Mobile Technologies and Mobile Learning:

Mobile Learning: Why Tech Savvy Educators Are Turning to Podcasts

http://www.buzzsprout.com/blog/2015/01/15/mobile-learning/

Mobile Technologies and related Resources

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

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

African Journal Archive

http://www.ajarchive.org/

Scielo South Africa

http://www.scielo.org.za/

Milestone: Alphabetical List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies

http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2015/05/milestone-alphabetical-list-of-open.html

Major international associations join together to underscore their support for immediate open access to research articles

https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/aligning-repository-networks-across-regions/statement-about-embargo-periods/

Research: Africa’s Fight for Equality

http://www.nature.com/news/research-africa-s-fight-for-equality-1.17486

Hewlett Foundation, Getty Images Announce New Photography Resource on Women’s Empowerment in Africa

http://www.hewlett.org/newsroom/press-release/hewlett-foundation-getty-images-announce-new-photography-resource-women%E2%80%99s-empowerment-africa

Preparing for the digital university: a review of the history and current state of distance, blended, and online learning

http://linkresearchlab.org/PreparingDigitalUniversity.pdf

University rankings undermine access policies, conference hears

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/university-rankings-undermine-access-policies-conference-hears-1.2195802

Max Planck Digital Library study calculates redeployment of funds in Open Access

http://www.knowledgespeak.com/newsArchieveviewdtl.asp?pickUpBatch=2686

Area-wide transition to open access is possible - A new study calculates a redeployment of funds in Open Access

http://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/152665/area-wide-transition-to-open-access-is-possible.html

What Every Librarian Needs to Know About HTTPS

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/05/what-every-librarian-needs-know-about-https

 

Predatory Publishing

Survey Says: Many Independent Authors Have Escaped from Predatory Publishing

http://www.military-technologies.net/2015/04/24/survey-says-many-independent-authors-have-escaped-from-predatory-publishing-2/

Protocol to Prevaricate Predatory Publishers

https://scholarlycommunication.uottawa.ca/publishing/predatory-publishers

 

eLending and eBooks

Preserving eBooks

http://www.portico.org/digital-preservation/

eBooks are Forever

https://ebooksareforever.com/about

 

Conference alerts:

Workshops for Sign Language in May 2015 (South Africa)

http://www.sled.org.za/display-sled-news/may-2015-intensive-sasl-workshops

 

IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Satellite Meeting

12 August 2015, Cape Town

http://www.ifla.org/node/9555

 

London International Conference on Education (LICE-2015)
November 9-11, 2015, London, UK
http://www.liceducation.org