Elsevier have actually done a really good job of infiltrating institutional repositories too: http://rossmounce.co.uk/2013/01/25/elseviers-growing-monopoly-of-ip-in-academia/
They bought Atira back in 2012 which created PURE which is the software that many of world's institutional repositories run on. I presume it reports back all information to Elsevier so they can further monetise academic IP. Best, Ross On 17 May 2016 at 21:22, Joachim SCHOPFEL <joachim.schop...@univ-lille3.fr> wrote: > Uh - "the distributed network of Green institutional repositories > worldwide is not for sale"? Not so sure - the green institutional > repositories can be replaced by other solutions, can't they ? Better > solutions, more functionalities, more added value, more efficient, better > connected to databases and gold/hybrid journals etc. > > ----- Mail d'origine ----- > De: Stevan Harnad <amscifo...@gmail.com> > À: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) <goal@eprints.org> > Envoyé: Tue, 17 May 2016 17:03:18 +0200 (CEST) > Objet: Re: [GOAL] SSRN Sellout to Elsevier > > Shame on SSRN. > > Of course we know exactly why Elsevier acquired SSRN (and Mendeley): > > It's to retain their stranglehold over a domain (peer-reviewed > scholarly/scientific research publishing) in which they are no longer > needed, and in which they would not even have been able to gain as much as > a foothold if it had been born digital, instead of being inherited as a > legacy from an obsolete Gutenberg era. > > I don't know about Arxiv (needless centralization and its concentrated > expenses are always vulnerabe to faux-benign take-overs) but what's sure is > that the distributed network of Green institutional repositories worldwide > is not for sale, and that is their strength... > > Stevan Harnad > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Bo-Christer Björk < > bo-christer.bj...@hanken.fi> wrote: > >> This is an interesting news item which should interest the >> readers of this list. Let's hope arXiv is not for sale. >> >> Bo-Christer Björk >> >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> Subject: >> Message from Mike Jensen, SSRN Chairman >> Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 07:40:29 -0400 (EDT) >> From: Michael C. Jensen <ad...@ssrn.com> <ad...@ssrn.com> >> Reply-To: >> supp...@ssrn.com >> To: bo-christer.bj...@hanken.fi >> >> [image: Web Bug from >> http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/TrackEmailOpening.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740] >> >> <http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/RedirectClick.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740&url=http://www.ssrn.com> >> >> Dear SSRN Authors, >> >> >> SSRN announced today that it has changed ownership. SSRN is >> joining Mendeley <https://www.mendeley.com/?signout> and Elsevier >> <https://www.elsevier.com> >> to coordinate our development and delivery of new products and >> services, and we look forward to our new access to data, products, >> and additional resources that this change facilitates. (See Gregg >> Gordon’s Elsevier >> Connect >> <https://www.elsevier.com/connect/ssrn-the-leading-social-science-and-humanities-repository-and-online-community-joins-elsevier> >> post) >> >> >> Like SSRN, Mendeley and Elsevier are focused on creating tools >> that enhance researcher workflow and productivity. SSRN has been >> at the forefront of on-line sharing of working papers. We are >> committed to continue our innovation and this change will enable >> that to happen more quickly. SSRN will benefit from access to the >> vast new data and resources available, including Mendeley’s >> reference management and personal library management tools, their >> new researcher profile capabilities, and social networking >> features. Importantly, we will also have new access for SSRN >> members to authoritative performance measurement tools such as >> those powered by Scopus <https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus> and >> Newsflo >> <http://hq.ssrn.com/GroupProcesses/RedirectClick.cfm?partid=2338421&corid=4024&runid=15740&url=http://www.newsflo.net> >> (a global media tracking tool). In addition, SSRN, Mendeley and >> Elsevier together can cooperatively build bridges to close the >> divide between the previously separate worlds and workflows of >> working papers and published papers. >> >> >> We realize that this change may create some concerns about the >> intentions of a legacy publisher acquiring an open-access working >> paper repository. I shared this concern. But after much discussion >> about this matter and others in determining if Mendeley and >> Elsevier would be a good home for SSRN, I am convinced that they >> would be good stewards of our mission. And our copyright policies >> are not in conflict -- our policy has always been to host only >> papers that do not infringe on copyrights. I expect we will have >> some conflicts as we align our interests, but I believe those will >> be surmountable. >> >> >> Until recently I was convinced that the SSRN community was best >> served being a stand-alone entity. But in evaluating our future in >> the evolving landscape, I came to believe that SSRN would benefit >> from being more interconnected and with the resources available >> from a larger organization. For example, there is scale in systems >> administration and security, and SSRN can provide more value to >> users with access to more data and resources. >> >> >> On a personal note, it has been an honor to be involved over the >> past 25 years in the founding and growth of the SSRN website and >> the incredible community of authors, researchers and institutions >> that has made this all possible. I consider it one of my great >> accomplishments in life. The community would not have been >> successful without the commitment of so many of you who have >> contributed in so many ways. I am proud of the community we have >> created, and I invite you to continue your involvement and support >> in this effort. >> >> >> The staff at SSRN are all staying (including Gregg Gordon, CEO and >> myself), the Rochester office is still in place, it will still be >> free to upload and download papers, and we remain committed to >> “Tomorrow’s Research Today”. I look forward to and am committed to >> a successful transition and to another great 25 years for the SSRN >> community that rivals the first. >> >> >> Michael C. 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