Dear All, I drew this to the attention of my trade union, and we are writing a motion to take to a union meeting. Colleagues who are trade union members may like to do the same. There is a sample union meeting motion on the Idiolect site. There is more information about this campaign at http://www.caat.org.uk/armsfairs/reed.php Best wishes, Keith Keith Nockels MA MCLIP Information Librarian Clinical Sciences Library University of Leicester PO Box 65 Leicester LE2 7LX England - UK Tel. +44 (0)116 252 3101 Email: [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hodgson, Julian Sent: 19 March 2007 12:10 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Reed Elsevier and the arms trade The academic and medical publisher Reed Elsevier is involved in organizing international arms fairs. This directly conflicts with the aims of their publishing program. Petition them to stop at http://www.idiolect.org.uk/elsevier/petition.php <http://www.idiolect.org.uk/elsevier/petition.php> See the editorial in the BMJ (March 17th p.547-8) Julian Hodgson Librarian Wishaw General Hospital 01698 366316 ************************************************************************ *********************************************************************** NHS Lanarkshire Confidentiality and Disclaimer Notice ************************************************************************ *********************************************************************** The information contained in this email may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. This email is intended only for the addressee named above and the contents should not be disclosed to any other person or copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of NHS Lanarkshire (NHSL) unless otherwise specifically stated. As Internet communications are not secure NHSL do not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or responsibility for any change made to this message after the original sender sent it. We advise you to carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment, as we cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. If you have received this email in error, please contact the IM&T Helpdesk on 01698 258787 between 08:30 and 17:15 Monday to Friday. http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/ ************************************************************************ ***********************************************************************