I second Laurent's opinion. Elsevier has a deserved reputation as a parasitic organism living off of academic's free labor.
Le mardi 24 mai 2016 à 16:15 +0100, Laurent Gatto a écrit : > On 24 May 2016 15:21, Peretsman-Clement, Gail wrote: > > > Good morning colleagues, > > > > At Caltech Library, a new development from the commercial publisher > > Elsevier around researcher practices and workflows - including Open > > Science approaches -- has come to our attention. I'm wondering if > > any > > folks have been working with this initiative? > > > > http://labs.elsevier.com/ > > > > https://www.elsevier.com/connect/what-happens-when-user-experience- > > pros-come-to-your-lab > > > > We in the Library community are dedicated to keeping researcher and > > author training in the commons and in community, so wonder what > > impact > > Elsevier's work in this area might have. Will it eclipse the role > > of > > libraries and other information intermediaries/trainers on campus? > > > > Would be very interested in your thoughts! > > Commercialisation of Carpentry activites is certainly worth > discussing, > but ... > > Elsevier's only goal, as a company, is to increase their profits. > Their > strategy is to take control - this includes publishing, preprints > (SSRN), research metrics (Mendeley), ... of the academic > infrastructure. The benefits of the community, researchers, > librarians, > or anyone is secondary. They have demonstrated this over and over > again. > > I don't think anything that Elsevier could offer is worth that. > > Best wishes, > > Laurent > > > Best wishes, > > > > Gail > > > > Gail P. Clement | Head of Research Services | Caltech Library | > > Mail Code 1-43 | Pasadena CA 91125-4300 | 626-395-1203 > > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5494-4806 | library.caltech.edu > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > > -- Timothée Poisot, Ph.D. Professeur Adjoint / Assistant Prof. Quantitative and Computational Ecologist Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal Web: http://poisotlab.io/ Twitter: @PoisotLab Schedule a meeting: http://tpoisot.ycb.me _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss
