[ASA] Fwd: [PASA-EB] CUP position on social sharing

[Daniel Price]

Dear ASA members,

Re: academia.edu and researchgate sharing of PASA articles

Please see below regarding Cambridge University Press’s new service re: social sharing of PASA articles. 

PASA is a subscription-funded journal, meaning authors do not pay to publish. Also, we think we have the right balance between funding the journal and open access — we do not charge authors but all articles become freely available just two years after publication in PASA. We also encourage Authors are also free to post the pre-publication version on arXiv.

Please do not share published PASA articles on academia.edu or researchgate as this completely undermines PASA's subscription funding model. PASA is a not-for-profit journal run for the benefit of the ASA.

Best wishes,

Daniel
PASA Ed

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> From: Elizabeth Woodhouse <ewoodhouse at cambridge.org>
> Subject: Re: [PASA-EB] CUP position on social sharing
> Date: 1 November 2017 at 11:01:50 pm AEDT
> To: PASA Board <pasa-eb at physics.usyd.edu.au>
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> Dear PASA Editorial Board,
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> Further to my email over the summer, I’m writing to update you on the Press's position on the social sharing of published content, and to let you know about the pilot phase of a new article sharing service we have been developing for our journals.
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> Social sharing is featuring increasingly in the news, with some publishers having decided to take legal action against a major social sharing site, ResearchGate. Rather than resort to legal action at this time, we are instead focussing on providing a viable alternative to the sharing of PDFs of journal articles. We appreciate that sharing is a necessary and important part of research, and we want to support authors and readers to share content as responsibly as possible. Our public position can be found here: www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/social-sharing <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/z4nRBmUd1zmXHD?domain=cambridge.org>. 
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> Our new sharing service, Cambridge Core Share, will allow anyone who has the right to view the full text of a journal article – be they authors, institutional subscribers or otherwise – to easily and quickly generate a URL link that can be publicly shared, including on social sharing sites. Anyone clicking on the link will be immediately taken to a read-only copy of the final published version of the article. Using this tool, Cambridge Core Share will enable people to share the published version of journal articles, and we will be able to record usage of the shared articles, which is not possible with the sharing of PDFs as presently practised.
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> We are currently testing the service and hope to launch it as a pilot in November with content going back to 2016. If the pilot is successful, we aim to extend Cambridge Core Share to all journal content.
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> We’ll be in touch again as the pilot phase progresses to discuss making Cambridge Core Share available to PASA. If, however, you feel that you might like to be included sooner in the pilot, please let me know.
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> Best wishes,
> Beth
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> Elizabeth Woodhouse
> Publishing Editor, STM Journals
> Cambridge University Press
> University Printing House
> Shaftesbury Road
> Cambridge, CB2 8BS
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> From: Elizabeth Woodhouse 
> Sent: 02 August 2017 09:34
> To: PASA Board <pasa-eb at physics.usyd.edu.au <mailto:pasa-eb at physics.usyd.edu.au>>
> Subject: CUP position on social sharing
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> Dear PASA Editorial Board,
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> An on-going issue for scholarly publishing is the topic of social sharing. I have been asked to contact all of the editors and societies I work with to raise awareness of this issue and explain the Press’s position. The social sharing of journal content in sites such as ResearchGate and Academia.edu <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/rNKaBYf9LXkxta?domain=academia.edu>, and in particular the sharing of final published PDFs, is becoming an increasingly important topic. We and other publishers are seeing increasingly high levels of articles being shared in commercial sharing sites, to the extent that we feel there are now real risks to the long-term sustainability of journals.
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> Our position, in brief, is that while sharing is a natural and vital part of research, content must be shared responsibly. To help the community share their research, Cambridge University Press is developing a new service for authors and readers to freely share content in a responsible manner that helps us to protect journals we publish. We also want to encourage discussion broadly in the community about how sharing needs can be met without jeopardizing the very publications upon which sharing depends.
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> I’ve attached a PDF which gives an overview of the Press’s position and activities. Please take a look and if you have any questions do let me know. Essentially, there are no immediate action points for you to take, I just wanted you to be aware of this issue and the steps that Cambridge are taking.
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> Best wishes,
> Beth
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> Elizabeth Woodhouse
> Publishing Editor, STM Journals
> Cambridge University Press
> University Printing House
> Shaftesbury Road
> Cambridge, CB2 8BS
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> Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge with VAT registered number GB 823 8476 09.  Our principal office is at University Printing House, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 8BS, United Kingdom.
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