Intellectual Property:

UKIPO: New Exceptions In UK Copyright Law Boost Flexibility For Users

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/03/31/ukipo-new-exceptions-in-uk-copyright-law-boost-flexibility-for-users

UK Copyright Reforms Set to Become Law

http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2014/03/30/uk-copyright-reforms-set-to-become-law/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Web of Science: Open Access Trends

https://www.library.uq.edu.au/blogs/sp/2014/04/01/web-science-open-access-trends

Why OA mandates don’t compromise academic freedom

https://www.martineve.com/2014/04/01/why-oa-mandates-dont-compromise-academic-freedom/

A Legal Requirement for Open Access?

http://thelearningprofessor.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/a-legal-requirement-for-open-access/

Leading Publishers Experiment with Open Access

http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/law-and-techology/leading-publishers-experiment-open-access/

Libraries Test a Model for Setting Monographs Free

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/libraries-test-a-model-for-setting-monographs-free/51455?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/

 

Conferences/Online Webinar Alerts:

Free Virtual Webinar -22 April 2014 - Time: 08:30 - 09:30 SA Time (Time Zone Converter<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html>)

Venue: Virtual (will be confirmed when registering), Registration is required. Closes on 20 April 2014 - Click here <http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/liasa/wam/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0> for the registration process.

 

Library 2.014 Worldwide Virtual Conference.

8-9 October 2014 - http://www.library20.com/2014

 

2014 SARIMA (Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association) Conference

6 - 10 July 2014 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre, Botswana

http://www.sarimaconference.co.za/