Intellectual Property:

Why is Copyright Broken in the European Union

http://www.fixcopyright.eu/

Google Wins Domain Case Against “Googleglass” Website

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/04/04/google-wins-domain-case-against-googleglass-website/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Everything Old Is Unavailable Again: How Copyright Has Ebooks Operating In The 1800s

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140330/16413526737/everything-old-is-unavailable-again-how-copyright-has-ebooks-operating-1800s.shtml

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Scientific Publishing In The Era of Open Access

http://synapse.ucsf.edu/articles/2014/04/03/scientific-publishing-era-open-access

Books? Or No Books? Envisioning the Academic Library of the Future

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-carlin-and-barb-macke/academic-library-of-the-future_b_5078456.html

Open And Shut? Interview with Jean-Gabriel Bankier, President & CEO of bepress

http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/interview-with-jean-gabriel-bankier.html

The Stick, the Carrots and the Bear Trap - UK HEFCE Public Access policy is a shift in the landscape

http://blogs.plos.org/opens/2014/04/01/the-stick-the-carrots-and-the-bear-trap/

Digital Preservation File Format Policies of ARL Member Libraries: An Analysis

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march14/rimkus/03rimkus.html

 

Data Management:

New Report: The Value and Impact of Data Sharing and Curation

http://www.infodocket.com/2014/04/04/new-report-the-value-and-impact-of-data-sharing-and-curation/

 

Conference Alerts:

The 7thSA Innovation Summit

16-18 September 2014 – Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.innovationsummit.co.za/

 

16thLIASA Conference

22-26 September 2014 - Birchwood Conference Centre, Kempton Park, South Africa

http://www.liasa.org.za/events/liasa_conference_events

 

International Library Symposium: Embracing New Landscapes

28-30 September 2014 - The Southport School, Gold Coast, Australia.

http://www.thesouthportschool.com/ils

 

10thInternational Conference on Knowledge Management

24-26 November 2014 – Antalya, Turkey

http://www.viyatour.com/ickm2014/

 

Destinations for All

19-22 October 2014 – Montreal, Canada,

http://www.destinationsforall2014.com/en/

 

ALIA Information Online 2015 Conference

2-5 February 2015

Hilton Sydney Hotel, Australia

http://information-online.alia.org.au/

https://twitter.com/ALIAonline