Intellectual Property:

US Federal Appeals Court Rules Searchable Book Database Constitute Fair Use

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/06/federal-appeals-court-rules-searchable-book-database-constitutes-fair-use.php

My MPs say “You can ignore Elsevier’s TDM click-through API and we urge your library to do so too”

http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2014/06/11/my-mps-say-you-can-ignore-elseviers-tdm-click-through-api-and-we-urge-your-library-to-do-so-too/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Universities and Colleges using ITunes U

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=257066&sid=4981925

Open Book Publishers

http://www.openbookpublishers.com/

Open access publisher brings scholarship to developing world

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/open-access-publisher-brings-scholarship-to-developing-world/2013833.article

Publish and Profit Set to Perish

http://campusmorningmail.com.au/will-publish-profit-perish/

The Open Access Revolution

http://exchanges.wiley.com/blog/2014/06/11/the-open-access-revolution/

From the open road to the high seas? Piracy, damnation and resistance in academic consumption of publishing

https://www.academia.edu/7308072/From_the_Open_Road_to_the_High_Seas_Piracy_Damnation_and_Resistance_in_Academic_Consumption_of_Publishing

How to Promote an Open Access Book

http://openscience.com/how-to-publish-an-open-access-monograph-2/

How to Promote an Open Access Book (pt. 1) – Networking

http://openscience.com/promote-open-access-book-part-1-networking/

How to Promote an Open Access Book (pt. 2) – Abstracting & Indexing

http://openscience.com/promote-open-access-book-part-2-abstracting-indexing/

How to Promote an Open Access Book (pt. 3) – Publishers’ Brand

http://openscience.com/how-to-promote-an-open-access-book-part-3-publishers-brand/

What is Gold Open Access – useful links

http://openscience.com/what-is-gold-open-access/

Hypothes.is – What is it? (Alternative to Peer-review?)

http://hypothes.is/what-is-it

How the DOI number increases the discoverability of your book or paper?

http://openscience.com/doi-number-increases-discoverability-book-paper/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication

 

Conference alert:

IASA 2014 Annual Conference : Connecting Cultures: Content, Context and Collaboration

5-9 October 2014 - Cape Town, South Africa, 5-9 October 2014   

http://2014.iasa-web.org/