A not-comprehensive chronology of reactions to Elsevier purchasing Mendeley

I first heard that Elsevier might purchase Mendeley back on January 17, 2013.  I blogged about it over at Collaborative Librarianship News which has a link to the TechCrunch piece of the same day.  I'll bet other news sources also picked it up.

Then on April 8th and 9th, Elsevier and Mendeley announced that it was official.  This created quite a flurry of opinion concerning the merger.  Here are some of the reaction pieces.

April 8, 2013

http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/08/confirmed-elsevier-has-bought-mendeley-for-69m-100m-to-expand-open-social-education-data-efforts/
Confirmed: Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley For $69M-$100M To Expand Its Open, Social Education Data Efforts

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/04/08/a-matter-of-perspective-elsevier-acquires-mendeley-or-mendeley-sells-itself-to-elsevier/
A Matter of Perspective — Elsevier Acquires Mendeley . . . or, Mendeley Sells Itself to Elsevier

April 9, 2013

http://enjoythedisruption.com/post/47527556151/my-thoughts-on-mendeley-elsevier-why-i-left-to-start 
My thoughts on Mendeley/Elsevier & why I left to start PeerJ

http://chronicle.com/article/In-Sale-to-Elsevier-Mendeley/138449
Sale to Elsevier Casts Doubt on Mendeley's Openness (Closed access article???)

http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2013/04/09/elsevier-acquires-mendeley-all-the-data-about-what-you-read-share-and-highlight/
Elsevier acquires Mendeley + all the data about what you read, share, and highlight (David Weinberger)

http://bjoern.brembs.net/comment-n908.html
Elsevier changes strategy and buys Mendeley instead of shutting it down

http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/09/is-it-a-good-thing-that-elsevier-bought-mendeley/
Is it a good thing that Elsevier bought Mendeley?

https://plus.google.com/u/0/109377556796183035206/posts/e4iZMQfoENc 
Elsevier bought Mendeley (Peter Suber)

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/09/elsevier_all_your_data_belongs_to_us/
Elsevier: All your data belongs to us. The huge scientific publisher sparks resentment by gobbling up a popular online gathering place. Sound familiar?

http://svpow.com/2013/04/09/a-few-words-on-elseviers-acquisition-of-medeley/
A few words on Elsevier’s acquisition of Medeley (Mike Taylor)

http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/09/the-empire-acquires-the-rebel-alliance-mendeley-users-revolt-against-elsevier-takeover/
The Empire acquires the rebel alliance: Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover

http://colditzjb.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/mendelete/
Word of the day: “mendelete” (Jason B Colditz)

April 10, 2013

http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2013/apr/10/elsevier-buys-mendeley-academic-reaction
The sale of the London-based startup to the publishing giant has prompted strong reactions from the academic community – is the partnership good or bad news for open access research?

http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/04/10/elsevier-buys-document-management-platform-mendeley
Elsevier Buys Document-Management Platform Mendeley

http://scientopia.org/blogs/christinaslisrant/2013/04/10/the-latest-land-grab-in-the-lis-world-citation-managers/
The latest land grab in the LIS world: Citation managers (Christine Pikas)

http://sylvaindeville.net/2013/04/10/to-mendelete-or-not-to-mendelete/
To #mendelete or not to #mendelete?

http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=60256
"It appears (unsurprisingly) that Mendeley users are not happy with Elsevier's acquisition of the company."

[Added http://www.darkrepository.net/blog/garret/elseviers-slice-of-big-data-pie "Elsevier's slice of Big Data pie" on April 15, 2013.]

April 11, 2013

http://blogs.plos.org/mfenner/2013/04/11/mendeley-and-elsevier/
Mendeley and Elsevier (By Martin Fenner)

http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2013/04/11/mendeley-elsevier.html
why I’m quitting Mendeley (and why my employer has nothing to do with it)

I'm sure I've missed some good ones, but feel free to let me know of major sources.  If you have time, it is also interesting to read all of the comments, particularly on the last one by danah boyd at zephoria.org.

Personally, I am going to keep my Mendeley account so that I can keep on putting citations into the Open Access Irony Award Group.

** Edit **  Here are some more that came out more recently.

April 12, 2013

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/04/elsevier-mendeley-journals-science-software.html
When the Rebel Alliance Sells Out. Posted by David Dobbs.

http://del-fi.org/post/47782042378/lessons-from-mendeley-wheres-the-open-in-the-model
Lessons from Mendeley: Where’s The Open In The Model? (John Wilbanks)

April 13, 2013

http://cameronneylon.net/blog/whats-the-right-model-for-shared-scholarly-communications-infrastructure/
What’s the right model for shared scholarly communications infrastructure? (Cameron Neylon)

April 15, 2013

http://svpow.com/2013/04/15/seriously-mendeley-people-what-did-you-expect/ and http://svpow.com/2013/04/15/seriously-mendeley-people-what-did-you-expect/#update
Seriously, Mendeley people, what did you expect? (Mike Taylor)