From: "Wise, Alicia (ELS-OXF)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:43:06 +0000

Hi Eric,

We'll be tagging all manuscripts from the point of acceptance with
metadata including the embargo end date, and these metadata will also
be available via our ScienceDirect API (which is free for anyone to
use, not just subscribers).

With kind wishes,
Alicia

-----Original Message-----

From: Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 14:59:43 -0400

Kevin points out a real problem with the Elsevier embargo policy: it
could be hard, even costly, for a repository manager to determine the
embargo period for a particular article.

There is a simple solution to this, however, one which I've advocated
in other contexts: the dated Creative Commons License:

http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2013/07/proposal-dated-creative-commons-license.html

Eric Hellman
President, Free Ebook Foundation
http://www.ebookfoundation.org/
Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
twitter: @gluejar


On Jul 7, 2015, at 9:05 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Kevin Smith <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 12:07:36 +0000

Dear Alicia,

Thank you for the additional information.  The reason I think this is
one factor among several that make Elsevier's new policy more complex
and probably unworkable is that these differing embargo lists mean
that repository managers will need to determine the nationality of all
authors on any given paper and then consult the correct embargo list.
Since this applies at the article level, U.S. repositories will
undoubtedly need to apply both lists in determining appropriate
embargoes for any paper authored by scholars from both countries.  It
even raises the question of who is a U.K. author; is it a U.K. citizen
(regardless of where they work), someone who lives in the U.K.
(regardless of nationality or place of employment), a person employed
by a U.K. institution, or a researcher who is funded by a U.K. body?