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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 16:51:35 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 5 October 2011
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FYI,
Regards
Denise
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Intellectual Property:
Streaming video case dismissed (USA)
http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2011/10/04/streaming-video-case-...
Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
http://infojustice.org/washington-declaration-html
Major Copyright Case Against UCLA Dismissed
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/892274-264/major_copyright_case_ag...
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Accredited DOE Open Access Journals (South Africa)
http://www.ais.up.ac.za/aoajsa.htm
Open Learning Resources:
Pre-DETA Workshop Indicates Growing Interest in Open Educational Resources (OER)
http://www.saide.org.za/resources/newsletters/Vol_17_no.5_2011/Content/P...
Basic Guide to OERs (COL) (Download)
http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=357
Conference Alert:
Call for papers:
e-Learning Africa 2012
23-24 May 2010 - Cotonou, Benin, Africa
http://www.elearning-africa.com/
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Email Fax: 0865533134
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuration
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Oct 11 09:30:13 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:30:13 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 11 October 2011
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FYI,
Regards
Denise
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Intellectual Property
WIPO Assemblies Provide Direction for Future Work
http://www.ag-ip-news.com/news.aspx?id=27869&lang=en
<http://www.ag-ip-news.com/news.aspx?id=27869&lang=en>
Human rights online New issues and threats
http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/IRHRPolicyBrief_EN.pdf
Ditch the Restrictive DRM - Happy Customers Equals More Profit
http://www.techpowerup.com/153332/Ditch-The-Restrictive-DRM-Happy-Custom
ers-Equals-More-Profit.html
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication
Will publishers respond positively to open access policies
Like its Harvard model, Princeton Open Access Policy needs to add
immediate-deposit requirement, with no waiver option
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/844-guid.html
ACRL Signs Berlin OA Declaration - Encourages Others
http://infodocket.com/2011/10/07/acrl-signs-berlin-oa-declaration-encour
ages-others/
Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) signs Berlin
OA Declaration
http://www.liasa.org.za/sites/default/files/publications/berlin_declarat
ion.pdf
Digital Curation: the emergence of a new discipline
http://infodocket.com/2011/10/08/article-digital-curation-the-emergence-
of-a-new-discipline/
Dead Sea Scrolls now online
Mobile Technologies & Social Media
Universities must rethink their approach to student digital literacy
Digital Identities in Interesting Spaces
http://www.dhyaandesign.com/blog/2011/09/19/digital_identity_project/
How Twitter will revolutionise academic research and teaching
Conference Alerts 2011
Music and Intellectual Property Conference
5 December 2011 - London, UK
http://www.clt.co.uk/ConferenceDisplay/1692259/1220
Call for papers for 2012:
11th Southern African Online Information Meeting - Innovation in an Age
of Limits
5-8 June 2012 - Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
To submit a paper or for information: Contact: mvanheerden at csir.co.za
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The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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Email Fax: 0865533134
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuratio
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http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu Oct 20 13:07:26 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:07:26 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 20 October 2011
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FYI,
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Intellectual Property:
Adapting Copyright to Digital Age Essential for Creativity, Concludes
WIPO Conference
http://ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/116619/
WIPO Assemblies Provide Direction for Future Work, Director General
Welcomes Positive
Engagement of Member States on Substantive Issues
http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2011/article_0025.html
Removal of restrictions can decrease music piracy
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=16282
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Open Access Week - 24-28 October 2011
http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/OAW2011/index.shtml
The Newest Addition to your Open Access Toolkit
http://www.righttoresearch.org/blog/the-newest-addition-to-your-open-acc
ess-toolkit.shtml
6 Reasons why Open Access matters to the Medical Community
http://www.righttoresearch.org/blog/6-reasons-open-access-matters-to-the
-medical-commu.shtml
Reference Manager Overview
http://blogs.plos.org/mfenner/reference-manager-overview/
Article Level Metrics
http://article-level-metrics.plos.org/
Readcube Online Reference Manager
The trouble with DOIs
http://blogs.plos.org/mfenner/2011/10/09/the-trouble-with-dois/
ScienceCard for Researchers
Data Curation : How to Guide Released by Digital Curation Centre
http://blogs.plos.org/mfenner/2011/10/19/data-citation-how-to-guide-rele
ased-by-digital-curation-centre/
Local Public Libraries Scrambling to Meet e-Book Demand
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/10/20/local
_public_libraries_scrambling_to_meet_e_book_demand/
LibGuide on Climate Change
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/ClimateChange
Open Learning Resources:
Blackboard Launches New Open Education Initiatives
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/blackboard-launches-new-open-education-
initiatives-
OER Resources
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources
Conference Alert:
IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2012
11-13 April 2012 - Bibliotheque nationale de France, Grand Auditorium,
Paris.
http://www.ifla.org/en/events/ifa-international-newspaper-conference-201
2
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Libguides:
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuratio
n
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Oct 21 13:28:40 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:28:40 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 21 October 2011
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FYI,
Regards
Denise
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Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill (B8B-2010) (Traditional
Knowledge) (South Africa)
http://www.pmg.org.za/bill/20110916-intellectual-property-laws-amendment
-bill-b8b-2010
(It is scheduled for a Second Reading debate in the National Assembly
on 27 October 2011.)
EU Greens /EFA Position Paper on "Creation and Copyright."
http://infojustice.org/archives/5753
Major Copyright Case Against UCLA Dismissed..
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication
Celebrating Open Access Week 24-28 October 2011
http://www.openaccessweek.org/
Report on the Legal Status of Research Data in the four partner
countries
http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=461
Open World project with Austrian e-learning standard embraces over 600
Ukrainian schools
http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/press-conference/83102/
Enhanced Publications: from experiment to practice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHI4J94YUUk&feature=youtu.be
Science writer in residence assesses science publishing
http://www.news.wisc.edu/19924
Wits Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication Libguide
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
International Preservation News (IFLA)( 2011)
http://www.ifla.org/files/pac/ipn/IPN%2053.indd.web.pdf
IFLA Annual Report 2010
http://www.ifla.org/en/news/out-now-2010-ifla-annual-report
Open Learning Resources
VUMA Skillszone
http://www.vuma.ac.za/skillszone/
Wits OER Resources
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources
Conference Alerts:
7th Annual SANGONeT "ICTs for Civil Society" Conference
1-3 November 2011 - Wanderers Club, Illovo, Johannesburg, South Africa
http://www.ngopulse.org/ict4rd
Exploring Maps: History, Fabrication, and Preservation
2-3 November 2011 -Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar/2011/11/02/history-prese
rvation-of-maps
QQML 2012 - 4th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative
Methods in Libraries
22 - 25 May 2012 Limerick, Ireland
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The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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Email Fax: 0865533134
LibGuides:
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuratio
n
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/ClimateChange
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon Oct 24 19:45:05 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:45:05 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Celebrating International Open Access Week -
24-28 October 2011
References: <2A0F0D3C9116884C88EA55EF7C1AE0368364D432@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>
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FYI,
Regards
Denise
Open Access Seminar (South Africa):
24 October 2011 (Wednesday)-
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Venue: Wartenweiler Library Media Centre, 2nd Floor, East Campus
Theme: Open Access Projects
Speakers: Prof. Yunus Ballim (DVC-Academic) - Welcome
Kerryn McKay - The African Commons Project - Wikimedia Project
Shelley Nicholas - Neil Butcher & Associates - OA Initiatives
Barry Dwolatzky - Joburg Centre for Software Engineering -Unesco OA initiative
To RSVP or find out more, please email Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za
International Open Access Week
14000 DRM Free Project MUSE eBooks to Go Live in January
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2011/10/ebooks/14000-drm-free-project-mus...
DSpace in Africa : Growing Open Access to Knowledge and Culture
Yana Project
http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/yana/
Dramatic Growth of Open Access September 30, 2011
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2011/09/dramatic-growth-of-open-acce...
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The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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Email Fax: 0865533134
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Oct 25 18:40:53 2011
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:40:53 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Celebrating International Open Access
Week - 24-28 October 2011
References: <2A0F0D3C9116884C88EA55EF7C1AE0368364D432@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>
<799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F1601077A63@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>
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Hi,
Apologies. I noticed that I had the wrong date on my email yesterday. This seminar is tomorrow Wednesday 26 October 2011 (not 24 October 2011).
Open Access Seminar (Johannesburg, South Africa):
26 October 2011 (Wednesday) 13.00-14.00pm
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Venue: Wartenweiler Library Media Centre, 2nd Floor, East Campus
Theme: Open Access Projects
Speakers: Prof. Yunus Ballim (DVC-Academic) - Welcome
Kerryn McKay - The African Commons Project - Wikimedia Project
Shelley Nicholas - Neil Butcher & Associates - OA Initiatives
Barry Dwolatzky - Joburg Centre for Software Engineering -Unesco OA initiative
To RSVP or find out more, please email Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za <mailto:Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za>
Regards
Denise Nicholson (Mrs)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Ba