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Maximizing the visibility of research outputs: COAR call for action

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Maxie Putlitz
“With this letter”, says Norbert Lossau, Chair of COAR Executive Board, 
“The Confederation of Open Access Repositories is joining in the growing 
protest against Elsevier’s practices opposing open access. We strongly 
believe that open access will greatly improve the impact and use of 
scholarly publications, and maximize our collective global investment in 
research.”

Open Letter to Elsevier

The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) joins the research 
community in condemning Elsevier for its recent business practices and 
lobbying that undermine policies and activities promoting open access to 
scholarly literature. While many commercial publishers are working to 
adapt their business models to rising demands for open access, Elsevier 
has systematically acted to counter progress being made in the scholarly 
community towards this end.
One easy way of achieving open access is through the deposit of 
articles into online open access repositories. COAR strongly opposes the 
changes made by Elsevier to its article posting policies. These policies 
prohibit authors affiliated with institutions or agencies that have open 
access mandates to deposit copies of their articles into an open access 
repository unless their institution signs a very restrictive agreement 
with Elsevier. Despite their public commitment to “universal access”, 
Elsevier’s policies are greatly limiting access to scholarly literature.
These policies are in direct conflict with the objectives of COAR’s 
members and partners as well as the broader scholarly community, which 
aim to maximize access to and use of research literature. Therefore, 
COAR is discouraging its members and others from entering into 
agreements with Elsevier or other publishers that undermine open access 
mandates and intervene with already established and emerging author 
practices of article deposit.
COAR urges Elsevier to reconsider its prohibitive approach to open 
access and revise its policies to allow the deposit of research articles 
with minimum delay. We encourage publishers to work closely with the 
library and repository communities to develop effective and sustainable 
methods for article deposit that serve the needs of researchers, their 
institutions, and society as a whole. In addition, COAR welcomes 
like-minded organizations – such as licensing agencies, library 
consortia, etc. – to join us in developing and adopting best practice 
for policies and procedures regarding article deposit into open access 
repositories.
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories is a not-for-profit 
association of repository initiatives that aims to enhance visibility 
and application of research outputs through global networks of Open 
Access digital repositories. COAR represents over 80 members and 
partners from 24 countries from throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia, 
and North America.

Norbert Lossau, Chair of the Executive Board, Confederation of Open 
Access Repositories

The full letter can be found here: COAR open letter to Elsevier.
http://www.coar-repositories.org/news/coar-writes-open-letter-as-reaction-to-elseviers-practices/coar-open-letter-06-02-2012/
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Walter SCOLZ
BIBLIOTECA
FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA
J. B. Justo 4302
Mar del Plata ARG (B7608FDQ)
Tel 481-8575 / 481-6600 - Interno 221
Web: http://www.biblio.fi.mdp.edu.ar
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