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Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 6:15 AM
Dear colleagues,
Also citizens outside the EU may support the complaint against
Elsevier`s role within the EU Open Science Monitor project. See:
Complaint to the European Ombudsman about Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WQAFUebPx5TNvgUKuIaUFPa80cdBuJhDbhwlh15EHz0/
... Dr. Jon Tennant’s June 29 article in The Guardian Online,
“Elsevier are corrupting open science in Europe,” raises fundamental
questions about open science, and is coupled with misinformation about
Elsevier’s role. Both deserve a response. ...
"Elsevier - one of the largest and most notorious scholarly publishers
- are monitoring Open Science in the EU on behalf of the European
Commission. Jon Tennant argues that they cannot be trusted."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2018/jun/29/elsevier-are-corrupting-open-science-in-europe?CMP=twt_a-science_b-gdnscience
"...Elsevier will be providing data through the monitor that will be
used to help facilitate future policy making in the EU that it
inevitably will benefit from. That’s like having McDonald’s monitor
the eating habits of a nation and then using that to guide policy
decisions. ... "
"... It seems like a profoundly undemocratic practice to have a
company with such an anti-open history now with such a powerful
position in the future of Open Science in Europe. . ..."
" ... It is a cruel irony that Elsevier are to be paid to monitor the
very system that they have historically fought against. The European
Commission should remove Elsevier as sub-contractor and look into
better options such as an independent group with no conflicts of
interest. It is time to stand up to these ruthless mega-corporations
before they corrupt Open Science. ... "
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/elsevier-serves-the-global-research-community-to-deliver-open-science
Greetings
Joachim Meier
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Dr.-Ing. Joachim E. Meier
Head of Libraries
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) (http://www.ptb.de)
GERMANY E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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