From: William Gunn <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 16:56:42 -0700

Even if Elsevier did have data showing that libraries would cancel
subscriptions as a result of author-deposit, they definitely wouldn't
share that info with the world to avoid getting the market analysts
worried.

Nonetheless, since they give that as a justification, how about the
library community do a petition campaign where they all sign on to a
statement saying "we won't cancel subscriptions as a result of author
deposit."

If evidence is needed, let's generate that evidence!

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William Gunn | Head of Academic Outreach, Mendeley | @mrgunn
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On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 4:37 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Kevin Smith <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 23:42:26 +0000
>
> I think the important point here, aside from the double-talk Dr. Wise
> continues to employ even after Steven points out the inconsistency, is
> that there is no evidence at all that libraries have or will cancel
> journal subscriptions because of author self-archiving in
> institutional repositories.  So "understandably" simply elides the
> lack of justification for this statement.
>
>
> Kevin L. Smith, M.L.S., J.D.
> Director, Copyright and Scholarly Communications
> Duke University Libraries