From: "Hersh, Gemma (ELS-LOW)" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 23:34:17 +0000 Some of you may also be interested in the Lisbon Council’s press release on this matter, here: https://lisboncouncil.net//index.php?option=com_downloads&id=1404 Gemma Hersh VP, Open Science Elsevier ________________________________ From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 6:15 AM Dear colleagues, Also citizens outside the EU may support the complaint against Elsevier`s role within the EU Open Science Monitor project. See: Complaint to the European Ombudsman about Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WQAFUebPx5TNvgUKuIaUFPa80cdBuJhDbhwlh15EHz0/ ... Dr. Jon Tennant’s June 29 article in The Guardian Online, “Elsevier are corrupting open science in Europe,” raises fundamental questions about open science, and is coupled with misinformation about Elsevier’s role. Both deserve a response. ... "Elsevier - one of the largest and most notorious scholarly publishers - are monitoring Open Science in the EU on behalf of the European Commission. Jon Tennant argues that they cannot be trusted." https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2018/jun/29/elsevier-are-corrupting-open-science-in-europe?CMP=twt_a-science_b-gdnscience "...Elsevier will be providing data through the monitor that will be used to help facilitate future policy making in the EU that it inevitably will benefit from. That’s like having McDonald’s monitor the eating habits of a nation and then using that to guide policy decisions. ... " "... It seems like a profoundly undemocratic practice to have a company with such an anti-open history now with such a powerful position in the future of Open Science in Europe. . ..." " ... It is a cruel irony that Elsevier are to be paid to monitor the very system that they have historically fought against. The European Commission should remove Elsevier as sub-contractor and look into better options such as an independent group with no conflicts of interest. It is time to stand up to these ruthless mega-corporations before they corrupt Open Science. ... " https://www.elsevier.com/connect/elsevier-serves-the-global-research-community-to-deliver-open-science Greetings Joachim Meier ____________________________________________________ Dr.-Ing. Joachim E. Meier Head of Libraries Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) (http://www.ptb.de) GERMANY E-mail: [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________________