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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Forwarding from the BOAI mailing list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Friedel Grant<br><b>Sent:</b> 14 July 2014 13:18<br><b>To:</b> boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk<br><b>Subject:</b> [BOAI] Over 40 Signatories Ask Elsevier to Withdraw TDM Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div id=divRpF495768><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41;background:white'>At the beginning of July, LIBER and 17 other research and library organisations across Europe </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://libereurope.eu/news/european-research-organisations-call-on-elsevier-to-withdraw-tdm-policy/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white'>called on Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM)</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41;background:white'>.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=divRpF495768><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=divRpF495768><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41'>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><span style='color:black'><a href="http://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Open-Letter-To-Elsevierv2.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>updated version of the letter</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41'>.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=divRpF495768><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=divRpF495768><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="http://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Open-Letter-To-Elsevierv2.pdf" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>The letter</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41;background:white'> 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><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=divRpF495768><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=divRpF495768><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41;background:white'>For more information, please see the </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://libereurope.eu/news/over-40-signatories-ask-elsevier-to-withdraw-tdm-policy/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>LIBER website</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41;background:white'>. If you would like to sign the letter, either as an organisation or as an individual, please send your details to <a href="mailto:friedel.grant@kb.nl">friedel.grant@kb.nl</a>. Organisations should also attach a logo, which we can display on the letter.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=divRpF495768><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=divRpF495768><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41;background:white'>With thanks,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:16.5pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#373A41'>Friedel Grant<br>Communications Officer<br>LIBER Europe<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>