Intellectual Property:

Libraries in Poland go nationwide on copyright

http://www.eifl.net/news/libraries-poland-go-nationwide-copyright

Could Selling A Used Book Become Illegal?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/used-books-illegal_n_2236781.html?ref=topbar

Commission agrees way forward for modernising copyright in the digital economy

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-950_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom

 

Plagiarism:

Why do we Quote?

http://www.openbookpublishers.com/reader/75

 

Traditional Knowledge:

World view rejects SA's Traditional Knowledge Bill

http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20121207082259998

 

Conference Alerts:

Siyavula’s Open Education Conference

22 -26 March 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

http://www.creativecommonsza.org/save-the-date-siyavulas-open-education-conference/

Freeware Liberates Academic Publishing

http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2012/freeware-liberates-academic-publishing.html

Namibia Libraries Symposium 2013: Call for papers

7-10 October 2013 -, Safari Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia

Contact: Ms. Lourensia Gases,  Tel: +264 61 2063874, Fax: +264 61 2063876, Email: lgases@unam.na