Posted to the JISC archives list today: "Rumours are spreading that Elsevier staff are approaching UK Vice-Chancellors persuading them to point to PDF copies of articles on Elsevier's web-site rather than have the articles deposited in institutional repositories. It appears that the argument being used is that this will be a cheaper option than maintaining full-text within repositories. If these reports are true, my guess is that Elsevier are using these arguments to undermine deposit mandates. If Vice-Chancellors are persuaded to adopt this policy, it would only give repository access to an unsatisfactory version (PDFs will not enable re-use for research purposes) and access on Elsevier's terms. If this is Elsevier's strategy it would seem to negate their "green" status."
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