From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 12:16:19 -0400

On Friday 6/24,  Leigh Watson Healey of Outsell wrote a lengthy news
note for Outsell  Insights.  It's a subscription publication that many
on this list may read -- but unfortunately there's no way to send a
link.  Here's an excerpt that particularly caught my attention - from
an academic institution's point of view.  Regards, Ann

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June 24, 2016 - Outsell Insights
Leigh Watson Healey
Chief Analyst, Outsell

SPECIAL ANALYSIS: Brexit and What It Means for the Information Industry

The Brexit referendum results have delivered a political and economic
earthquake that will rock Britain and Europe and have repercussions
around the world and for all parts of the information industry.

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STM

The immediate implications will be around UK Research and Development
(R&D) funding. Brexit will leave a significant hole in R&D funding as
the UK’s research institutions have been incredibly successful in
competing for European research funds. They account for a third of the
UK’s research funding (see Insights, 26 May 2016, UK R&D at Risk in
the Event of a Brexit). The leading players in science publishing have
been German (Springer), Anglo-Dutch (Elsevier) and Anglo-US (Wiley).
Brexit is likely to lead to a reconcentration on Continental Europe.

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