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2 July 2014

LexisNexis Risk Solutions expands healthcare solutions for the life sciences marketplace LexisNexis Risk Solutions has expanded its healthcare solutions for the life sciences marketplace. The company will leverage its leading, healthcare provider and claims databases to improve effectiveness and efficiencies, resulting in reduced costs, competitive advantage and greater identity transparency for life sciences organisations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme European Research Organisations call on Elsevier to withdraw TDM policy Eighteen European research and library organisations, including LIBER, have called on STM publisher Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM). The organisations have laid out their request in an open letter to Michiel Kolman, Senior VP Global Academic Relations at the academic publishing company. According to the organisations, Elsevier's current TDM policy places unnecessary restrictions on researchers. It limits their ability, and their right, to mine content to which they have legal access. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Two thousand OA articles published with SCOAP3 funding since January 2014 The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has announced that two thousand Open Access articles have been published with SCOAP3 funding since January 2014 in 10 journals from 11 publishers and learned societies. These articles are released under a CC-BY license, and openly accessible on publishers websites. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme The BMJ launches new name and website The BMJ has a new name and logo (The BMJ) and a new website design with a new address (thebmj.com). Last year saw BMJ Group change its name to BMJ. Following this, the new name of BMJ's flagship journal is The BMJ. Changes to The BMJ's website mean the new design is completely responsive. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Publishing Technology appoints Ann Lawson as new head of ingentaconnect Content solutions provider Publishing Technology plc has announced that Ann Lawson has been appointed head of its ingentaconnect division, known as the home of scholarly research. Ann will have oversight of the strategic direction, expansion and operation of ingentaconnect, which has redefined academic publishing for hundreds of customers around the world. As Publishing Technology invests in a substantial redevelopment plan for ingentaconnect, Ann will lead its ongoing development and enhancement. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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