Intellectual Property:

How to Request Rights Reversion from your Publisher

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-request-rights-reversion-from.html

WIPO Pearl Launched, a Free Multilingual Terminology Database

http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2014/article_0012.html

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

College Libraries Push Back as Publishers Raise some eBook Prices

http://chronicle.com/article/College-Libraries-Push-Back-as/147085/

Altmetric is now on board for all Wiley journals

http://exchanges.wiley.com/blog/2014/07/08/altmetric-is-now-on-board-for-all-wiley-journals/

Open Access Button

http://openaccessbutton.launchrock.com/

Open Access Infrastructure : Where are we and where we need to go

http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/13693/FE_Hodgson_OA_infrastructure_isqv26no2__crctd.pdf

Why Open Access Should be a Key Issue for University Leaders

http://blog.editeon.com/why-open-access-should-be-a-key-issue-for-university-leaders/

ORCID (Laurel Haak on YouTube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS2lttmPi6A

eBooks or Paper Books : Your Best Arguments

http://lifehacker.com/ebooks-or-paper-books-your-best-arguments-1626607106

The Guggenheim Puts 109 Free Modern Art Books Online

http://www.openculture.com/2014/09/the-guggenheim-puts-109-free-modern-art-books-online.html

 

Open Data/Big Data

City of Cape Town’s Open Data Policy (Sept. 2014)

http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/Policies/All%20Policies/Open%20Data%20Policy%20-%20(Policy%20number%2027781)%20approved%20on%2025%20September%202014.pdf

Big Data Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=227880&sid=4804692

 

Legal Deposit:

What Publishers need to know about Legal Deposit in SA

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

IPA Digital Legal Deposit  Report, 2014

http://www.internationalpublishers.org/images/stories/news/DLD.pdf

 

Traditional Knowledge:

PhD research looks to make traditional knowledge accessible

http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2014/September/phd_research_looks_to_make_traditional_knowledge_accessible.html

Is The Development Dimension Of WIPO Incompatible With Its Role Of IP Protection

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/09/18/is-the-development-dimension-of-wipo-incompatible-with-its-role-of-ip-protection/

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Portal

http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/indigenous/