Intellectual Property:

Time Ticking for WIPO Delegates on Copyright Exception Treaty

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/04/19/time-ticking-for-wipo-delegates-on-copyright-exception-treaty/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

WBU Press Release on WIPO Negotiations: A treaty for the blind or for the rights holders?

http://keionline.org/node/1706

World Book & Copyright Day  23 April 2013

http://www.un.org/en/events/bookday/

 

Traditional Knowledge:

South Africa: Traditional Knowledge

http://www.mondaq.com/x/234870/Trademark/Traditional+knowledge

 Sui generis Protection of Traditional Knowledge Bill published in the Gazette

http://www.polity.org.za/article/sui-generis-protection-of-traditional-knowledge-bill-published-in-the-gazette-2013-04-10

Your chance to comment on the proposed TK Bill:

http://blogs.sun.ac.za/iplaw/files/2013/03/Protection-of-Traditional-Knowledge-Bill.pdf

 

http://www.polity.org.za/article/sui-generis-protection-of-traditional-knowledge-bill-published-in-the-gazette-2013-04-10  Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Doing Medical Journals Differently: Open Medicine, Open Access,

and Academic Freedom

http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/CJC32.4_Willinsky.pdf

Tattoo your data

http://theresearchwhisperer.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/data-citation/

Anyone can create an e-book

http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/anyone-can-create-an-ebook/article4630113.ece

Digital Public Library of America Offers a Wealth of Historical Photos

http://petapixel.com/2013/04/19/digital-public-library-of-america-offers-a-wealth-of-historical-photos/

Mendeley and Elsevier: Here’s more info

http://blog.mendeley.com/community-relations/mendeley-and-elsevier-heres-more-info/

College Open Textbooks Community

http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/page/courseware

New Digital Public Library of America Seeks to Increase Accessibility to Treasured Works

http://www.pri.org/stories/science/technology/new-digital-public-library-of-america-seeks-to-increase-accessibility-to-treasured-works-13566.html

 

Integrity & Plagiarism:

 “What I find offensive is not that they plagiarized us, it’s that they did it so badly”

http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/what-i-find-offensive-is-not-that-they-plagiarized-us-its-that-they-did-it-so-badly/

Plagiarism resources

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

Integrity: What to do if your academic paper is challenged.

http://lancewiggs.com/

 

Conference alerts:

Creating Knowledge VII conference

14-16 August 2013 – Lund University, Sweden

http://learning.lub.lu.se/flow/creating-knowledge-vii.aspx?FlowCategoryID=165

International Conference : Centre for Informatics Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy

28-30 October 2013, Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/icke2013