Intellectual Property:

Education should no longer be held to ransom by publishers

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/2015/11/12/education-should-no-longer-be-held-to-ransom-by-publishers

'Selfie monkey' photographer's lawyers ridicule animal rights organisation PETA over copyright lawsuit

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/selfie-monkey-photographers-lawyers-ridicule-6825935

Evolution of the Copyright Exceptions and Limitations Provision in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/band-tppfairuse-version11102015.pdf

Is Copyright Duration Too Long?

http://artlawjournal.com/copyright-duration-mickey-mouse-tpp/

WIPO Committee On Development And IP Agrees On Work Programme

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/11/16/wipo-committee-on-development-agrees-on-work-programme/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access to scientific information:  facilitating knowledge transfer and technological innovation from the academic to the private sector

http://www.pasteur4oa.eu/sites/pasteur4oa/files/resource/Brief_OA%20and%20knowledge%20transfer%20to%20the%20private%20sector.pdf

Journal impact factors 'no longer credible'

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/journal-impact-factors-no-longer-credible

Are there alternatives to traditional academic publishing models

http://allegralaboratory.net/are-there-alternatives-to-traditional-academic-publishing-models-oa/

More Support for ‘Lingua’ Editors

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/13/more-higher-ed-library-groups-speak-out-support-lingua-editors

Elsevier’s PURE: self-interest and exploitation

http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1164-Elseviers-PURE-self-interest-and-exploitation.html

Elsevier’s PURE Solution

https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/pure

The Gold OA Landscape: 2011-2014:  Malware and Some Side Notes

http://walt.lishost.org/2015/10/the-gold-oa-landscape-2011-2014-malware-and-some-side-notes/

Academic publications to become less important when funding university research (Australia)

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/academic-publications-to-become-less-important-when-funding-university-research-20151112-gkxkgl.html

Why Digitizing Harvard’s Law Library May Not Improve Access to Justice

https://bol.bna.com/why-digitizing-harvards-law-library-may-not-improve-access-to-justice/

Supporting Access to Open Online Courses for Learners of Developing Countries

http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2328/3457

Developing Best Practices in Digital Library Assessment: Year One Update

http://dlib.org/dlib/november15/chapman/11chapman.html

Knowledge Unlatched Announces Launch of Round 2 Collection

http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/KU-Round-2-Launch-Press-Release.pdf

How long before open access in French social sciences and humanities journals?

http://www.ipp.eu/en/publication/n19-how-long-before-open-access-in-french-social-sciences-and-humanities-journals/

The Library in the Life of the User - Engaging with People Where They  Live and Learn

http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/publications/2015/oclcresearch-library-in-life-of-user.pdf

Digital Science Launches GRID: A new global open database offering unique information on research organisations

https://www.digital-science.com/blog/news/digital-science-launches-grid-a-new-global-open-database-offering-unique-information-on-research-organisations/