Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communicatino:

Scopus to launch Open Access indicator for journals on July 29

http://blog.scopus.com/posts/scopus-to-launch-open-access-indicator-for-journals-on-july-29#.VayHUk8V7vc.twitter

HEFCE, Elsevier, the “copy request” button, and the future of open access

http://poynder.blogspot.com/2015/06/hefce-elsevier-copy-request-button-and.html

OpenUCT Guides: Reflecting on the Journey

http://lauraczerniewicz.co.za/2015/07/openuct-guides-reflecting-journey/

Open Access and Development: Journals and Beyond

https://www.academia.edu/12550188/OPEN_ACCESS_AND_DEVELOPMENT_Journals_and_beyond

Developing an OA policy for Malawi

http://eifl.net/news/developing-open-access-policy-malawi

Subscriptions no longer needed: flipping journals to Open Access while supporting existing OA publications

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/06/09/flipping-journals-to-open-access/

We vote no Grexit from the research conversation! – Greek authors publish free

http://blog.scienceopen.com/2015/07/we-vote-no-grexit-from-the-research-conversation-greek-authors-publish-free/

If we really want DVD stores and bookshops to survive, why don’t we shop at them more?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/15/if-we-really-want-dvd-stores-and-bookshops-to-survive-why-dont-we-shop-at-them-more

 

Open Educational Resources

Open Education and Open Educational Resources in Brazilian Public Policy

http://infojustice.org/archives/34709

 

Plagiarism:

Grappling with a plagiarism problem in universities

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20150717140800905

Plagiarism in five universities in Mozambique: Magnitude, detection techniques, and control measures

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40979-015-0003-5/fulltext.html

Plagiarism Resources

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

 

Conferences:

The Eighth Elearning UpdATE

5-7 August 2015 - Emperor's Palace, Gauteng, South Africa

https://sites.google.com/site/elearningatbase/

Taking Charge of your LIS Career: Personal Strategies, Institutional Programs, Strong Libraries - IFLA Satellite Meeting

12-14 August 2015,  Cape Town, South Africa

https://iflasatellitemilnerton2015.wordpress.com/registration/

Market on the Edge – SA Innovation Summit

28-29 August 2015 – Cape Town, South Africa

http://innovationsummit.co.za/market-on-the-edge/

International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL)

14-18 September, 2015, Poznań, Poland

http://tpdl2015.info/

ETD2015:18th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and dissertations" during November 04-06, 2015

4-6 November 2015 – New Delhi, India

http://www.etd2015india.in/