Intellectual Property:

International copyright reform for libraries and archives held back by EU

http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/clm/news/international-copyright-reform-sccr30.pdf

Door ‘slammed on open access’ to academic work

http://mg.co.za/article/2015-06-25-door-slammed-on-open-access-to-academic-work

Reda report adopted – a turning point in the copyright debate

https://juliareda.eu/2015/06/reda-report-adopted-a-turning-point-in-the-copyright-debate/

Sam Nzima Reflects on Hector Pieterson

http://citizen.co.za/203957/sam-nzima-reflects-on-hector-pieterson/

WIPO Administered Treaties

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/

Licensed to Fill?  Why Copyright Law Needs to Permit International Document Delivery

http://eifl.net/blogs/licensed-fill-why-copyright-law-needs-permit-international-document-delivery

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

From Concerned to Cautiously Optimistic: Assessing Faculty Perceptions and Knowledge of Open Access in a Campus-Wide Study

http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/vol3/iss1/7/

Research papers will be free to access, eventually – Nature’s Philip Campbell

http://horizon-magazine.eu/article/research-papers-will-be-free-access-eventually-nature-s-philip-campbell_en.html

A unique African management theory: A new reality or just a pipe-dream?

https://knowledgeresources.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/a-unique-african-management-theory-a-new-reality-or-just-a-pipe-dream/

Plagiarism:

What is Detected? 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/07/14/turnitin-faces-new-questions-about-efficacy-plagiarism-detection-software

15 Top Misconceptions about Turnitin

http://turnitin.com/en_us/resources/blog/421-general/1644-top-15-misconceptions-about-turnitin

 

Access for persons with disabilities

Eight countries have ratified the Marrakesh Treaty to date

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?search_what=N&treaty_id=843

WIPO Marrakesh Treaty In Force By Early 2016? Now Part Of Bigger UN Process

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/06/12/wipo-marrakesh-treaty-for-blind-readers-in-force-in-early-2016-now-part-of-bigger-un-process/

 

Data and Data Management:

Research Data Curation Bibliography

http://digital-scholarship.org/rdcb/rdcb.htm

Google is not the answer: How the digital age imperils history

http://www.salon.com/2015/05/30/google_is_not_the_answer_how_the_digital_age_imperils_history/