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<div id="divRpF495768" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 58, 65); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">At the beginning of July, LIBER and
17 other research and library organisations across Europe </span><a href="http://libereurope.eu/news/european-research-organisations-call-on-elsevier-to-withdraw-tdm-policy/" target="_blank" style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#0000ff">called
on Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM)</font></a><span style="color: rgb(55, 58, 65); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></div>
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<div id="divRpF495768" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 58, 65); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">The number of signatories to the letter has now surpassed 40. They include
33 professional groups plus individual researchers, professors and librarians in a total of 18 countries. All signatories are listed in an </span><a href="http://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Open-Letter-To-Elsevierv2.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font color="#0000ff">updated
version of the letter</font></a><span style="color: rgb(55, 58, 65); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">.</span></div>
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<div id="divRpF495768" style="direction: ltr;"><a href="http://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Open-Letter-To-Elsevierv2.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font color="#0000ff">The
letter</font></a><span style="color: rgb(55, 58, 65); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> explains why we believe that Elsevier’s current TDM policy places
unnecessary restrictions on researchers by limiting their ability, and their right, to mine content to which they have legal access.</span></div>
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please see the </span><a href="http://libereurope.eu/news/over-40-signatories-ask-elsevier-to-withdraw-tdm-policy/" target="_blank" style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">LIBER website</a><span style="color: rgb(55, 58, 65); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.
If you would like to sign the letter, either as an organisation or as an individual, please send your details to friedel.grant@kb.nl. Organisations should also attach a logo, which we can display on the letter.</span></div>
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Friedel Grant<br>
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LIBER Europe</p>
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