Copyright & A2K Issues - 3 August 2011

3 August 2011 · Denise Nicholson

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:35:59 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 3 August 2011
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Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Rights failing (South Africa)

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110715165939648

Consumer Protection Act (South Africa)

The Consumer Protection Act and Unfair Contractual Terms (South Africa)

http://mclarens.co.za/?p=889

Mobile Technologies:

Mobile Media Toolkit

http://www.mobilemediatoolkit.org/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Africa: The availability of academic journals

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110715164428279

Digitization Project Brings Ancient Inscriptions Into 21st Century

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/digitization-proje
ct-brings-ancient-inscriptions-into-21st-century/242420/

Institutional Repositories Bibliography

http://digital-scholarship.org/irb/toc.htm

Building Value-added Services for Institutional Repositories (IRs).

http://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/25875/BuildingWilso
nJantz.pdf?sequence=2

Open Access Policies Kit (Download in English)

http://projecto.rcaap.pt/index.php/lang-pt/consultar-recursos-de-apoio/r
emository?func=startdown&id=336

My Open Access LibGuides on Wits website:-

* Copyright and Related Issues -
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues

* Copyright Guidelines (for Wits Staff) -
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines

* Plagiarism, Citation and Referencing -
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing

* Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication -
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication

* Journalism and Media Studies -
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies

* Resources for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons -
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired

* Resources for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons -
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing

* Digitisation, Preservation and Curation -
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuratio
n

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
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm

Blogs: http://kim.wits.ac.za
<https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://kim.wits.ac.z
a/> and http://www.aca2k.org
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Aug 5 09:39:31 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:39:31 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 5 August 2011
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FYI,

Regards

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Intellectual Property Amendment Bill (Traditional Knowledge) (South
Africa) (update)(need to register online)

http://www.pmg.org.za/report/20110727-deliberations-intellectual-propert
y-laws-amendment-bil

UK To Introduce Private Copying Exception With No Levy

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5959/196/

http://compumark.thomson.com/emea/webdav/shared/global_newsletter/0711/c
opyright_case_study.pdf

Mobile Technologies:

Android "Openness" - a myth, say researchers

http://www.slashgear.com/android-openness-a-myth-say-researchers-0416954
6/

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Hindawi Receives More than 4,000 Submissions in a Single Month for the
First Time

http://www.hindawi.com/press.release/5/

KU establishes first coalition of institutions practicing open access

http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/august/3/openaccess.shtml

Ranking Web of World Repositories

http://repositories.webometrics.info/

How One Small Fix Could Open Access to Research

http://theconversation.edu.au/how-one-small-fix-could-open-access-to-res
earch-2637

Open Learning Resources:

OER Africa Newletters

http://www.oerafrica.org/FTPFolder/Website%20Materials/Health/Newsletter
s/July2011/7_2011_email.htm

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
http://www.wits.ac.za/library

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu Aug 11 10:33:48 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:33:48 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues
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Hi,

Just to let you know I will be out of the office from 11 August until 29 August 2011, so there will be no information service during this period.

Regards
Denise

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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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Aug 30 12:26:20 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:26:20 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 30 August 2011
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F160183AEB0@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards

Denise

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Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open access: taking academic publishing out of its ivory tower

http://ind.pn/nYyFwv

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication

African Innovation Outlook 2010

http://www.scidev.net/uploads/File/NEPAD_AIO_Executive_Summary_web-2.pdf

Africa home to only 2.3 per cent world's researchers

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/InsidePage.php?id=2000040499

What does scholarly communication mean to you?

http://bit.ly/q3HrvW

US study shows Google has changed the way students research - and not
for the better

http://bit.ly/nTQJxC

OAPEN Newsletter

http://project.oapen.org/index.php/news

Open Access Interviews: WebmedCentral's Kamal Mahawar

http://poynder.blogspot.com/2011/08/open-access-interviews-webmedcentral
s.html

Digitisation: Preservation, Curation and Data Management Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuratio
n

Resources on Plagiarism, Citation and Referencing Styles
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing

Open Learning Resources:

Free Learning: Essays on Open Educational Resources and Copyright

http://www.downes.ca/files/FreeLearning.pdf

Advances in Open Systems for Learning Resources

http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Advances_in_Open_Systems_for_Learning_Resources/
new

Open Learning Enhances Communication and Research Skills

http://commons.aaahq.org/posts/4f6eefae29

Developing Guidelines on Open Educational Resources for UNESCO and COL
http://www.saide.org.za/resources/newsletters/Vol_17_no.4_2011/Content/O
ER%20Guide.htm

Cost Benefit Modelling for Open Learning (UNESCO)(April 2011)

http://iite.unesco.org/pics/publications/en/files/3214686.pdf

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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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Aug 30 12:29:51 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:29:51 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 29 August 2011
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FYI,

Regards

Denise

Intellectual Property:

South Africa moves to enhance its intellectual property policy

http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/indaba-intended-to-enrich-ip-po
licy-development-2011-08-19

The Common Sense of the Fair Use Doctrine

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Common-Sense-of-the/128756/

I4S video: UK intellectual property laws set for "sweeping reforms"

http://www.info4security.com/story.asp?sectioncode=10&storycode=4127882&
c=1

Opinion: What's wrong with copyright - Allan Freeth

http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/opinion-whats-wrong-copyright-allan-freet
h/5/98253

Amazon announces digital textbook rentals

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/amazon-announces-digital-textbook
-rentals/32336

Five Films now available: Copyright, Open Access and Human Rights

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/five-films-now-available-copyright-open-acce
ss-libraries-and-human-rights

Universities Band Together to Join 'Orphan Works' Project

http://today.duke.edu/2011/08/orphanworks

Traditional Knowledge:

India Launches Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Project

http://bit.ly/rp5Ejm

Disability Issues:

Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities Section Newsletter

http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/libraries-rving-persons-with-print-d
isabilities-section-newsletter

ACSA Disability Conference 2011

6 and 7 October 2011: Sandton Convention Centre, Sandton, South Africa

http://www.fairconsultants.com/ACSA-Disability-Conference/disability-con
ference-intro.html

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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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