From: Kathleen Shearer <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:39:52 -0400
Hi Rick,
It is my understanding that in 2013-14, Elsevier’s self archiving
policy stated that authors could make their Article Accepted
Manuscript available via a repository immediately, unless they were
required by their funders or institutions to deposit their publication
in a repository.
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/elsevierembargoes.php?la=en&fIDnum=|&mode=simple&version=)
http://web.archive.org/web/20131101155818/http://cdn.elsevier.com/assets/pdf_file/0018/121293/External_Embargo_List_2013.pdf
The new 2015 policy imposes journal embargo periods for making
articles open access via an institutional repository on all authors at
all institutions.
http://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/78476/external-embargo-list.pdf
We could debate whether this is a small or a big change, but it is
clearly not a change towards greater access.
Besides this, there are some really important fundamental issues that
are raised by this policy around who should determine the conditions
of researcher sharing and open access. Should it be the scholarly
community (e.g. funding agencies, institutions and researchers) or
should it be publishers?
Perhaps now is an appropriate time for our community/ies to engage in
such a discussion.
Best, Kathleen
On Jun 22, 2015, at 6:53 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 22:40:49 +0000
I would still be very interested in answers to my two questions below,
particularly from those who have been most critical of Elsevier’s new
policy.
1. As far as anyone on this list can tell, does the matrix at
http://www.slideshare.net/aliciawise/whats-changed-in-sharing-policy fully
and accurately represent what has changed with the new policy?
2. If so, it appears to me that Elsevier’s new sharing policy actually
represents a net increase in liberality when it comes to sharing and
posting ― am I mistaken about that?
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Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections
Marriott Library, University of Utah
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