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Cari colleghi,<br>
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SPARC e COAR hanno elaborato una dichiarazione in cui si denuncia la
gravità delle ulteriori restrizioni che Elsevier ha deciso di
praticare sulla ripubblicazione degli articoli (con embargo fino a
48 mesi per alcune sue riviste) e sulle licenze da applicare ai
post-print che di fatto impediscono qualsiasi riuso ( CC BY, NC,
ND)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/petition-against-elseviers-sharing-policy/">https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/petition-against-elseviers-sharing-policy/</a><br>
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Da far circolare e sottoscrivere.<br>
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Paola<br>
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class="" style="color: purple;"><span class="">office@coar-repositories.org</span></a></span><span
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
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class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-align: left;
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font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom:
16pt;" align="center"><b class=""><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans
MT', sans-serif;">NEW POLICY FROM ELSEVIER IMPEDES
OPEN ACCESS AND SHARING</span></b><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-align: left;
margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom:
16pt;" align="center"><i class=""><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans
MT', sans-serif;">Global coalition of
organizations denounce the policy and urge
Elsevier to revise it</span></i><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">Washington,
DC and Gottingen, Germany</span></b><span
class="xapple-converted-space"><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans
MT', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',
sans-serif;">Elsevier new sharing and hosting<span
class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.elsevier.com/connect/elsevier-updates-its-policies-perspectives-and-services-on-article-sharing"
class="" style="color: purple;"><span class="">policy</span></a><span
class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>represents
a significant obstacle to the dissemination and use
of research knowledge, and creates unnecessary
barriers for Elsevier published authors in complying
with fundersâ open access policies, according to
an analysis by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Confederation of
Open Access Repositories (COAR). </span><span
class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">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,â said
Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC and
Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director of COAR, in a
joint statement. âElsevier claims that the policy
advances sharing but in fact, it does the opposite.
We strongly urge Elsevier to revise it.</span><span
class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">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.</span><span
class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">Twenty-three
groups today released the following statement in
opposition to the policy:</span><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">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 fundersâ open access
policies. In addition, the policy has been adopted
without any evidence that immediate sharing of
articles has a negative impact on publishersâ
subscriptions.</span><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">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.</span><span
class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">âFurthermore,
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.</span><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">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.</span><span class=""
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-right: 0cm;
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times
New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">We
strongly urge Elsevier to reconsider this policy and
we encourage other organizations and individuals to
express their opinions.â</span></p>
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New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">The
statement is available<span
class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Calibri, sans-serif;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/petition-against-elseviers-sharing-policy/"
class="" style="color: purple;"><span class=""
style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',
sans-serif;">here</span></a></span><span
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MT', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class=""
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MT', sans-serif;">and we welcome others to show
their support by also endorsing it.</span></b><span
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font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">The
statement has been signed by the following groups:</span><span
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Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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sans-serif;">COAR: Confederation of Open Access
Repositories</span><span class="" style="font-size:
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class=""></o:p></span></div>
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sans-serif;">SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and
Academic Resources Coalition</span><span class=""
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sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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sans-serif;">ACRL: Association of College and
Research Libraries</span><span class=""
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sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Gill Sans MT',
sans-serif;">Association of Southeastern Research
Libraries</span><span class="" style="font-size:
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class=""></o:p></span></div>
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sans-serif;">Australian Open Access Support Group</span><span
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sans-serif;" lang="ES-AR">CLACSO: Consejo
Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales</span><span
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Institutions</span><span class="" style="font-size:
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class=""></o:p></span></div>
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sans-serif;">SANLiC: South African National
Licensing Consortium</span><span class=""
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sans-serif;">University of St Andrews Library</span><span
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justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">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 at<span
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New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 16pt; text-align:
justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;">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. COARâs 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.</span></p>
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Paola Gargiulo
International Business Development Unit
IT Solutions for Institutional Research
Via R. Sanzio 4, I-20090 Segrate MI, Italy
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:email:p.gargiulo@cineca.it">email:p.gargiulo@cineca.it</a>
phone +39 02 26995-218
mobile + 39 328 9507 128
skype paolafoca</pre>
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