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Text and data mining in the EU: Legal certainty already exists
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has noted the desire expressed in the ‘Communication on Single Digital Market Strategy for Europe’ issued on 6 May 2015 for legal certainty around the use of copyright-protected materials, including across borders, for text mining. STM suggests that this certainty already exists – through the activities already undertaken by STM member publishers that simplify licensing, permit licensed use, and support text formatting for efficient TDM activities.
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Thomson Reuters releases greenhouse gas emissions data on Global Energy Providers
Thomson Reuters has released a new research Global 500 Greenhouse Gas Report: The Fossil Fuel Energy Sector, revealing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data from 32 global energy companies, a key subset of the world’s largest publically traded businesses. The report, written in collaboration with global sustainability consultancy BSD Consulting, is the second in a series of GHG reports designed to create transparency and enable sound management of global GHG emissions.
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Organisations around the world denounce Elsevier’s new policy that impedes open access and sharing
STM publisher Elsevier has announced a new sharing and hosting policy for Elsevier journal articles on April 30, 2015. The policy represents a significant obstacle to the dissemination and use of research knowledge, and creates unnecessary barriers for Elsevier published authors in complying with funders’ open access policies. In addition, the policy has been adopted without any evidence that immediate sharing of articles has a negative impact on publisher’s subscriptions.
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Nature Publishing Group and Monash University publish new open access journal npj Regenerative Medicine
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has partnered with Monash University to publish npj Regenerative Medicine, a new open access research journal that will explore the potential of organisms to restore and regenerate damaged cells, tissues and organs. The study of regenerative medicine has the potential to help scientists and clinicians devise early-intervention treatments for traumatic injury or degenerative diseases, by regrowth or replacement of cells or tissues.
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Cambridge unveils open access journal – Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced a major new open access journal, Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (GHEG), dedicated to publishing and disseminating research that addresses and increases understanding of global and population health issues through the application of population science, genomics and applied technologies. Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics is the Press’s second Open Access journal in the field of global health, joining Global Mental Health which launched in 2014.
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Archimed announces partnership with EBSCO
Archimed, a software and library solution vendor, has established a partnership with EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) to enrich the content searchable with Syracuse, its newly-released unified information system portal for libraries. To best serve the diverse needs of their users, university libraries must make their collections easily available at anytime to patrons, this includes providing seamless access to all resources, such as print collections, e-collections, online digital resources, and other valuable third-party content.
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Oxford University Press announces Environmental Epigenetics, a fully open access journal
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a new open access journal, Environmental Epigenetics. The field of epigenetics has seen tremendous growth in the last few years, and OUP has Editor-in-Chief Michael K. Skinner leading the journal.
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