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#Elsevier acquired #bepress in 2017.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elsevier-acquires-bepress-a-leading-service-provider-used-by-academic-institutions-to-showcase-their-research-638101803.html

That triggered a mini-movement — #beprexit — of universities trying to migrate from bepress to other #repositories.
https://www.google.com/search?q=beprexit

A new study shows that "the total number of R1 and R2 bepress institutions grew from 76 in 2017 to 90 in 2019, followed by declines to 86 in 2021 and 82 in 2023. From 2017 to 2023, 15 R1 or R2 institutions were observed leaving bepress, and 12 joined."
https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/17786/

#GreenOA

#Elsevier acquired #bepress in 2017.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elsevier-acquires-bepress-a-leading-service-provider-used-by-academic-institutions-to-showcase-their-research-638101803.html

That triggered a mini-movement — #beprexit — of universities trying to migrate from bepress to other #repositories.
https://www.google.com/search?q=beprexit

A new study shows that "the total number of R1 and R2 bepress institutions grew from 76 in 2017 to 90 in 2019, followed by declines to 86 in 2021 and 82 in 2023. From 2017 to 2023, 15 R1 or R2 institutions were observed leaving bepress, and 12 joined."
https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/article/id/17786/

#GreenOA

Can someone show me what BePress Selected Works looks/looked like?

re: https://aus.social/@drrimmer/112629385876312384

I don't use Elsevier stuff so I cant say I have much knowledge of this crap, but I'm sure some institutions and disciplines probably bought into it...?

#BePress #Elsevier #Governance #LackOfControl #TheyDoWhatTheyWant #ScienceAsAPublicGood

Can someone show me what BePress Selected Works looks/looked like?

re: https://aus.social/@drrimmer/112629385876312384

I don't use Elsevier stuff so I cant say I have much knowledge of this crap, but I'm sure some institutions and disciplines probably bought into it...?

#BePress #Elsevier #Governance #LackOfControl #TheyDoWhatTheyWant #ScienceAsAPublicGood

I had grave misgivings when Elsevier took over Bepress back in 2017. The company, I thought, lacked the values to be the proper steward of such important open access infrastructure. Such fears have certainly been realised with Elsevier's peremptory, capricious decision to end Bepress selected works. It is a terrible act of academic vandalism for Elsevier to suddenly dissolve the Bepress selected works commons.
It will involve a huge amount of work for authors and institutions to migrate their repositories elsewhere. No doubt this decision will heighten the calls for a competition investigation into Elsevier and its monopolistic practices. #bepress #openaccess #competition #Elsevier

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I had grave misgivings when Elsevier took over Bepress back in 2017. The company, I thought, lacked the values to be the proper steward of such important open access infrastructure. Such fears have certainly been realised with Elsevier's peremptory, capricious decision to end Bepress selected works. It is a terrible act of academic vandalism for Elsevier to suddenly dissolve the Bepress selected works commons.
It will involve a huge amount of work for authors and institutions to migrate their repositories elsewhere. No doubt this decision will heighten the calls for a competition investigation into Elsevier and its monopolistic practices. #bepress #openaccess #competition #Elsevier

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We would like to inform you that we will be sunsetting free SelectedWorks profiles on December 31, 2024. After this date, profiles and their contents will no longer be accessible.

This message is not intended for those who have an institutional subscription – if your institution subscribes to SelectedWorks and you have questions, please contact your SelectedWorks administrator.

We’ve recently made the strategic decision to focus more of our resources on supporting scholars via their institutions through the Digital Commons suite. If you would like to access your SelectedWorks profile, retrieve Author Dashboard data, etc., before December 31, you can do so at: https://works.bepress.com/profile/.

If you do not remember your password, you can use the “Forgot your password?” link to reset it. For additional recommendations, please refer to our FAQ or contact [email protected] for assistance.

We thank you and appreciate your support and use of SelectedWorks over the years.

Sincerely,

The Elsevier Digital Commons Team