Intellectual Property:

The 2013 ‘Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest’ Research Survey

http://infojustice.org/gc-research-survey/gc-research-survey-results

 

Plagiarism:

Top Plagiarism Scandals in 2013

http://bit.ly/1eWAWjj

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Digital Age of Opportunity for the Monograph

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/digital-age-of-opportunity-for-the-monograph/2010476.article

National Research Foundation (SA) Institutional Repository

http://ir.nrf.ac.za/

ROAD Project

http://road.issn.org/en/contenu/purposes-road-project

Opening Science

http://www.openingscience.org/about/

Understanding your rights: pre-prints, post-prints and publisher versions

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/2013/12/16/understanding-your-rights-pre-prints-post-prints-and-publisher-versions/

arXiv Update

https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/culpublic/arXiv+Update

IFLA Journal December 2013

http://www.ifla.org/node/8256

Open Access Metadata and Indicators

http://www.niso.org/workrooms/oami/

Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

http://oaspa.org/principles-of-transparency-and-best-practice-in-scholarly-publishing/

5 Library Website Approaches to Research Support

http://proud2know.eu/5researchsupportwebsitesblog3/

 

Research Data Management:

Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in Horizon 2020 Version 1.0, 11 December 2013

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-pilot-guide_en.pdf

Guidelines on Data Management in Horizon 2020 Version 1.0, 11 December 2013

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-data-mgt_en.pdf

 

Open Educational Resources:

Open Education in South Africa

http://education.okfn.org/open-education-south-africa/

  

Conference alerts/call for papers:

eLearning Africa 2014

28-30 May, 2014 – Kampala, Uganda

http://elearning-africa.com/

 

Call for papers : LIBER 43rdAnnual Conference

2-5 July 2014 – Riga, Latvia

http://www.lnb.lv/en/liber-43rd-annual-conference/liber-43rd-annual-conference-call-papers

Sponsorship for LIBER 43rd Annual Conference - http://www.libereurope.eu/liber-sponsorship-programme

 

Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD) 2014

 23- 25 July 2014, Leicester, UK.

http://www2.le.ac.uk/library/etd2014/call