From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 20:13:32 -0400

With our thanks again to Gary Price's InfoDocket, here's an item of
great interest, especially after SSRN's move to Elsevier:

SocArXiv, a New Open Social Science Archive Announces Development Plans

http://www.infodocket.com/2016/07/10/socarxiv-an-open-social-science-archive-announces-development-plans/

SocArXiv announces a partnership with the Center for Open Science to
develop a free, open access, open source archive for social science
research. The initiative responds to growing recognition of the need
for faster, open sharing of research on a truly open access platform
for the social sciences. Papers on SocArXiv will be permanently
available and free to the public.

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In recent years, academic networking sites have offered to make
preprints available and help researchers connect with each other, but
the dominant networks are run by for-profit companies whose primary
interest is in growing their business, not in providing broad access
to knowledge. SocArXiv puts access front and center, and its mission
is to serve researchers and readers, not to make money.