Yes - this is exactly the point. For example, the fact that the University of Bath has a Pure instance is mentioned by Ross below - but I believe that Bath also operates an ePrints service as its institutional repository.
I did hear recently that the only institution in the UK which actually uses Pure as it main institutional repository is my own institution, the University of Edinburgh. Paul > On 18 May 2016, at 14:37, David Prosser <david.pros...@rluk.ac.uk> wrote: > > Isn’t there a distinction between the use of PURE as a CRIS system and PURE > as a repository. I get the feeling the former is much more common than the > latter and only the latter will appear in OpenDOAR. > > David > > > > >> On 18 May 2016, at 15:20, Ross Mounce <ross.mou...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Jessica (et al.), >> >> I guess it depends which list you read. >> >> Elsevier's own list boasts over 200 PURE implementations at different >> institutions including 28 in the UK: >> https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/pure/who-uses-pure/clients >> >> Even Elsevier's list isn't complete. I know for a fact that for instance >> that the University of Bath uses PURE http://www.bath.ac.uk/ris/pure/ and >> yet this doesnt appear on Elsevier's list, nor OpenDOAR. >> >> OpenDOAR is a registry run by people with close links to EPrints & DSpace. >> It's no surprise then that EPrints and DSpace are well registered within >> OpenDOAR. >> >> Time to remove the blinkers. PURE is much more prevalent than you'd think >> from a glance at OpenDOAR. >> >> >> >> >> On 18 May 2016 at 13:08, Jessica Lindholm <jessica.lindh...@chalmers.se> >> wrote: >> Hi Ross (et al.), >> >> Out of curiosity I had to check the amount of Pure instances as you >> mentioned that many institutional repositories run on Pure. >> >> >> >> Checking openDOAR’s registry of repositories (http://www.opendoar.org/) I >> find 16 PURE-repositories listed, whereas e.g. Eprints has +400 instances >> and DSpace has +1300 instances. However I am not at all sure to what degree >> openDOAR is containing exhaustive data (or rather I am quite sure it >> doesn’t) -it is either lacking data about PURE instances – or if not, I do >> not agree that they are many.. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Jessica Lindholm >> >> >> >> >> >> From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf >> Of Ross Mounce >> Sent: den 17 maj 2016 22:54 >> To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) <goal@eprints.org> >> Subject: Re: [GOAL] Re : Re: SSRN Sellout to Elsevier >> >> >> >> Elsevier have actually done a really good job of infiltrating institutional >> repositories too: >> >> http://rossmounce.co.uk/2013/01/25/elseviers-growing-monopoly-of-ip-in-academia/ >> >> >> >> They bought Atira back in 2012 which created PURE which is the software that >> many of world's institutional repositories run on. >> >> I presume it reports back all information to Elsevier so they can further >> monetise academic IP. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> >> >> Ross >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 17 May 2016 at 21:22, Joachim SCHOPFEL <joachim.schop...@univ-lille3.fr> >> wrote: >> >> Uh - "the distributed network of Green institutional repositories worldwide >> is not for sale"? Not so sure - the green institutional repositories can be >> replaced by other solutions, can't they ? Better solutions, more >> functionalities, more added value, more efficient, better connected to >> databases and gold/hybrid journals etc. >> >> >> >> ----- Mail d'origine ----- >> De: Stevan Harnad <amscifo...@gmail.com> >> À: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) <goal@eprints.org> >> Envoyé: Tue, 17 May 2016 17:03:18 +0200 (CEST) >> Objet: Re: [GOAL] SSRN Sellout to Elsevier >> >> >> >> Shame on SSRN. >> >> >> >> Of course we know exactly why Elsevier acquired SSRN (and Mendeley): >> >> >> >> It's to retain their stranglehold over a domain (peer-reviewed >> scholarly/scientific research publishing) in which they are no longer >> needed, and in which they would not even have been able to gain as much as a >> foothold if it had been born digital, instead of being inherited as a legacy >> from an obsolete Gutenberg era. >> >> >> >> I don't know about Arxiv (needless centralization and its concentrated >> expenses are always vulnerabe to faux-benign take-overs) but what's sure is >> that the distributed network of Green institutional repositories worldwide >> is not for sale, and that is their strength... >> >> >> >> Stevan Harnad >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Bo-Christer Björk >> <bo-christer.bj...@hanken.fi> wrote: >> >> This is an interesting news item which should interest the >> readers of this list. Let's hope arXiv is not for sale. >> >> Bo-Christer Björk >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> >> Subject: >> >> Message from Mike Jensen, SSRN Chairman >> >> Date: >> >> Tue, 17 May 2016 07:40:29 -0400 (EDT) >> >> From: >> >> Michael C. Jensen <ad...@ssrn.com> >> >> Reply-To: >> >> supp...@ssrn.com >> >> To: >> >> bo-christer.bj...@hanken.fi >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Dear SSRN Authors, >> >> >> >> >> SSRN announced today that it has changed ownership. SSRN is >> joining Mendeley and Elsevier >> to coordinate our development and delivery of new products and >> services, and we look forward to our new access to data, products, >> and additional resources that this change facilitates. (See Gregg >> Gordon’s Elsevier >> Connect post) >> >> >> >> >> Like SSRN, Mendeley and Elsevier are focused on creating tools >> that enhance researcher workflow and productivity. SSRN has been >> at the forefront of on-line sharing of working papers. We are >> committed to continue our innovation and this change will enable >> that to happen more quickly. SSRN will benefit from access to the >> vast new data and resources available, including Mendeley’s >> reference management and personal library management tools, their >> new researcher profile capabilities, and social networking >> features. Importantly, we will also have new access for SSRN >> members to authoritative performance measurement tools such as >> those powered by Scopus and >> Newsflo >> (a global media tracking tool). In addition, SSRN, Mendeley and >> Elsevier together can cooperatively build bridges to close the >> divide between the previously separate worlds and workflows of >> working papers and published papers. >> >> >> >> >> We realize that this change may create some concerns about the >> intentions of a legacy publisher acquiring an open-access working >> paper repository. I shared this concern. But after much discussion >> about this matter and others in determining if Mendeley and >> Elsevier would be a good home for SSRN, I am convinced that they >> would be good stewards of our mission. And our copyright policies >> are not in conflict -- our policy has always been to host only >> papers that do not infringe on copyrights. I expect we will have >> some conflicts as we align our interests, but I believe those will >> be surmountable. >> >> >> >> >> Until recently I was convinced that the SSRN community was best >> served being a stand-alone entity. But in evaluating our future in >> the evolving landscape, I came to believe that SSRN would benefit >> from being more interconnected and with the resources available >> from a larger organization. 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