Intellectual Property:

Top IP-Watch Stories of 2013

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/01/09/top-ip-watch-stories-of-2013-india-marrakesh-treaty-seedgene-patents-wipo-election/

What doesn't justify longer embargoes on publicly-funded research.

https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/gPRFVdDD8Dg#+PeterSuber/posts/gPRFVdDD8Dg

No Peeking….. A publishing giant goes after the authors of its journals’ papers

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21593408-publishing-giant-goes-after-authors-its-journals-papers-no-peeking

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Impact factor and the future of medical journals

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/01/impact-factor-and-the-future-of-medical-journals/282763/

Doing Research?  Useful LibGuide on Scholarly Research & Related Resources

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

700 Free ebooks made available by the University of California Press

http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/read-700-free-ebooks-made-available-by-the-university-of-california-press.html

Free: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Offer 474 Free Art Catalogues online

http://www.openculture.com/2013/08/free-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-and-the-guggenheim-offer-474-free-art-catalogues-online.html

Why open access proponents should care about plain language

http://www.ivacheung.com/2014/01/why-open-access-proponents-should-care-about-plain-language/

Scirus Research Search Engine ends in January 2014.

http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/

 

Open Educational Resources:

Five Clip Art Websites that Are Really and Truly Free

http://voices.yahoo.com/five-clip-art-websites-really-truly-free-5073219.html

Open Educational Resources and Open Access: Promise or Peril for Higher Education

http://www.slideshare.net/terrya/elies-lisbon-portugal-dec-2103

Saylor.org OERs

http://www.saylor.org/

Hippocampus (for schoolchildren)

http://hippocampus.org/

50 Educational Podcasts You Should Check Out

http://gettingsmart.com/2013/02/50-educational-podcasts-you-should-check-out/

10 Fantastic Educational Podcasts

http://www.fractuslearning.com/2012/12/03/educational-podcasts/