Copyright & A2K Issues - 3 February 2011

3 February 2011 · Denise Nicholson

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FYI,

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Denise

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Intellectual Property:

A More Sensible Copyright Law

http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2011/02/02/a-more-sensible-copyr
ight-law/

http://digitizationjournal.blogspot.com/2011/01/copyright-digital-preser
vation-public.html

Stiglitz in Egypt: On crucial questions of public policy

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/opinion/stiglitz-egypt-crucial-questions
-public-policy

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

The Rise of the Access to Knowledge Movement: an interview with Vera
Franz

http://blog.soros.org/2011/02/the-rise-of-the-access-to-knowledge-moveme
nt-an-interview-with-vera-franz/

Highlights from the SOAP Project survey. What Scientists Think about
Open Access Publishing

http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1101/1101.5260.pdf

Wiley Launches New Program of Open Access Journals

http://www.bookbusinessmag.com/article/wiley-launches-new-program-open-a
ccess-journals/1

How to get free books on your IPad

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how_to_get_free_books_on_your_ipa
d/

What is WebMed Central?

http://journalology.blogspot.com/2011/01/what-is-webmedcentral.html

Another US Federal OA Mandate (for OERS)

http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/articles/another-us-federal-oa-man
date.shtml

Open Access Frequently Asked Questions

http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/open-access/open-access-policies/frequentl
y-asked-questions/

Welcome to the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, issue #154

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/02-02-11.htm

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
+and+Related+Issues.htm

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Feb 8 12:20:36 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 12:20:36 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 8 February 2011
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From: Denise Nicholson
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Subject: RE: Copyright & A2K Issues - 8 February 2011

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

http://copyrighttoolbox.surf.nl/copyrighttoolbox/authors/licence/

Licensing your Work (Creative Commons)

http://creativecommons.org/choose/

The Demise of Intellectual Property

http://articlesbase.cz.cc/the-demise-of-intellectual-property/

Traditional Knowledge:

Traditional Knowledge - Highlights from 2010 and the path ahead

http://www.gaiafoundation.org/content/highlights-2010-and-path-ahead

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

IFLA Africa Section Newsletter December 2010

http://www.ifla.org/files/africa/newsletters/december-2010.pdf

A Digital Library Guru Discusses New Rules on Sharing Scientific Data

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/a-digital-library-guru-discusses-
new-rules-on-sharing-scientific-data/29305

New platform is positive sign for research

http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=302

Global and Danish Challenges in Relation to Open Access - Notes from the
Danish Conference on Open Access, 6 December 2010

http://www.uvm.dk/~/media/Files/Int/PDF11/110204_Notat_UNESCO_open_acces
s.ashx

Open Access Wiki (MPS)

http://colab.mpdl.mpg.de/mediawiki/Open_Access_Publishing

Africa Analysis: New aid agency must support science

http://www.scidev.net/en/opinions/africa-analysis-new-aid-agency-must-su
pport-science-1.html

Open Access at the WSIS Forum 2011

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/open-access-at-the-wsis-forum-2011

inTech - Open Access Publishers in Science, Technology & Medicine

http://www.intechweb.org/

Open Learning Resources:

OpenJorum -

http://open.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui

Learning resources - Healthcare

http://www.jillrogersassociates.co.uk/learning-resources/learning-resour
ces.html

Google Chrome Webstore

https://chrome.google.com/webstore?hl=en-US

Conference alerts and online workshops:

Open Content Licensing workshop (free)

http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/About

7-8 June 2011 - Belgium

http://www.copyrightsummit.com/

2011 Congress on Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues

7-8 July 2011 - Spain

http://www.serci.org/congress.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
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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:13:37 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 11 February 2011
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

The Right to Health and Medicines: The Case of Recent Negotiations on
the Global Strategy on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual
Property

http://bit.ly/ffRPdK

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Managing Digital Collections: a Collaborative Initiative on the South
African Framework

http://digi.nrf.ac.za/publ/Managing Digital Collections.pdf
<http://digi.nrf.ac.za/publ/Managing%20Digital%20Collections.pdf>

IFLA Journal - December 2010

http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-36-4
_2010.pdf

Are we facing the 'Digital Dark Age"?

http://blog.dshr.org/2011/02/are-we-facing-digital-dark-age.html

Inside Views: Brazil's Copyright Reform: Schizophrenia?

http://bit.ly/fT8wCl

National Library of Finland launches crowdsourced archive digitization

http://www.prsafe.com/new_press_releases/view/1115

A Symbol for the New Egypt

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870470930457612410078604716
0.html

Resources for Persons with Sensory-Disabilities (Deafness):

LibGuide on Resources for Persons with Sensory-Disabilities (Deafness)

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/sensory-disabilities-deafness

UNESCO Portal: Libraries/Special/Blind and Special Needs

http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/portals/libraries/page.cgi?g=Libraries%
2FSpecial%2FBlind_and_Special_Needs%2Findex.html;d=1

Open Educational Resources (OER):

SAIDE Teacher Educational Series : Being a Teacher
http://www.oerafrica.org/teachered/TeacherEducationHome/EducationStudies
/BeingaTeacher/tabid/1380/Default.aspx

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 Fri Feb 18 13:16:32 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:16:32 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 18 February 2011
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

WIPO Could Enter Growing Fray Over Internet Domain Takedowns

http://bit.ly/emqEXI

Update copyright law for pre-industrial era, says law professor -
Behold, the Noble Savage?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/17/orphan_works_revives_noble_savag
e/

Digital Rights Management as Information Access Barrier

http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=u
niv_lib_facpub

Some Good Examples from Abroad

http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2011/02/15/some-good-examples-fr
om-abroad/

Technical Report: An Estimate of Infringing Use of the Internet -
Summary

http://documents.envisional.com/docs/Envisional-Internet_Usage_Report-Su
mmary.pdf

Freedom of Expression

Shawky (Diary of Events in Egypt)

http://liasafaife.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/shawky/

All Free Speech Systems are Works in Progress

http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/02/all-free-speech-systems-are-works-in-p
rogress/

Wikileaks - Lesson for South Africa's Secrecy Bill

http://www.ngopulse.org/press-release/wikileaks-lessons-south-africas-se
crecy-bill

Egypt's Turmoil a Wake Up Call for Arab Science

http://www.scidev.net/en/editorials/egypt-s-turmoil-a-wake-up-call-for-a
rab-science-1.html

You Can't Ignore the Mobile Web.

http://www.ngopulse.org/blogs/you-cant-ignore-mobile-web

The SA Civil Society Information Service

http://www.sacsis.org.za/site/home

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

e-Journals - their use, value and impact

http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/e
-journals-their-use-value-and-impact

Directory of Open Access Journals

www.doaj.org

Open Learning Resources (OER):

Beyond OER

http://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivat
e-25907/OPALReport2011-Beyond-OER.pdf

Conference alerts:

World Conference of Science Journalists 2011!

27-29 June 2011 - Cairo, Egypt.

http://www.wcsj2011.org/

ADFSL 2011 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

25-27 May 2011 - Richmond, Virginia, US

http://www.safe-corp.biz/blog/2011/02/02/adfsl-2011-conference-on-digita
l-forensics-security-and-law/

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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