Stone clad house in Manchester (credit: wikipedia)
The recent report on TechCrunch that Mendeley is ‘joining’ Elsevier for a sum in the region of $69M-$100M was of especial interest to us at Semantico, prompting memories of the symposium dinner we hosted just a few months back at which Mendeley was a guest.
At that point, the company’s talks with Elsevier were not public knowledge. Now the confirmed sale is sparking controversy, and has launched a new hashtag on Twitter – #mendelete – promoted by those who see this particular piece of M&A activity as The Empire acquiring the Rebel Alliance. Speculation is also intense about Elsevier’s plans for its acquisition.
Mendeley spoke under Chatham House rules at our Symposium, constraining what we can repeat here, but it is interesting to revisit that conversation in the light of subsequent events.
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We were lucky to participate in last month’s very interesting and informative Beyond the PDF 2 (BTPDF2) conference in Amsterdam. Beyond the PDF is a Force 11 initiative. There’s a great storify of the social media stream available for those of you who did not manage to attend. We very much enjoyed ourselves – it was a lively and stimulating event. We were invited to present our Roaming Passport technology, and our Linking Hub.
There were two days of interaction and debate. Here, in no particular order, are some observations … Continue reading 