Intellectual Property:

Exceptions to Copyright : Guidance for Creators and Copyright Owners (UK)

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/359250/Exceptions_to_copyright_-_Guidance_for_creators_and_copyright_owners.pdf

Apply for a licence to use an orphan work (UK)

https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-licence-to-use-an-orphan-work

 

Open Access, A2k & Scholarly Communication:

Creative Commons South Africa – Guidelines for Licensors

https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/9045/CC_Guidelines_092014TS.pdf?sequence=1

Institutional journals as an alternative model for open access

http://memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br/issues/current-issue/item/1858-0334_institutional-journals-as-an-alternative-model-for-open-access

Making It Real: 3D Printing as a Library Service

http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/making-it-real-3d-printing-library-service

State-of-art analysis of OA strategies to peer-review publications

http://science-metrix.com/files/science-metrix/publications/d_2.1_sm_ec_dg-rtd_oa_policies_in_the_era_update_v05p.pdf

2015 IFLA/ekz LIS Student Paper Award

http://www.ifla.org/set/student-paper-award

The top 100 papers - Nature explores the most-cited research of all time.

http://www.nature.com/news/the-top-100-papers-1.16224

When Shared Data Is Not Reproducible: Science Is Broken–But It Can Be Fixed

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/science-broken-but-can-be-fixed/

 

Conferences – Call for papers:

IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group (SIG) Satellite meeting

August 12, 2015, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

For more information, email Dr. Ismail Abdullahi at iabdullahi@nccu.edu