Intellectual Property:

Copyright issues dog academics

http://mg.co.za/article/2015-07-30-copyright-issues-dog-academics#.VbsofmnpqWE.twitter

The TPP’s Reckless Proposals For Damages Will Have Negative Impact On Future Reform Of IPR Regimes

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/07/28/the-tpps-reckless-proposals-for-damages-will-have-negative-impact-on-future-reform-of-ipr-regimes/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Libraries cheer passage of strong open access legislation in U.S. Senate

http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/07/libraries-cheer-passage-strong-open-access-legislation-us-senate

“I Won’t Lock it Down”

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creativecommons/made-with-creative-commons-a-book-on-open-business/posts/1307273

Publishers Slower than Librarians to Address OA Monographs

http://www.publishingtechnology.com/2015/07/publishers-slower-than-librarians-to-address-oa-monographs-market/

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Seal is now live on the site

https://doajournals.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/doaj-seal-is-now-live-on-the-site/

Open Access Policy – Driving Access to Research

http://www.slideshare.net/inaviljoensmith/open-access-policy-driving-access-to-research-ina-smith

Directory of OA Scholarly Resources

http://road.issn.org/en/contenu/purposes-road-project

Scientific Communication and the Open Society : The Emerging Paradigm of ‘Open Knowledge Production’

http://eepat.net/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=scientific_communication_and_the_open_society.pdf

A quiet culture war in research libraries – and what it means for librarians, researchers and publishers

http://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.230/

 

Predatory Publishing Practices:

Predatory Publishers Criticised for Unethical Unprincipled Tactics

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/predatory-publishers-criticised-unethical-unprincipled-tactics/6656122

Resources about Predatory Practices

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

 

Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct:

Policing plagiarism could make universities miss the real problems

https://theconversation.com/policing-plagiarism-could-make-universities-miss-the-real-problems-45172

Articles and Resources on Plagiarism

https://wits-ac-za.libapps.com/libguides/admin_c.php?g=145299&p=1355564