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[Harald Müller <hmueller.mpil@xxxxxx>]

   *NEW POLICY FROM ELSEVIER IMPEDES OPEN ACCESS AND SHARING*

   /Global coalition of organizations denounce the policy and urge
   Elsevier to revise it/

   *Washington, DC and Göttingen, Germany*– Elsevier’s new sharing and
   hostingpolicy
   
<http://www.elsevier.com/connect/elsevier-updates-its-policies-perspectives-and-services-on-article-sharing>represents
   a significant obstacle to the dissemination and use of research
   knowledge, and creates unnecessary barriers for Elsevier published
   authors in complying with funders’ open access policies, according
   to an analysis by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources
   Coalition (SPARC) and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories
   (COAR).

   “Elsevier’s policy is in direct conflict with the global trend
   towards open access and serves only to dilute the benefits of openly
   sharing research results,” said Heather Joseph, Executive Director
   of SPARC and Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director of COAR, in a
   joint statement. “Elsevier claims that the policy advances sharing
   but in fact, it does the opposite. We strongly urge Elsevier to
   revise it.”

   The new stance marks a significant departure from Elsevier’s initial
   policy, established in 2004, which allowed authors to self-archive
   their final accepted manuscripts of peer-reviewed articles in
   institutional repositories without delay.  While the stated purpose
   of the new revision is, in part, to roll back an ill-conceived 2012
   amendment prohibiting authors at institutions that have adopted
   campus-wide Open Access policies from immediate self archiving, the
   net result of the new policy is that Elsevier has placed greater
   restrictions on sharing articles.

   Twenty-three groups today released the following statement in
   opposition to the policy:

   “On April 30, 2015, Elsevier announced a new sharing and hosting
   policy for Elsevier journal articles. This policy represents a
   significant obstacle to the dissemination and use of research
   knowledge, and creates unnecessary barriers for Elsevier published
   authors in complying with funders’ open access policies. In
   addition, the policy has been adopted without any evidence that
   immediate sharing of articles has a negative impact on publishers’
   subscriptions.

   “Despite the claim by Elsevier that the policy advances sharing, it
   actually does the opposite. The policy imposes unacceptably long
   embargo periods of up to 48 months for some journals. It also
   requires authors to apply a "non-commercial and no derivative works"
   license for each article deposited into a repository, greatly
   inhibiting the re-use value of these articles. Any delay in the open
   availability of research articles curtails scientific progress and
   places unnecessary constraints on delivering the benefits of
   research back to the public.

   “Furthermore, the policy applies to "all articles previously
   published and those published in the future" making it even more
   punitive for both authors and institutions. This may also lead to
   articles that are currently available being suddenly embargoed and
   inaccessible to readers.

   “As organizations committed to the principle that access to
   information advances discovery, accelerates innovation and improves
   education, we support the adoption of policies and practices that
   enable the immediate, barrier free access to and reuse of scholarly
   articles. This policy is in direct conflict with the global trend
   towards open access and serves only to dilute the benefits of openly
   sharing research results.

   “We strongly urge Elsevier to reconsider this policy and we
   encourage other organizations and individuals to express their
   opinions.” The statement is availablehere
   
<https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/petition-against-elseviers-sharing-policy/>and
   we welcome others to show their support by also endorsing it.

   The statement has been signed by the following groups:

   COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories

   SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

   ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries

   ALA: American Library Association

   ARL: Association of Research Libraries

   Association of Southeastern Research Libraries

   Australian Open Access Support Group

   IBICT: Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology

   CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries

   CLACSO: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales

   COAPI: Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions

   Creative Commons

   Creative Commons (USA)

   EIFL

   Electronic Frontier Foundation

   Greater Western Library Alliance

   LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries

   National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences

   OpenAIRE

   Open Data Hong Kong

   Research Libraries UK

   SANLiC: South African National Licensing Consortium

   University of St Andrews Library

   SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition,
   is an international alliance of academic and research libraries
   working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system.
   Developed by the Association of Research Libraries, SPARC has become
   a catalyst for change. Its pragmatic focus is to stimulate the
   emergence of new scholarly communication models that expand the
   dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressures
   on libraries. More information can be found
   athttp://www.sparc.arl.org <http://www.sparc.arl.org/>.

   COAR, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories, is an
   international association with over 100 members and partners from
   five continents representing universities, research institutions,
   government research funders, and others. COAR’s mission is to
   enhance the visibility and application of research outputs through a
   global network of Open Access digital repositories. COAR brings
   together the major repository initiatives in order to align policies
   and practices and acts as a global voice for the repository community.

--
Dr. Harald Müller
Aktionsbündnis "Urheberrecht für Bildung und Wissenschaft"
Policy Advisor@International Federation of Library Associations IFLA
EBLIDA-EGIL Member

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      hmueller.mpil@xxxxxx
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