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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Of course. That is what one expects in a rational world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Arthur<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> goal-bounces@eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ross Mounce<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 18 May 2016 06:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [GOAL] Re : Re: SSRN Sellout to Elsevier<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Elsevier have actually done a really good job of infiltrating institutional repositories too:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://rossmounce.co.uk/2013/01/25/elseviers-growing-monopoly-of-ip-in-academia/">http://rossmounce.co.uk/2013/01/25/elseviers-growing-monopoly-of-ip-in-academia/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>They bought Atira back in 2012 which created PURE which is the software that many of world's institutional repositories run on.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I presume it reports back all information to Elsevier so they can further monetise academic IP.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ross<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 17 May 2016 at 21:22, Joachim SCHOPFEL <<a href="mailto:joachim.schopfel@univ-lille3.fr" target="_blank">joachim.schopfel@univ-lille3.fr</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Uh - "the distributed network of Green institutional repositories worldwide is not for sale"? Not so sure - the green institutional repositories can be replaced by other solutions, can't they ? Better solutions, more functionalities, more added value, more efficient, better connected to databases and gold/hybrid journals etc. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>----- Mail d'origine -----<br>De: Stevan Harnad <<a href="mailto:amsciforum@gmail.com" target="_blank">amsciforum@gmail.com</a>><br>À: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) <<a href="mailto:goal@eprints.org" target="_blank">goal@eprints.org</a>><br>Envoyé: Tue, 17 May 2016 17:03:18 +0200 (CEST)<br>Objet: Re: [GOAL] SSRN Sellout to Elsevier<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Shame on SSRN.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Of course we know exactly why Elsevier acquired SSRN (and Mendeley):<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It's to retain their stranglehold over a domain (peer-reviewed scholarly/scientific research publishing) in which they are no longer needed, and in which they would not even have been able to gain as much as a foothold if it had been born digital, instead of being inherited as a legacy from an obsolete Gutenberg era.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't know about Arxiv (needless centralization and its concentrated expenses are always vulnerabe to faux-benign take-overs) but what's sure is that the distributed network of Green institutional repositories worldwide is not for sale, and that is their strength...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Stevan Harnad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Bo-Christer Björk <<a href="mailto:bo-Christer.bjork@hanken.fi" target="_blank">bo-Christer.bjork@hanken.fi</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p>This is an interesting news item which should interest the<br>readers of this list. Let's hope arXiv is not for sale.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Bo-Christer Björk<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>-------- Forwarded Message --------<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Subject:<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Message from Mike Jensen, SSRN Chairman<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Date:<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Tue, 17 May 2016 07:40:29 -0400 (EDT)<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>From:<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Michael C. Jensen <a href="mailto:admin@ssrn.com" target="_blank"><admin@ssrn.com></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Reply-To:<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:support@ssrn.com" target="_blank">support@ssrn.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>To:<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:bo-christer.bjork@hanken.fi" target="_blank">bo-christer.bjork@hanken.fi</a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.mailscanner.tv/1x1spacer.gif" alt="Web Bug from http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/TrackEmailOpening.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740"><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/RedirectClick.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740&url=http://www.ssrn.com" target="_blank" title="Go to SSRN Site"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://papers.ssrn.com/Organizations/images/ihp_ssrnlogo.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://static.ssrn.com/Images/Header/socialnew.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear SSRN Authors,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>SSRN announced today that it has changed ownership. SSRN is<br>joining <a href="https://www.mendeley.com/?signout" target="_blank">Mendeley</a> and <a href="https://www.elsevier.com" target="_blank">Elsevier</a><br>to coordinate our development and delivery of new products and<br>services, and we look forward to our new access to data, products,<br>and additional resources that this change facilitates. (See Gregg<br>Gordon’s <a href="https://www.elsevier.com/connect/ssrn-the-leading-social-science-and-humanities-repository-and-online-community-joins-elsevier" target="_blank">Elsevier<br>Connect</a> post)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Like SSRN, Mendeley and Elsevier are focused on creating tools<br>that enhance researcher workflow and productivity. SSRN has been<br>at the forefront of on-line sharing of working papers. We are<br>committed to continue our innovation and this change will enable<br>that to happen more quickly. SSRN will benefit from access to the<br>vast new data and resources available, including Mendeley’s<br>reference management and personal library management tools, their<br>new researcher profile capabilities, and social networking<br>features. Importantly, we will also have new access for SSRN<br>members to authoritative performance measurement tools such as<br>those powered by <a href="https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus" target="_blank">Scopus</a> and<br><a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/RedirectClick.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740&url=http://www.newsflo.net" target="_blank">Newsflo</a><br>(a global media tracking tool). In addition, SSRN, Mendeley and<br>Elsevier together can cooperatively build bridges to close the<br>divide between the previously separate worlds and workflows of<br>working papers and published papers.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>We realize that this change may create some concerns about the<br>intentions of a legacy publisher acquiring an open-access working<br>paper repository. I shared this concern. But after much discussion<br>about this matter and others in determining if Mendeley and<br>Elsevier would be a good home for SSRN, I am convinced that they<br>would be good stewards of our mission. And our copyright policies<br>are not in conflict -- our policy has always been to host only<br>papers that do not infringe on copyrights. I expect we will have<br>some conflicts as we align our interests, but I believe those will<br>be surmountable.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Until recently I was convinced that the SSRN community was best<br>served being a stand-alone entity. But in evaluating our future in<br>the evolving landscape, I came to believe that SSRN would benefit<br>from being more interconnected and with the resources available<br>from a larger organization. For example, there is scale in systems<br>administration and security, and SSRN can provide more value to<br>users with access to more data and resources.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On a personal note, it has been an honor to be involved over the<br>past 25 years in the founding and growth of the SSRN website and<br>the incredible community of authors, researchers and institutions<br>that has made this all possible. I consider it one of my great<br>accomplishments in life. The community would not have been<br>successful without the commitment of so many of you who have<br>contributed in so many ways. I am proud of the community we have<br>created, and I invite you to continue your involvement and support<br>in this effort.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>The staff at SSRN are all staying (including Gregg Gordon, CEO and<br>myself), the Rochester office is still in place, it will still be<br>free to upload and download papers, and we remain committed to<br>“Tomorrow’s Research Today”. I look forward to and am committed to<br>a successful transition and to another great 25 years for the SSRN<br>community that rivals the first.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Michael C. Jensen<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Founder & Chairman, SSRN<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/RedirectClick.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740&url=http://papers.ssrn.com/" target="_blank">Search<br>the SSRN eLibrary</a> | <a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/RedirectClick.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740&url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/DisplayJournalBrowse.cfm" target="_blank">Browse<br>SSRN </a>| <a href="http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/RedirectClick.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740&url=http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/topten/topTenPapers.cfm" target="_blank">Top<br>Papers</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>GOAL mailing list<br><a href="mailto:GOAL@eprints.org" target="_blank">GOAL@eprints.org</a><br><a href="http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal" target="_blank">http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>GOAL mailing list<br><a href="mailto:GOAL@eprints.org">GOAL@eprints.org</a><br><a href="http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal" target="_blank">http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-<span style='font-size:9.5pt'>/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-</span><br>Ross Mounce, PhD<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Software Sustainability Institute Fellow 2016</span><br>Dept. of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge<br><a href="http://rossmounce.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.rossmounce.co.uk</a><br>-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-<span style='font-size:9.5pt'>/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>