From: "Wise, Alicia (ELS-OXF)" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 21:28:09 +0000 Hi again, everyone – one last final post from me · Our main aims with our new sharing and hosting policies are to support a framework that makes it more clear to researchers how they can share their research, including on newer commercial sharing sites, and to lift the old requirement for IRs to have agreements with us. · A key concern that we are hearing now is about the length of our embargo periods rather than the fact of their existence. Our journal specific embargo periods are evidence-based (e.g. usage evidence) and typically range from 12-24 months, however there are exceptions which can be either longer or shorter than 12/24 months. Generally embargos should be set on a title-by-title basis by publishers, however we recognize that other stakeholders seek influence over embargo lengths too and this is reasonable. We are committed to collaboration and partnership as we continue to move forward with open access. · We have already been planning a review of our embargo periods in 2015. While I cannot pre-judge the outcome of this review, we are very conscious of the many new funding body policies that have emerged in the last year with 12 month embargo periods all of which we will factor in. · We appreciate the feedback we have received, and there is clearly a need to continue these discussions. We’re happy to talk at any time, and will be participating at the upcoming Open Repositories conference in Indianapolis (June 9 & 10) and also at ALA at the end of June. (Our earlier offer to talk with colleagues at Duke and SPARC this week, or indeed anytime, still stands!) Good night, Alicia Dr Alicia Wise Director of Access and Policy Elsevier I The Boulevard I Langford Lane I Kidlington I Oxford I OX5 1GB E: [log in to unmask]