---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeronimo Montero bressan <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM Subject: Re: Why Elsevier? To: [email protected]
Hi all, As far as I'm concerned, another huge issue with Elsevier is that it has publications related to the arms industry and it supports arms fairs, as reported by Paul Chatterton http://www.paulchatterton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/chatterton-public-scholar1.pdf I don't think this is a less important reason than the others for starting a boycott. Cheers, Jero ----------------------------------------------------------- Dr Jerónimo Montero Bressán ESRC Post Doctoral Fellow School of Environment and Development University of Manchester Tel No: +44 (0)161 275 8688 Latin American Editor for Human Geography www.hugeog.com -----Original Message----- From: A forum for critical and radical geographers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sam Kinsley Sent: 17 February 2012 11:23 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why Elsevier? *correction* Apologies - the site http://thecostofknowledge.com/ was NOT set up by Timothy Gowers, but was inspired by a blog post written by him about Elsevier. It was set up by mathematician Tyler Neylon. Cheers, Sam On 17/02/2012 11:15, Sam Kinsley wrote: > Hi Maarten, > > As highlighted in earlier posts in this thread, the concerns raised > about Elsevier in particular are not only about pricing and a shfot > towards blocking pre-publication copies but also concern their > apparent support of the US 'Research Works Act'. > > There are a number of places to read about the arguments made against > Elsevier: > > https://chronicle.com/article/As-Journal-Boycott-Grows/130600/ > http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/01/28/elseviers-publishin > g-model-might-be-about-to-go-up-in-smoke/ > http://www.economist.com/node/21545974 > http://www.nature.com/news/elsevier-boycott-gathers-pace-1.10010 > > Elsevier's own related statements are available here: > > http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/intro.cws_home/elsevieropenletter > http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/intro.cws_home/elsevierstatement > > As Joshua Ketz and others have previously highlighted, there is a > site, created by Fields Medal winner Timothy Gowers, that is offering > something of a focal point to the protest: > http://thecostofknowledge.com/ > > I hope this helps to clarify things, > Sam > > On 17/02/2012 10:24, Maarten Loopmans wrote: >> Can anyone inform me why Elsevier is singled out for a boycott? Does >> Elsevier have a publishing policy which is significantly different >> from other major academic publishers? > -- Dr Sam Kinsley Digital Cultures Research Centre University of the West of England, Bristol @DCRCUK http://www.dcrc.org.uk/ @samkinsley http://www.samkinsley.com/ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
