Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Science 2.0 Repositories: Time for a Change in Scholarly Communication

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january15/assante/01assante.html

The big grants, the big papers: are we missing something

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/the-big-grants-the-big-papers-are-we-missing-something/2017894.article

eBooks

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/E-Books

Analysing ranking algorithms and publication trends on scholarly citation networks

http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/96106

World Health Organization wants to open up research into Ebola and other diseases of the global south

https://plus.google.com/+PeterSuber/posts/1bok4Jg2wDY

Restrictive Publishing Policies Guiding Self-archival of Articles by Authors are Not Helpful

http://www.scilogs.com/in_scientio_veritas/author-archive-policy-weirdness/

Routledge Open Access Publishing

http://www.routledge.com/info/open_access/

Libraries bridging the digital divide: Andrew Roskill at TEDxCharleston

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J198u5HK0pY&feature=share

Use and Awareness of Scholarly Information Resources …

http://www.jiarm.com/JAN2015/paper19802.pdf

Europe Approves Path to Open Science Commons

http://www.hpcwire.com/2015/01/15/europe-approves-path-open-science-commons/

Art Images for College Teaching

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/aict?g=vrc-ic;page=index

The big grants, the big papers: are we missing something

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/the-big-grants-the-big-papers-are-we-missing-something/2017894.article

They are Watching your Read

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2015/jan/13/reading-whos-watching/

Report Looks At Open Access From Perspective Of Authors, Institutions, Publishers

Report: http://www.copyright.com/content/dam/cc3/marketing/documents/pdfs/Report-Making-Open-Access-Work.pdf

Article: http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/01/15/report-looks-at-open-access-from-perspective-of-authors-institutions-publishers/ 

 

Freedom of Expression

IFLA releases statement regarding Charlie Hedbo attack

http://www.ifla.org/node/9309

Resources on Freedom of Expression

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies/Freedom_of_Expression

 

Data & Data Management

The Friday Dive: The two new major wins for transparency advocates

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/the-friday-dive-the-two-new-major-wins-for-transparency-advocates/353449/#.VLk-vnf5GCA.twitter

Johnson & Johnson Will Make Clinical Data Available to Outside Researchers

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/business/johnson-johnson-to-make-clinical-data-available-to-outside-researchers.html?nytmobile=0&_r=1

Buried Clinical Trial Data: The Dam Is About To Burst

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2015/01/14/hidden-clinical-trial-data-the-dam-is-about-to-burst/

 

Call for Contributions:

AJIC Journal Call for Articles: African Intersections between IP Rights and Knowledge Access

http://ip-unit.org/2015/ajic-journal-call-for-articles-african-intersections-between-ip-rights-and-knowledge-access