Isidro Not so sure. Two weeks ago while visiting university libraries in Europe I saw that many of them are switching/considering to switch to their CRIS instead of continuing to rely on their traditional repositories and the mostly open source software. We'll have to see how far it goes but the rise of national research assessment exercises and national OA mandates, there is growing pressure to consolidate research data and expect Elsevier, Holtzbrinck (->Digital Science->Symplectic), and Thomson Reuters (and whomever acquires the IP & Science unit - which the rumor mill suggests could be acquired by BC Partners, itself Holtzbrinck's partner in Springer Nature - thus possibly more consolidation on the way) to increase their stronghold on research data and research intelligence.
Only fools think we are witnessing an opening of research knowledge dissemination. The winners of open data and open access will be large corporates concerns. Research is big business and there are huge economies of scale in that industry, just as in so many others. Consolidation is the name of the game, and amateur bricolage solutions are giving way to corporate professional solutions, whether we like it or not. Eric Eric Archambault, Ph.D. President and CEO | Président-directeur général Science-Metrix & 1science T. 1.514.495.6505 x.111 C. 1.514.518.0823 F. 1.514.495.6523 -----Original Message----- From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of Isidro F. Aguillo Sent: May 17, 2016 4:59 PM To: goal@eprints.org Subject: Re: [GOAL] Re : Re: SSRN Sellout to Elsevier To my knowledge a few universities are considering to use the CRIS software called PURE (by Elsevier, of course) instead of their current IRs. Main reason is the "not enough" added value of current IRs repository managers. Joachim SCHOPFEL <joachim.schop...@univ-lille3.fr> escribió: > 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 ChairmanDate:Tue, 17 May 2016 > 07:40:29 -0400 (EDT)From:Michael C. Jensen <ad...@ssrn.com>Reply-To: > support@ssrn.comTo:bo-christer.bj...@hanken.fi > > > > Dear SSRN Authors, > > > SSRN announced today that it has changed ownership. SSRN is > joining Mendeley and Elsevier > 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 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 and > Newsflo > (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. Jensen > > Founder & Chairman, SSRN > > > > Search > the SSRN eLibrary | Browse > SSRN | Top > Papers > _______________________________________________ > > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal -- Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD Cybermetrics Lab (3E14). IPP - CSIC Albasanz, 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain isidro.aguillo @ csic.es www. webometrics.info _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
