From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:06:19 +0000 I'm not sure I see how supporting a bill that would stop the NIH mandate to deposit papers in PubMed Central (or any similar repository) can be classed as anything other than anti-PubMed Central. Could Alicia explain the apparent contradiction? David On 17 Jan 2012, at 22:33, LIBLICENSE wrote: > From: "Wise, Alicia (ELS-OXF)" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:02:47 +0000 > > Hi all, > > Just a quick note to observe that while Elsevier supports the Research > Works Act, we are neither anti-open-access (as has been suggested > elsewhere) nor are we anti-PubMed Central (as is suggested in this > thread). > > With kind wishes, > > Alicia > > > Dr Alicia Wise > Director of Universal Access > Elsevier I The Boulevard I Langford Lane I Kidlington I Oxford I OX5 1GB > T: +44 (0)1865 843317 I M: +44 (0) 7823 536 826 I E: [log in to unmask] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 17 January 2012 01:09 > Subject: Re: Elsevier Foundation Awards 2011 Grants > From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:35:32 +0000 > > I think that all of us would want to applaud the efforts of the > Elsevier Foundation and congratulation the recipients of their grants. > > However, I do think the timing is unfortunate. While supporting > initiatives that have the '...potential for an immediate and enduring > impact on our health and science communities,' Elsevier are > simultaneously investing time and money on having PubMed Central shut > down, so denying free access to medical research not just to readers > in the US, but to those all over the globe - including those in the > developing world. > > PubMed Central now contains 2.3 million freely accessible articles. I > would hope that if Elsevier, through its Foundation, is truly > concerned with 'innovation in improving access and use of scientific, > technical and medical information.' It will recognise the innovation > of PubMed Central and allow it to continue the good work it does > unmolested. > > David Prosser > > On 14 Jan 2012, at 00:36, LIBLICENSE wrote: > >> From: "Schemm, Ylann (ELS-AMS)" <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:54:59 +0100 >> >> On behalf of the Elsevier Foundation, I'd like to share our 2011 >> library grants. The summaries of the project grants are included >> below. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. >> Best regards, Ylann Schemm, The Elsevier Foundation > > [SNIP]