From: "Bargheer, Margo Friederike" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:20:04 +0000 Seen from the author's perspective it doesn't make sense that publications are available solely at the publisher's platform. Forcing authors to take down their OWN content from the networks that they obviously like (ACEDEMIA.edu) to use therefore is a bad service vis-a-vis authors. Hopefully this unfriendly action will backfire in the long run and hopefully authors remember this when submitting their next article to such a publisher. But maybe it does backfire already and maybe Elsevier's statement "We aim to ensure that the final published version of an article is readily discoverable and citable via the journal itself in order to maximize the usage metrics and credit for our author" isn't just odd but simply wrong. Limiting access to publications by presenting them only on ScienceDirect results in lower citations to Elsevier's articles that they would gain if provided on several channels. Chris Snyder and Mark McCabe have provided accurate evidence to this in their article "Does Online Availability Increase Citations?", available here http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1746243 Even when it comes to the credits for the author and the journal I think Elsevier's strategy is wrong: if I write a post or an email I happily cite SSRN or green OA papers. If I would write an article for tenure and promotion my reference would go to the published version unregarded to where I found it. Best Margo ________________________________________ From: Deborah Lenares <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 09:21:25 -0500 This could actually be quite helpful in educating faculty about the importance of reading and taking seriously "the copyright transfer agreements that [they] blithely sign". This may be the only way that faculty pay attention to the rights they are signing away and make a decision to publish with publishers that permit inclusion in an IR or publish as open access. As long as authors can continue their current practices, regardless of the terms that they've agreed to, there is no reason for them to change. Something must disrupt the system. Deborah Lenares Manager Acquisitions and Resource Sharing Science Collection Management Librarian Clapp Library - Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481 [log in to unmask]