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4 May 2015

USTR's 2015 Special 301 Report highlights key IP issues, misses out on importance of copyright concerns in Canada The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has applauded the release of the US Trade Representative (USTR) 2015 Special 301 Report, identifying many key copyright concerns and market-access barriers in U.S. trading partners. However, AAP is disappointed that the 2015 Report again fails to identify as a priority the harm caused to publishers and authors by Canada's undefined 'education' as fair dealing exception. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Google to spend EUR150 million in Europe on grants for digital journalism experimentation Amid increasing tensions with EU regulators and publishers, internet giant Google announced that it will spend EUR150 million ($164 million) in Europe on grants for digital journalism experimentation. The pledge is the latest attempt by Google to present a friendlier front in Europe, where it is confronting antitrust charges and has experienced harsh criticism from some publishers over its strategies. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier provides free online access to disaster and international health information in Nepal STM publisher Elsevier is providing free access to its primary online clinical information tool, ClinicalKey, and to more than 90 publications through the NIH's Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) to support the health and disaster professionals responding to the Nepal earthquake. Access to Elsevier's ClinicalKey, at www.clinicalkey.com, will be IP-validated throughout Nepal for hospitals, institutional libraries and other healthcare entities supporting the disaster relief and recovery efforts, starting May 1, for four weeks. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wolters Kluwer and Anahp partner to improve quality of healthcare in Brazil Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer has announced a new partnership with Anahp, the national association of private hospitals in Brazil, an organisation representing the country's major private hospitals. The agreement is part of the company's strategic efforts to continue overall growth in the Brazilian market and expand the adoption of UpToDate®. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO Information Services continues collaboration with OASIS EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) plans to continue its relationship with OASIS, enabling libraries to purchase its selection of more than 700,000 e-books through the OASIS platform. The move follows the recent acquisition of Coutts by ProQuest. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Oxford University Press provides free online access to biomedical journals for healthcare professionals responding to earthquake in Nepal Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) is partnering with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) as they launch their Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) to provide free access to biomedical research for healthcare professionals and aid workers responding to the recent earthquake in Nepal. As part of this initiative, OUP will provide free access to over 532,000 articles from 71 journals, which will be freely available until May 23, 2015. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme The BMJ calls on the next Health Secretary to 'secure the NHS's future' Healthcare knowledge provider The BMJ called on the next Secretary of State for Health to 'secure the NHS's future as the best and fairest health service in the world.' In an open letter, Editor-in-chief, Dr Fiona Godlee, and colleagues say England's NHS is stretched close to breaking point - and they set down what they believe is needed to heal the NHS. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Future Science OA supports early career researchers, announces its APC discount options Future Science OA, the Gold (CC-BY) open access journal from Future Science Group, has announced its Article Processing Charge (APC) discounting options. Early Career Researchers, who are within the first 5 years of their career, will be eligible for a 50 percent discount on articles where they appear as the corresponding author. Peer reviewers who have submitted timely, constructive peer reviews, will be eligible for a 10 percent discount. Additionally, previous authors will be eligible for a loyalty discount of 50 percent on their subsequent articles. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme International Society for Computational Biology and F1000Research announce partnership to produce ISCB Community Journal The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and F1000Research have announced the formation of an innovative partnership to produce the ISCB Community Journal - a new, dedicated, digital channel on the F1000Research publishing platform. The ISCB Community Journal will be launched on F1000Research this summer to provide the ISCB's growing membership and conference attendees with an affordable, open publishing platform for all research presented at official and affiliated ISCB conferences. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Portico and Pacific University Libraries announce preservation deal Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Pacific University Libraries will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that these e-journals will be secure and available into the future. The e-journals, published under an open access model, will remain open access through Portico if a trigger event occurs. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (Public Access: Getting Medical Information to Patients); Stephanie Harriman (Righting peer review: Are trust and incentives the key?); Christof Schöch (Fast and made to last: Academic blogs look to ensure long-term accessibility and stability of content); Joe Wikert (Debunking the discovery problem); and Phil Davis (Why are Authors Citing Older Papers?). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. 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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