Intellectual Property:

Global Innovation Index 2014 – The Human Factor in Innovation

http://www.wipo.int/econ_stat/en/economics/gii/

Intellectual Property in the Multilateral Agreement on Investment: Lessons to be Learned

https://www.academia.edu/7595769/Intellectual_Property_in_the_Multilateral_Agreement_on_Investment_Lessons_to_be_Learned

WIPO Academy/DST Summer School on Intellectual Property

24 November 2014 to 5 December 2014 - Durban, South Africa

http://www.wipo.int/academy/en/courses/summer_school/southafrica.html

IP Hub – Kenya

http://www.iphub.co.ke/

Nigeria set to launch an e-Copyright 'Registration' System

http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2014/07/nigeria-set-to-launch-e-copyright.html

WIPO Director General Welcomes Ratification by China of Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, Inaugurates WIPO China Office

http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2014/article_0011.html

WIPO Publications

http://www.scribd.com/WIPO_Publications

 

 Traditional Knowledge:

Decisions of the Twenty-Eighth Session of the Committee (GRTKF)

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=280096

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

OpeningScholarship: Delivery a research mission in an ICT-mediated information age: The case of the University of Cape Town

https://www.academia.edu/7680789/OpeningScholarship_Delivering_a_research_mission_in_an_ICT-mediated_information_age_The_case_of_the_University_of_Cape_Town

How to Promote your Article

https://www.academia.edu/7524041/How_to_Promote_Your_Article

SA Journal of Libraries and Information Science

http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/issue/archive

Innovative approaches to publishing open access monographs

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform37/OpenAccessMonographs.html#.U9X_vLflqHs

The Top 14 TED Talks Talks for Lawyers and Litigators 2014

http://www.a2lc.com/blog/bid/71820/the-top-14-ted-talks-talks-for-lawyers-and-litigators-2014?utm_content=6539294&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin

Knowledge Unlatched Summary Report

http://collections.knowledgeunlatched.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/KU_Pilot_Progress_Summary_Report4.pdf

Articles on Altmetrics

http://www.researchtrends.com/category/issue-37-june-2014/

Wits ranked top university in Africa

http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/201407/24117/news_item_24117.html

A tale of two connections (internet connectivity in South Africa)

http://gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=8547

A World Digital Library Is Coming True!

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/may/22/world-digital-library-coming-true/

 

 Access and Persons with Disabilities:

Accessible Books Consortium Launched, Joins Effort to End “Book Famine” for People with Print Disabilities

http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2014/article_0009.html

Accessible Books Consortium

http://accessiblebooksconsortium.org/portal/en/index.html

Marrakesh Notification No. 1 -  Ratification by the Republic of India

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/marrakesh/treaty_marrakesh_1.html

 

Conference alerts:

International Library Symposium – Embracing New Landscapes

28-30 September 2014 - Southport School, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

http://www.tss.qld.edu.au/Parents_and_Students/Senior/SeniorLibrary/Registration.aspx