Intellectual Property:

South Centre IP Negotiations Monitor (Issue 9)

http://www.southcentre.int/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IPMonitor9_EN.pdf

Public Roundtable Panel Discussion on Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy (USA)

http://www.uspto.gov/ip/global/copyrights/GREEN_PAPER_ON_COPYRIGHT_POLICY_etc.PDF

Private copying exception plans face possible legal action following parliamentary sign off

http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2014/july/private-copying-exception-plans-face-possible-legal-action-following-parliamentary-sign-off/?id=

New Exceptions to Copyright Applicable to Research: Text and Data Mining

http://researchnews.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/new-exceptions-to-copyright-applicable-to-research-text-and-data-mining/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Why should  universities  and colleges  care about  link rot?

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform40/LinkRot.html#.U9tmzrflqHs

Free Check for Broken Links

http://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/

The Keepers’ Registry

http://thekeepers.org/thekeepers/keepers.asp

Open Access: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania – Making Research More Relevant to the World

http://www.isgtw.org/feature/open-access-uganda-kenya-and-tanzania-%E2%80%94-making-research-more-relevant-world

Wellcome Library

http://wellcomelibrary.org/

 

Open Educational Resources:

Introduction to MOOCs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv2tKkWyku8

More information about MOOCs

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

Open Call for Proposals to conduct studies on the Impact of Open Educational Resources on Education and Training in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa - Closing Date: 31st August 2014 24:00 (Malaysia time +0800 UTC)

http://oer-impact.net/

 

Mobile Technologies & Social Media

Social Media and the Law – Presentation by Emma Sadlier

21 August 2014 - University of Pretoria, Law Faculty, Pretoria, South Africa

RSVP: Roneln@weavind.co.za by 14 August 2014

 

Conference Alert:

Library 2.014 Worldwide Virtual Conference - 8-9 October 2014

http://ilnetwork.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/library-2-014-worldwide-virtual-conference/