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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Re COAR-recting the record
Open AccessIn its recently released “Sharing and Hosting Policy FAQ”, Elsevier “recognize(s) that authors want to share and promote their work and increasingly need to comply with their funding body and institution's open access policies.” However there are several aspects of their new policy that ...
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Friday, May 22, 2015
Elsevier sharing policy criticised over its open access credentials
Open AccessA major publisher’s new sharing policy creates “unnecessary barriers” to open access, according to an analysis.
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Elsevier rebuffs COAR/SPARC criticism of sharing and hosting policy
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Publisher pushback puts open access in peril
Open AccessToday the Confederation of Open Access Repositories – an international association of open access (OA) repositories – sounded an alarm that policies are being enacted which, if unchallenged, will ensure that that the foundations for these walls are cemented into place.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Speaking out on Elsevier’s Article “Sharing” Policy
Open AccessEarlier today, SPARC joined with our colleagues from the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and 22 other international organizations to raise serious objections to the latest revisions to Elsevier’s article sharing policy. The revisions mark a significant departure from ...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
New Policy from Elsevier Impedes Open Access and Sharing
Open AccessFor Immediate Release Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Contact: Ranit Schmelzer (SPARC) 202-538-1065 [email protected] Katharina Müller (COAR) +49 551 39-22215 [email protected] NEW POLICY FROM ELSEVIER IMPEDES OPEN ACCESS AND SHARING Global coalition of organizations ...
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Saturday, April 11, 2015
Don’t Think Open Access Is Important? It Might Have Prevented Much Of The Ebola Outbreak
Open AccessIt looks like the worst of the Ebola outbreak from the past few months might have been avoided if key research had been open access, rather than locked up.
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