Tuesday, August 9. 2016
Brexit for UK Institutional Repositories?
This exchange on jisc-repositories (about abandoning institutional repositories for Elsevier's "PURE" and/or for CRISes) is so outrageous that I could not resist a pause in my solemn self-imposed silence:(1) I will assume (out of charity) that George McGregor was being supremely ironic when he quipped that Elsevier "Single handily inspired the global Open Access movement" and thatMy instinct tells me wiser (sic) heads will prevail (but I've been over-optimistic before...)
(2) Elsevier's Alicia Wise has a tin ear for irony and took it as a compliment -- and a cue for some free advertising.
(3) If UK universities are foolish and thoughtless enough to heed the siren call of "PURE" and again let in Elsevier's latest Trojan Horse (instead of just coupling CRIS functionality with their IRs) then (as in some other recent supremely foolish UK decisions) they will get exactly what's coming to them.
See: Elsevier's PURE: self-interest and exploitation
Stevan Harnad
Erstwhile Archivangelist Seconded to Higher Calling
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Hi Stevan,
I am a little confused by your post. Having read the exchange it is clear that George argues for institutions keeping a separate repository. He says so throughout:
"If I were an institution surveying the landscape as it is now, I would be exercising extreme caution before considering some of these tools [CRIS] as a substitute for an open source repository platform. As David notes, “open access is a consonant with the open source philosophy”!"
The whole list of bullet points George gives is nothing but a criticism of Elsevier's approach to OA. I don't think you need to be charitable, it is enough to simply read his email and not stop halfway through the first bullet point.
There is no evidence in the thread that any repository manager suggests replacing repositories with PURE.
Torsten
I am a little confused by your post. Having read the exchange it is clear that George argues for institutions keeping a separate repository. He says so throughout:
"If I were an institution surveying the landscape as it is now, I would be exercising extreme caution before considering some of these tools [CRIS] as a substitute for an open source repository platform. As David notes, “open access is a consonant with the open source philosophy”!"
The whole list of bullet points George gives is nothing but a criticism of Elsevier's approach to OA. I don't think you need to be charitable, it is enough to simply read his email and not stop halfway through the first bullet point.
There is no evidence in the thread that any repository manager suggests replacing repositories with PURE.
Torsten
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