From: Gary Price <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:11 PM From the intro to the list of principles: "Despite some reassurances that SSRN policies won’t change post-acquisition, there is reason to be concerned about the willingness of an Elsevier-run SSRN to accommodate the open access preferences of scholars who post there. Elsevier has recognized that displaying some receptiveness to open access is shrewd in the current era, although it has pursued policies that have created obstacles to true open access in the view of many scholars. How might Elsevier reassure SSRN authors that it will continue to respect the policies that have attracted scholarly authors to post on that site?" The intro and list of 12 principles is available here: http://www.authorsalliance.org/2016/05/19/principles-for-reassuring-authors-of-ssrn-posted-papers-under-elseviers-ownership/ __gary Gary D. Price, MLIS Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's infoDOCKET Information Industry Analyst Librarian