Intellectual Property:

With A “Clean Slate,” WIPO Director Nominee Gurry Looks Ahead

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/03/06/with-a-clean-slate-wipo-director-nominee-gurry-looks-ahead/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

eIFL’s Seven Point Plan to the EU Commission

http://www.eifl.net/news/eifls-seven-point-plan-european-commission

Patents not best to protect Traditional Knowledge, author says

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/03/07/patents-not-best-to-protect-traditional-medical-knowledge-author-says/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

 

Traditional Knowledge:

Glossary of Key Terms Related To Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=262016

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

IFLA Journal (March 2014)

http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-40-1_2014.pdf

Open Access Workflows in Academic Libraries

https://library3.hud.ac.uk/blogs/oawal/

Tool Developed at CERN Makes Software Citation Easier

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/13299/20140305/tool-developed-at-cern-makes-software-citation-easier.htm\

Walking the Talk on Open Access

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/03/07/walking-the-talk/

A Visualization of Gold Open Access Options

http://rossmounce.co.uk/2012/08/30/a-visualization-of-gold-open-access-options/

Being Open as an Early Career Researcher

http://figshare.com/articles/Being_open_as_an_early_career_researcher/954994

Demographic and Population Studies Resources for Postgraduates

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

 

Open Educational Resources:

Open Educational Resources for the Humanities and Social Sciences

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/OERS4Humanities

Irish Open Access Repositories

http://www.irel-open.ie/moodle/

Finding OERS

https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/27045418/Finding%20OERs

 

Conference alerts/webinars:

OpenAire Webinars

http://guidelines.openaire.eu/

 

iUser DBEvolution-: An Information Revolution  - The Lebanese Library Association (LLA)--in collaboration with Asia and Oceania Regional Section- of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA - 2nd Conference -

20-22 May 2014 - Beirut, Lebanon

http://www.llaconf2014.org/