Intellectual Property:

WIPO SCCR25 – EIFL Statement on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives

http://www.eifl.net/sccr25-eifl-statement-limitations-and-exceptions-l

WIPO Director Pleads with Countries to Advance Treaty for Visually Impaired

http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/11/19/wipo-director-pleads-with-countries-to-advance-treaty-for-visually-impaired/

International Research Agreements and Intellectual Property

http://ern.nrf.ac.za/control/ViewBlogArticle?contentId=13989&blogContentId=10420&articleType=blog

WIPO Committee Finishes A Step Closer To Treaty For Visually Impaired

http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/11/24/wipo-committee-finishes-a-step-closer-to-treaty-for-visually-impaired/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

IFF Baku Workshop – IPR and the Freedom to Share

http://www.ifla.org/news/igf-baku-workshop-146-outcomes-intellectual-property-rights-and-the-freedom-to-share

  

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Negotiating Guide for Authors:

http://libguides.asu.edu/content.php?pid=29995&sid=2637065

Growing SA Open Access adoption - But lacking mandatory policies prompts a call to activism.

http://ern.nrf.ac.za/control/ViewFeatureArticle?contentId=14361&featureContentId=14361&articleType=mainFeature

Challenging Commercial Academic Publishing

http://ern.nrf.ac.za/control/ViewBlogArticle?contentId=10619&blogContentId=10432&articleType=blog

SA Human Rights Commission’s Equality Report 2012

http://www.sahrc.org.za/home/21/files/Equality%20Report%20Final%20October%202012%20V2.pdf

Jonathan Donner and Marion Walton on why funded libraries and telecentres are still needed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KhoOY3KXiI&feature=youtu.be&a

 

Open Educational Resources:

Online Education Race Heats Up

http://www.inc.com/april-joyner/2u-semester-online-education-race-heats-up.html

 

ICT Issues:

All WCIT Documents Published For First Time

http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/11/24/all-wcit-documents-published-for-first-time/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

  

Climate Issues:

Climate Change Resources – COP 18 Doha, Qatar, November 2012

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/climatechange