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I was thinking that the volunteers efforts could be maximised if their outputs were shared. So, inclusion of Trip (free version) would have been good. But there are lots of other initiatives which could have benefited. On 2 May 2016 at 18:41, Susan Fowler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Were you hoping to provide access via TRIP? Is that the issue? > > > On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 3:57 AM, healingjia Price <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> I find this troubling, lack of transparency and wonder if volunteers >> knew. I was certainly not informed. Can any of you get into CDSR, we can't >> and we are Uk resident and Cochrane authors is the NICE Agreement still in >> place >> >> Best >> AMy >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 2, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Jon Brassey <[log in to unmask] >> <[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I was happy to see Cochrane's EMBASE screening project >> <http://community-archive.cochrane.org/news/news-events/current-news/embase-screening-project-six-months-old-and-going-strong> >> as it was an innovative project and used the power of the 'crowd' to >> identify controlled trials in EMBASE. >> >> As the project was powered by volunteers I was curious to what extent >> Cochrane would share these efforts. When asked I got this reply: >> >> *References to trial reports identified as part of the Embase Project are >> republished in CENTRAL under a licencing agreement between Wiley and >> Elsevier. As such, we are not permitted to share those records with any >> other parties.* >> >> If you took part in identifying trials through this project were you >> aware your efforts were going to be restricted and used solely at the >> discretion of Cochrane? I ask as typically, in the world of crowdsourcing, >> the efforts are for the wider public good (eg Wikipedia). It now appears >> volunteers are helping boost the profits of private companies. Am I the >> only one disturbed by this precedent? >> >> Best wishes >> >> jon >> >> -- >> Jon Brassey >> Director, Trip Database <http://www.tripdatabase.com> >> Honorary Fellow at CEBM <http://www.cebm.net>, University of Oxford >> Creator, Rapid-Reviews.info >> >> >> > > > -- > Susan Fowler, MLIS > Medical Librarian > Coordinator, Systematic Review Services > > Evidence at Becker: > http://beckerguides.wustl.edu/ebm > > Systematic Reviews Guide: > http://beckerguides.wustl.edu/SystematicReviews > > Becker Medical Library, Washington University in St. Louis > 314-362-8092 > [log in to unmask] > > > -- Jon Brassey Director, Trip Database <http://www.tripdatabase.com> Honorary Fellow at CEBM <http://www.cebm.net>, University of Oxford Creator, Rapid-Reviews.info