Why make a statement? Why now? – Operation beprexit

Amyluv's bookmarks 2017-10-11

Summary:

"To state the obvious, Elsevier’s acquisition of bepress caused quite a bit of disruption in the library world. Some reacted openly; others stayed quiet. We immediately began looking at our options and decided collectively that it would behoove us to start looking at alternatives. Certainly, not all libraries will be in position to do make an early statement, and I understand why many wish to wait until they are ready to move to a new institutional repository (IR) platform. We, however, found that there was greater benefit in being transparent with our intentions and processes so that we can encourage the greatest amount of collaboration going forward and have frank conversations with our users."

Link:

https://beprexit.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/why-make-a-statement/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.elsevier oa.libraries oa.ir oa.transparency

Date tagged:

10/11/2017, 23:47

Date published:

10/11/2017, 19:47