From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:32:54 +0000 Hi, Shirley — Are you absolutely positive the message originated with Elsevier? Could it be a scammer or a phishing attempt of some kind? --- Rick Anderson Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication Marriott Library, University of Utah Desk: (801) 587-9989 Cell: (801) 721-1687 [log in to unmask] On 6/25/17, 6:38 PM, "LibLicense-L Discussion Forum on behalf of LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >From: Shirley Ainsworth <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:38:23 -0500 > >Recently we have heard on LibLicense about Elsevier demands against >Sci-Hub, a kickback by Finnish researchers supporting negotiators >against Elsevier's monopolic behaviour when attempting to negotiate >big deals, and their (mis)-information about the OA transfer of >Sociologie du Travail. > >In spite of never (knowingly or recently) having signed in to Science >Direct I received an email today which begins: > >"Hello , here are some personalized article suggestions based on your >latest ScienceDirect activity". > >In the past I have occasionally had to sign in to another of their >products, Scopus, to set alerts but in spite of always being careful >to sign out again, it is clear they are tracking my activity, and I >assume pretty much everyone else's. I may well be living in Cloud >Cuckoo Land but that makes me very uncomfortable. > >Shirley > >-- >Shirley Ainsworth >Bibliotecaria/Librarian >Instituto de Biotecnologia, UNAM >Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. >email [log in to unmask]