From: "Hinchliffe, Lisa W" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 14:25:33 +0000 This new posting seems to be the most inclusive of information on the SocArxiv background, players, etc that I've seen thus far as well as how SocArXiv fits with the COS strategy for OSF (to use as many acrynyms as possible!): http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/socarxiv-debuts-as-ssrn-acquisition.html Also includes some side notes about the FTC relative to the purchase of SSRN by Elsevier. Lisa -- Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe Professor/ Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction University Library, University of Illinois, 1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61801 [log in to unmask], 217-333-1323 (v), 217-244-4358 (f) ________________________________________ From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 14:46:18 -0400 BTW: Anyone know who SocArXiv principals are? Vision? Funds? And, Arun, just FYI, SSRN has been a wonderful service, but as with all open access, the piper has to be paid by someone. Institutional library memberships were/are not trivial. See: http://papers.ssrn.com/subscriptionforms/mainmenu.cfm?CFID=68987247&CFTOKEN=38999897 Ann