On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Simon Fenton-Jones <simo...@cols.com.au>wrote:
> Let me see if I got this right. > "Elsevier, a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical > information products and services", at a cost which increases much faster > than inflation, to libraries who can't organize their researchers to back > up > a copy of their journal articles so they can be aggregated, is to have > their > platform, Sciverse, made more attractive, by the public purse by a simple > text mining tool which they could build on a shoestring. > > Sciverse Applications, in return, will take advantage of this public > largesse to charge more for the journals which should/could have been > compiled by public digital curators in the first instance. > > Hmmm. So this is progress. > > Hey. It's not my money! > > Thanks very much Simon No - it's worse. I have been expressly and consistently asking Elsevier for permission to text-mine factual data form their (sorry OUR) papers. They have prevaricated and fudged and the current situation is: "you can sign a text-mining licence which forbids you to publish any results and handsover all results to Elsevier" I shall not let this drop - I am very happy to collect allies. Basically I am forbidden to deploy my text-mining tools on Elsevier content. P. -----Original Message----- > From: owner-dcc-associa...@lists.ed.ac.uk > [mailto:owner-dcc-associa...@lists.ed.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Joy Davidson > Sent: Monday, 7 November 2011 11:59 PM > To: research-data...@jiscmail.ac.uk; dcc-associates@lists.ed.ac.uk > Subject: [dcc-associates] Manchester and Elsevier team up on text-mining > tool > > This press release may be of interest to list members. > > University enters collaboration to develop text mining applications > 07 Nov 2011 > http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=7627 > > The University of Manchester has joined forces with Elsevier, a leading > provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and > services, to develop new applications for text mining, a crucial research > tool. > > The primary goal of text mining is to extract new information such as named > entities, relations hidden in text and to enable scientists to > systematically and efficiently discover, collect, interpret and curate > knowledge required for research. > > The collaborative team will develop applications for SciVerse Applications, > which provides opportunities for researchers to collaborate with developers > in creating and promoting new applications that improve research workflows. > > The University's National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM), the first > publicly-funded text mining centre in the world, will work with Elsevier's > Application Marketplace and Developer Network team on the project. > > Text mining extracts semantic metadata such as terms, relationships and > events, which enable more pertinent search. NaCTeM provides a number of > text > mining services, tools and resources for leading corporations and > government > agencies that enhance search and discovery. > > Sophia Ananiadou, Professor in the University's School of Computer Science > and Director of the National Centre for Text Mining, said: "Text mining > supports new knowledge discovery and hypothesis generation. > > "Elsevier's SciVerse platform will enable access to sophisticated text > mining techniques and content that can deliver more pertinent, focused > search results." > > "NaCTeM has developed a number of innovative, semantic-based and > time-saving > text mining tools for various organizations," said Rafael Sidi, Vice > President Product Management, Applications Marketplace and Developer > Network, Elsevier. > > "We are excited to work with the NaCTeM team to bring this expertise to the > research community." > > Notes for editors > Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical > information products and services. The company works in partnership with > the > global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, > and close to 20,000 book titles. A global business headquartered in > Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. > > NaCTeM is the first publicly funded, text mining centre in the world > providing resources, tools and services to academia and industry. NaCTeM > collaborates with both academia and industry, nationally and > internationally. > > The University of Manchester > > The University of Manchester, a member of the Russell Group, is the most > popular university in the UK. It has 22 academic schools and hundreds of > specialist research groups undertaking pioneering multi-disciplinary > teaching and research of worldwide significance. > > According to the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, The > University of Manchester is now one of the country's major research > universities, rated third in the UK in terms of 'research power'. The > University had an annual income of £788 million in 2009/10. > > For media enquiries please contact: > > Daniel Cochlin > Media Relations Officer > The University of Manchester > 0161 275 8387 > daniel.coch...@manchester.ac.uk > > ***************** > Joy Davidson > DCC Associate Director > Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) > George Service House, 11 University Gardens, > University of Glasgow > Glasgow G12 8QJ > Scotland > Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592 > Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788 > http://www.dcc.ac.uk > > > -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069