Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 January 2011

4 January 2011 · Denise Nicholson

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for all the wonderful Christmas greetings I received from many of you.

Intellectual Property:

http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/copyright-law-vs-consu
mer-rights/

A Book you will never read

http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/12/22/a-book-you-will-never
-read/

House panel OKs copyright bill (Philippines)

http://www.malaya.com.ph/12232010/busi7.html

White House to continue copyright crackdown

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46003.html

Traditional Knowledge:

Traditional Knowledge Resources

http://www.pdf-finder.com/pdf/traditional-knowledge-intellectual-propert
y-and.html

A new dawn for custodians of TK in Africa

http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2010/06/article_0008.html

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Jan 4 12:28:04 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 12:28:04 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 July 2010 (part 2)
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F16706D6B@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Open Learning Resources:

Open Learning Resources

http://www.houseofgill.com/History/~moffett-resources

The Future of Content is an Open Book

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2010/11/01/the-future-of-content-is
-an-open-book.aspx?sc_lang=en

Learning about OER

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2010/12/learning-about-open-educational-re
sources/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access in 2010

http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/articles/oa-in-2010.shtml

The size distribution of open access publishers: A problem for open
access?

http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3
208

The Changing Role of Libraries in the Digital Age

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-haber/the-changing-role-of-libr_b_80
3722.html

New Measures for Scholarly Impact

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/12/17/scholars_develop_new_metri
cs_for_journals_impact

Ranking and Mapping Scientific Knowledge

http://www.eigenfactor.org/

What We Don't Know We Don't Know

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1710009

Ghana launches mobile library internet connectivity initiative

http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2010/12/25/ghana-launces-mobile-library
-internet-connectivity-initiative/

Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog, Dec 29, 2010

http://digital-scholarship.org/sepw2/2010/12/29/scholarly-electronic-pub
lishing-weblog-december-29-2010/

Case Study: Re-Engineering an Institutional Repository to Engage User

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=jour~content=a928310909~frm=
abslink

Richard Stallman: Open Letter on Sharing Licence in Brazil

http://stallman.org/articles/internet-sharing-license.en.html

Referencing and Citations:

Microsoft Word 2007 referencing

http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/word/references.asp

How to Cite Sources with Word 2007

http://www.ehow.com/how_5831564_cite-sources-word-2007.html

Citation Guidelines and other useful information

http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Plagiaris
m+Portal.htm

Self-plagiarism case prompts calls for agencies to tighten rules

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101208/full/468745a.html

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Jan 4 14:13:49 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 14:13:49 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - correction of URL in
part 2
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F16706DF0@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

Hi,

Apologies. The URL given for "Ghana launches mobile library internet
connectivity initiative was incorrect. Here is the correct URL:
http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2010/12/25/ghana-launches-mobile-librar
y-internet-connectivity-initiative/

Regards

Denise Nicholson

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Jan 7 12:46:30 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:46:30 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 7 January 2011
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

2011: The Year Ahead at WHO, WIPO and WTO

http://keionline.org/node/1048

http://acta.ffii.org/wordpress/?p=34

The importance of being specific: IP ownership in employee contracts
(Australia)

http://www.mondaq.com/australia/article.asp?articleid=119136&email_acces
s=on

http://www.mondaq.com/australia/article.asp?article_id=113188

Computer-generated compilations not protected by copyright, says Full
Federal Court Z(Australia)

http://www.mondaq.com/australia/article.asp?article_id=118444

http://www.mondaq.com/australia/article.asp?article_id=118434

Public Domain Day (1 January)

http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/search/label/Copyright

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access Map (New!)

http://openaccessmap.org/.

End of the Year Open Access Highlights - Personal Selection

http://intechweb.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/end-of-the-year-open-access-hi
ghlights-personal-selection/

Scholarly Communication: The Future for Academic Authors

http://blogs.wiley.com/publishingnews/2010/12/22/scholarly-communication
-the-future-for-academic-authors/

Demand growing for open access science texts and tools

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/12/building-sustainable-open-ac
cess-science-texts-and-tools.ars

Open Access: the impact for libraries and librarians (RSP Event)
<http://uollibraryblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/oa-rsp-dec2010/>

http://uollibraryblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/oa-rsp-dec2010/

Africa: Open Resources - what works on the continent

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=2010121021305756

Making Open Access Pay

http://publishingperspectives.com/2010/12/making-open-access-pay/

Papers/Materials from the 6th International Digital Curation Conference
in Chicago (Dec. 2010)

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/conferences/6th-international-digital-curati
on-conference

Open and Shut? Vitek Tracz Interview on OA (republished with update)

http://poynder.blogspot.com/

Traditional Knowledge:

European Union backs indigenous peoples' rights worldwide
<http://www.firstperspective.ca/releases/1155-european-union-backs-indig
enous-peoples-rights-worldwide.html>

http://www.firstperspective.ca/releases/1155-european-union-backs-indige
nous-peoples-rights-worldwide.html

Protection of Traditional Knowledge (Books to download)

http://khup.com/keyword/protection-of-traditional-knowledge-in-india.htm
l

Conference alerts/Call for papers - 2011:

IFLA Regional Office for Africa and IFLA Africa Section -

African Library Summit 2011 - "The Future of African Librarianship"

11-13 May 2011 - Misty Hills Country Hotel, Conference Centre and Spa,
Muldersdrift, Gauteng, South Africa

http://www.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=1e909a4c-d71b-4ec0-8551-
706a37652dc6

ETD2011: Call for Papers, Presentations, Posters, Panels and Workshops

Call for Papers: 5th International Symposium on Library Services For
Children and Young Adults -

"Fostering Children of the Nation's Future: Children's libraries"

9-10, June 2011, South Korea

Email to Ms. Eunbong Park (eubong at nl.go.kr) before Feb. 18, 2011

Call for Papers: ETD2011 - 14th International Symposium on Electronic
Theses and Dissertations
13-17 September 2011 - Cape Town, South Africa
http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed Jan 12 13:57:50 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:57:50 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 12 January 2011
(part 2)
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F167F1192@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Curb your enthusiasm

http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2011/01/04/curb-your-enthusiasm/

Public Domain Day (1 January)

http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/search/label/Copyright

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/09/robert-mccrum-copyright-law-
kindle

Traditional Knowledge:

Protection of Traditional Knowledge (Books to download)

http://khup.com/keyword/protection-of-traditional-knowledge-in-india.htm
l

European Union backs indigenous peoples' rights worldwide
<http://www.firstperspective.ca/releases/1155-european-union-backs-indig
enous-peoples-rights-worldwide.html>

http://www.firstperspective.ca/releases/1155-european-union-backs-indige
nous-peoples-rights-worldwide.html

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Book of the Week (2): What is the Nature of Freedom in A2K demands?
<http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/book-of-the-week-2-what-is-the-nature-of-
freedom-in-a2k-demands/2011/01/12>

http://bit.ly/fgrafz

An Overview of Development and Trends in the Application of ICT in
Education

http://bit.ly/f2ugqX

On Publishing: The Digital Dam Breaks: The Year 2010 in Review

http://sncr.org/2011/01/10/on-publishing-the-digital-dam-breaks-the-year
-2010-in-review/

Materials from the 6th International Digital Curation Conference in
Chicago (Dec. 2010)

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/conferences/6th-international-digital-curati
on-conference

Hindawi Publishing: a Working Model

http://www.infotoday.com/IT/dec10/Kho.shtml

BrainTrack

http://www.braintrack.com/

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed Jan 12 14:00:13 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:00:13 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 12 January 2011
(part 1)
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F167F1196@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Open Learning Resources:

100+ Online Resources That Are Transforming Education

http://mashable.com/2011/01/07/online-education-websites/

Perspective on Distance Education: Teacher Education through Open and
Distance Learning

http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=332

Zotero (free online reference manager)

http://www.zotero.org/

Plagiarism:

Self-plagiarism case prompts calls for agencies to tighten rule

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=self-plagiarism-case

Role of Libraries:

The Changing Role of Libraries in the Digital Age

http://huff.to/ic4srR

The Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania
(CDNLAO) Newsletter, Nov. 2010

http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/newsletter/index.html

Academic Library Autopsy Report, 2050

http://chronicle.com/article/Death-by-Irony-How-Librarians/125767/

Conference alerts:

Mobile Learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments
Conference

21-22 March, 2011 - Bremen, Germany

http://www.londonmobilelearning.net/#bremen.php

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon Jan 17 13:11:26 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:11:26 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 17 January 2011
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F16834E2F@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

What's the Point of Digital Rights Management?

http://www.uncommon-cents.net/2011/01/15/whats-the-point-of-digital-righ
ts-management/

Fair Usage in Caribbean Intellectual Property

http://bit.ly/dNbSbU

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

The state of the nation 2011 - government policy and open access in
South Africa
<http://www.gray-area.co.za/2011/01/16/the-state-of-the-nation-2011-%e2%
80%93-government-policy-and-open-access-in-south-africa/>

http://www.gray-area.co.za/2011/01/16/the-state-of-the-nation-2011-%E2%8
0%93-government-policy-and-open-access-in-south-africa/

Quandary: Scientists Prefer Reading Over Publishing 'Open Access' Papers

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/01/quandary-scientists-pr
efer-readi.html?ref=hp

e-Learning Resources:

e-Learning Outlook for 2011

http://www.tonybates.ca/2011/01/16/e-learning-outlook-for-2011/

Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning

http://blog.efrontlearning.net/2011/01/free-and-open-source-text-to-spee
ch.html

Top 10 Open Source e-Learning Projects to Watch for 2011

http://blog.efrontlearning.net/2011/01/top-10-open-source-e-learning-pro
jects.html

Free e-Learning Resources

http://blog.efrontlearning.net/p/free-e-learning-resources.html

Wikipedia celebrates 27th birthday

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/01/17/wikipedia-celebrates-27th-birthday
/

Conference alerts:

6th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education, Training

25-27 May 2011 - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

http://www.elearning-africa.com/

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
http://web.wits.ac

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