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South Africa: White Paper on Science, Technology & Innovation:
South Africa: New draft White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation (10 September 2018)
30 days to comment on this document
https://www.dst.gov.za/images/2018/white-pate-on-STI-7_09-FINAL.pdf
Intellectual Property:
Click, copy, paste: Is our proposed copyright bill futureproof? (South Africa)
The Wordy World of Works (South Africa)
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/citypress/20180909/281861529393742
'Catastrophic': EU passes controversial copyright law that could hit the likes of Google and Facebook
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/12/eu-lawmakers-pass-controversial-digital-copyright-law.html
Public Knowledge Responds to President Trump’s Outrageous Copyright Giveaway
EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17849868/eu-internet-copyright-reform-article-11-13-approved
Access and Persons with Disabilities:
Etiquette when teaching or interacting with people with disabilities
https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired/Etiquette
Strategic Policy Framework on Disability for Post-School Education and Training System (March 2018)
UK implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/uk-implementation-of-the-marrakesh-treaty
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free
JISC gateway to text and data-mining – status update
How Open Is It?
https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/HowOpenIsIt_English.pdf
The varieties of OA resistance: a response to Gareth J Johnson
https://insights.uksg.org/article/10.1629/uksg.434/
Open Access for Impact: How Michael Nielsen reached 3.5m readers
https://sparcopen.org/impact-story/open-access-impact-michael-nielsen-reached-3-5m-readers/
Digital government isn’t working in the developing world. Here’s why