Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill (South Africa):

Update on Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill – the CaC Bill (South Africa) – Possible actions you can take

https://www.michalsons.com/blog/cybercrimes-and-cybersecurity-bill-the-cac-bill/16344

 

Predatory Publishers:

Shutdown of Beall’s Blog Confirmed – (see comments and articles)

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

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

SciELO SA

http://www.scielo.org.za/

Gates Foundation open-access policy goes into effect, joining others [Inside Higher Ed]

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/16/gates-foundation-open-access-policy-goes-effect-joining-others

Challenges of the Latin American Open Access Publishing Model

https://doajournals.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/challenges-of-the-latin-american-open-access-publishing-model/

OEC Announces the Year of Open

https://www.prlog.org/12613829-oec-announces-the-year-of-open.html

Beyond Open Access

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/01/oa/beyond-open-access/

The relationship between pirate scholarly communication and open education – a beginning

https://davidrjenkins.wordpress.com/2016/12/11/180/

Open Access Images

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

 

Open Educational Resources:

OER Resources

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

Please, Don’t Leave Educational Research to the Scientists

https://schooluniversitypartnership.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/please-dont-leave-educational-research-to-the-scientists/

The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education

https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/4859

 

Data Management and Data Sets:

Enabling Reproducibility for Small and Large Scale Research Data Sets

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january17/proell/01proell.html

Digitisation, Preservation and Digital Curation

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

Open Data, Challenges towards implementation, and possible solutions

http://mulvany.net/open-data-challenges/open-data.html

 

IFLA Matters:

High honour bestowed upon IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner

http://www.ifla.org/node/11134

IFLA World Library and Information Congress – 19–25 August 2017, Wrocław, Poland - Call for Papers for August 2017

http://2017.ifla.org/programme/calls-for-papers

Participation Grants for IFLA Congress 2017

http://www.ifla.org/node/11133

IFLA Journal – December 2016

http://www.ifla.org/node/11062

IFLA Statement on Government Provision of Public Legal Information in the Digital Age (2016

http://www.ifla.org/publications/node/11064