Intellectual Property:

Copyright Board to Draft New Law Aimed at Protecting Local Folklore (Kenya)

http://www.coastweek.com/3748-Kenya-Copyright-Board-draft-new-laws-to-protect-local-folklore.htm

The updated EIFL draft law on copyright: a webinar on 4 December 2014

http://www.eifl.net/events/updated-eifl-draft-law-copyright-webinar

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Correct URL for Scielo SA - http://www.scielo.org.za

Counting the costs of open access for research organisations

http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1784

In the Digital Age, Science Publishing Needs an Upgrade (Op Ed)

http://www.livescience.com/48938-science-publishing-needs-an-upgrade.html

Market failure in the research world

http://publicaddress.net/speaker/market-failure-in-the-research-world/

Nature Makes All Articles Free to View

http://www.nature.com/news/nature-makes-all-articles-free-to-view-1.16460

Open Access Textbooks and Language Primers relating to the ancient world

http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2009/09/open-access-textbooks.html

The monograph should be the passport to mobile research success

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20141126081706420

Open Science and peer-review in the humanities

http://eprints.rclis.org/24136/1/Open%20Science.pdf

Gates Foundation Announces World’s Strongest Policy on Open Access Research

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/11/gates-foundation-announces-worlds-strongest-policy-on-open-access-research.html

Gates Foundation mandates open access for all the research it funds

http://boingboing.net/2014/11/21/gates-foundation-mandates-open.html

A Shareable Future: Creative Commons at 12 years

http://boingboing.net/2014/11/20/a-shareable-future-creative-c.html

France Prefers to Pay (twice) for Papers by Its Researchers –

http://blog.okfn.org/2014/11/11/france-prefers-to-pay-twice-for-papers-by-its-researchers/

Negotiations between Elsevier and universities failed

http://vsnu.nl/news/newsitem/11-negotiations-between-elsevier-and-universities-failed.html

What’s Going on in the Library? Part 1: Librarian Publishers May Be More Important Than You Think

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/12/01/whats-going-on-in-the-library-part-1-librarian-publishers-may-be-more-important-than-you-think/

 

eBooks in Libraries and Education:

eBooks in Education

http://www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/detail/10/ebooks-in-education/

Digital Audiobook Lending Is Finding Its Groove

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/64895-digital-audiobook-lending-is-finding-its-groove.html

 

Conference alerts:

10th International Confer3ence on ICT for Development, Education & Training

20-22 May 2015 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

http://www.elearning-africa.com/

 

Fellowship Programme:

Code for Africa & Open Knowledge Launch Open Government Fellowship Pilot Programme

http://blog.okfn.org/2014/11/25/code-for-africa-open-knowledge-launch-open-government-fellowship-pilot-programme-apply-today/