incredible community of authors, researchers and institutions
that has made this all possible. I consider it one of my great
accomplishments in life. The community would not have been
successful without the commitment of so many of you who have
contributed in so many ways. I am proud of the community we have
created, and I invite you to continue your involvement and support
in this effort.<br>
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The staff at SSRN are all staying (including Gregg Gordon, CEO and
myself), the Rochester office is still in place, it will still be
free to upload and download papers, and we remain committed to
“Tomorrow’s Research Today”. I look forward to and am committed to
a successful transition and to another great 25 years for the SSRN
community that rivals the first.<br>
<br>
Michael C. Jensen<br>
Founder & Chairman, SSRN<br>
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