South Africa – Legislation:

South Africa - 'Secrecy Bill' Improved but Still Flawed - Parliament Should Refer Legislation to the Constitutional Court

http://allafrica.com/stories/201304291014.html?aa_source=slideout

 

Intellectual Property:

Inequitable power dynamics of global knowledge production and exchange must be confronted head on

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2013/04/29/redrawing-the-map-from-access-to-participation/#more-10331

Understanding copyright – a life skill

http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2012/02/article_0002.html

Copyright Reform: Amending Copyright Acts and Treaties

http://www.copyrightlaws.com/us/copyright-reform-amending-copyright-acts-and-treaties/

The Copyright Alert System – Copyright Infringement and The Educational Approach

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-copyright-alert-system-copyright-i-87999/?goback=%2Egde_4800603_member_236407369

EFF Fights to Protect Electronic Reserves at College Libraries

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/04/eff-fights-protect-electronic-reserves-college-libraries

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Harnad Follow-Up Comments to BIS Select Committee on Open Access

http://openaccess.eprints.org/

Where is Africa on the Internet?

http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2013/02/article_0006.html

Opening Public Data in South Africa – Legal Complications

http://aliquidnovi.org/opening-public-data-in-south-africa-legal-complications/

 

Traditional Knowledge:

WIPO TK Toolkit

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=236382

WIPO TK Meetings

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/topic.jsp?group_id=110

 

Open Learning Resources

OpenCourseWare and MOOCs

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/aecontent.php?pid=257066&sid=3540799

Shifting Ground: Technology Begins to Alter Centuries-Old Business Model for Universities

http://www.etsu.edu/125/taskforces/Programs_and_Opportunities/documents/MOOC.PDF

 

Conference Alerts:

e-Learning Conferences 2013( Worldwide)

http://www.conferencealerts.com/topic-listing?topic=E-learning

International Conference “To Digitise or not to Digitise: Copyright, Public Domain, Orphan Works and Other Issues" Conference
6-7 June 2013 – Tartu, Estonia

http://www.utlib.ee/eod2013/

8th International Conference on e-Learning ICEL-2013 Conference
27-28 June 2013, Cape Town, South Africa
http://academic-conferences.org/icel/icel2013/icel13-home.htm

World Academy of Researchers, Educators and Scholars in Business, Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Conference - 22-25 July 2013 – Cape Town, South Africa

http://worldacademyofresearchers.com/conference

The Unisa Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance eLearning 2013 Conference
29 September to 2 October 2013 - Stellenbosch/Cape Town, Gauteng, South Africa
http://www.unisa.ac.za/ODeL2013/

 

MTSR 2013: 7th Metadata and Semantics Research Conference

19-22 November 2013 : Greece

http://mtsr2013.teithe.gr/index.php/tracks/special-track2