Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 July 2010

1 July 2010 · Denise Nicholson

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:14:51 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 July 2010 (part 1)
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

ACTA A Sign Of Weakness In Multilateral System, WIPO Head Says

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/06/30/acta-a-sign-of-weakness-in-mul
tilateral-system-wipo-head-says/

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118021183.html?categoryId=1009&cs=1

Canada's copyright laws show Britain's digital legislation is no
exception

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jun/29/canada-copyright-digita
l-economy

Why WIPO Must Rethink its Committee Procedures and the Meaning of its
Programme & Budget

http://www.iqsensato.org/blog/2010/06/30/wipo-must-rethink-its-procedure
s/

Traditional Knowledge:

What is Indigenous Intellectual Property?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_intellectual_property

Indigenous Intellectual Property

http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/audio/data/000493

Indigenous Peoples

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples

Sowing Traditional Knowledge

http://www.truth-out.org/sowing-traditional-knowledge60366

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu Jul 1 10:15:17 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:15:17 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 1 July 2010 (part 2)
Message-ID: <733F7062CFF4F54FA642C200D11BE81707C7B62D@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

The Millennium Goals Development Report 2010

http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/Progress2010/MDG_R
eport_2010_En.pdf

What you need to know about Open Access

http://www.springer.com/societies/society+zone?SGWID=0-173202-12-742910-
0

Springer and IUCr join Open Access Publishing Association

http://www.iwr.co.uk/academic-and-humanites/3010319/Springer-and-IUCr-jo
in-open-access-publishing-association

Israel set to open first digital archive of Hebrew academic journals

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-set-to-open-first-digit
al-archive-of-hebrew-academic-journals-1.299060

Open Access to the Scientific Journal Literature: Situation 2009

http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2010/06/24/open-access-to-th
e-scientific-journal-literature-situation-2009/e

The Growth and Future of E-Learning

http://www.articlesbase.com/online-education-articles/the-growth-and-fut
ure-of-elearning-325596.html

Assessing Libraries and Open Access [the Book of Trogool]

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/89/226/Assessing_libraries_and_open_acces
s_The_Book_of_Trogool.html

2010 Top Ten Trends in Academic Libraries

http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/6/286.full.pdf+html

Libraries have a Novel Idea

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870327970457533519305488463
2.html

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Jul 2 11:47:37 2010
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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:47:37 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 2 July 2010
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Ugly Politics in Geneva: No Progress Toward Ending 'Book Famine' at WIPO

http://www.tacd-ip.org/blog/2010/06/29/ugly-politics-at-wipo/

WIPO Copyright Treaty: Consensus Not Reached - A 180? Turn in 4 Days

http://www.daisyconsortium.org/planet-2010-06#a1

Facilitating Access to Copyright Works for Visually Impaired Persons

http://visionip.org/portal/en/

Towards International Consensus - Forum

https://www3.wipo.int/forum/?p=36

WIPO Administered Treaties

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/

Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA)

http://www.wipo.int/clea/en/

Traditional Knowledge:

Recognising traditional health systems

http://scidev.net/en/opinions/recognising-traditional-health-systems.html

Use traditional methods to fight global warming: UN group

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iETIOlpg7qNj9hjj1EFYs...

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

http://www.bth.se/elpub99/ap.nsf/08c6c2f88424ad99c12566ff002a0c10/d920ca...$FILE/Okerson.pdf

Open Access Publishing

http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/wiki/index.php/Open_Access_Publishing

DuraSpace: open technologies for durable digital content

http://duraspace.org/index.php

The Digital University: A Digital Future (video)

http://fora.tv/2010/04/21/The_Digital_University_A_Digital_Future

Prezi Presentations (alternative to PowerPoint)

http://prezi.com/

http://prezi.com/learn/getting-started/

Africa Analysis: Does Africa really need new idealism?

http://www.africancontent.com/?p=822

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

Email Fax: 0865533134
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

ENCES: New European lobby organisation for Copyright in Education and
Science founded

http://www.ences.eu/newsarchive/1bfa1e0aa3f42947af9c75e09a4a351c/?tx_min
inews_pi1[showUid]=22
<http://www.ences.eu/newsarchive/1bfa1e0aa3f42947af9c75e09a4a351c/?tx_mi
ninews_pi1%5bshowUid%5d=22>

2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement (USA)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/intellectualproperty/intellectualpr
operty_strategic_plan.pdf

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

8 Gadgets for Disabled Computer Users

http://www.takepart.com/news/2010/05/25/8-gadgets-for-disabled-computer-
users

Education Provides the Tools to Make Change says Honorary Degree
Recipient Kay Raseroka of Botswana

http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/NewsArticles/2010/06/Educationprovide
sthetoolstomakechangesayshonorarydegreerecipient.aspx

Dramatic Growth of Open Access Series

http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2006/08/dramatic-growth-of-open-acce
ss-series.html

Open Access Policies in Europe

http://www.openscholarship.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2010-05/david
_prosser_-_oa_policies_in_europe.pdf

Over 20% of the world's scholarly journals now open access! (Kudos to
DOAJ)

http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2010/05/over-20-of-worlds-scholarly-
journals.html

Traditional Knowledge:

Traditional Knowledge (The Story of David vs Goliath)

http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/507.1?frommailing=1

India's Untouchables: Reclaiming Culture in the Struggle for Community
Development

http://www.communitysustainability.info/publications/v3/Silverman.pdf

Do Native Canadians have special knowledge?

http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/07/01/do-native-canadians-hav
e-special-knowledge/

Traditional Knowledge and the Patent System - Irreconcilable differences
or a simple case of mistaken identity?

http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=1555871&f
ileOId=1563800

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed Jul 7 14:04:14 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:04:14 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 7 July 2010 (part 1)
Message-ID: <733F7062CFF4F54FA642C200D11BE81707D03F9C@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

AFRICA: New inventions and discoveries observatory

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100702184808507

Report on Open Repository Development in Developing and Transition
countries

http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/docs/report-on-open

David Bollier on the Academic Commons

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/david-bollier-on-the-academic-commons/2010
/07/04

History of the Institutional Repository

http://www.ehow.com/about_6693254_history-institutional-repository.html

Why I think research access, impact and assessment are linked

http://cogprints.org/1683/

CHAKULA features an e-interview with LIRNEasia's CEO

http://lirneasia.net/2010/07/chaluka-features-an-e-interview-with-lirnea
sia%E2%80%99s-ceo/

How to motivate more knowledge sharing: using the carrot or the stick?

http://ictkm.cgiar.org/2010/07/05/how-to-motivate-more-knowledge-sharing
-in-research-using-the-carrot-or-the-stick/

CiteseerX

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/

Plagiarism:

To Stop Cheats, Colleges Learn their Trickery

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/education/06cheat.html?pagewanted=2&_r
=1&ref=homepage&src=me

Wits Plagiarism Portal

http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Plagiaris
m+Portal.htm

Conference alert:

Making education matter - 3rd Annual Natonal SAAHE Conference (Health
Sciences)
22 - 24 July 2010 - Wits Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South
Africa

http://www.ngopulse.org/event/saahe-making-education-matter

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed Jul 7 14:29:23 2010
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:29:23 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 7 July 2010 (part 2)
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

SA Legislation - Call for comments before 24 July 2010:

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Amendment Bill
2010

http://us-cdn.creamermedia.co.za/assets/articles/attachments/28366_10062
5icasabill.pdf

Intellectual Property:

Pamela Samuelson - Papers, presentations, Briefs, etc. on the Google
Settlement

http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~pam/GBS.html

Google books, orphan works and academic values
<http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/07/06/google-books-orphan-
works-and-academic-values/>

http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/07/06/google-books-orphan-w
orks-and-academic-values/

Traditional Knowledge:

First Intersessional Working Group session (July 19-23 2010)

http://www.indigenousportal.com/Traditional-Knowledge/First-Intersession
al-Working-Group-session-July-19-23-2010.html

Integrating modern & traditional medicine
<http://www.scidev.net/en/health/integrating-modern-traditional-medicine
/>

http://www.scidev.net/en/health/integrating-modern-traditional-medicine

Scoping Project on Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge (2007)

http://www.desertknowledgecrc.com.au/resource/DKCRC-Report-22-Traditiona
l-Knowledge.pdf

Effective intellectual property protection of traditional knowledge of
plants and their uses: an example

from Australia

http://www.springerlink.com/content/466u4025k0411240/fulltext.pdf

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946

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