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Regards

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Wishing you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

Intellectual Property:

Publishers Back Bill to Ban Public Access Mandates to Federally Funded
Research

http://bit.ly/xEZyQb

Public Works Act Prohibits Government Funders from Requiring Open Access
to USG Grant-Funded Research

http://infojustice.org/archives/6995

Librarians, Open Access Advocates Vehemently Oppose Research Works Act

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/01/publishing/librarians-open-access
-advocates-vehemently-oppose-research-works-act/

Works in the public domain as from January 2012

http://publicdomainday.org/node/44/

Cambridge Digital Library Posts Scan of Newton's Trinity College
Notebook, Claims Copyright Over Scans

http://boingboing.net/2011/12/12/cambridge-digital-library-post.html

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

LibGuide on Scholarly Research and Related Resources

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

New Accredited Open Access Law Journal : University of Pretoria, South
Africa

http://www.dejure.up.ac.za

Conference Alerts:

Open Repositories 2012 - "Open Services for Open content: Local
In/Global Out"

9-13 July 2012 : Edinburgh, Scotland

http://or2012.ed.ac.uk

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

My LibGuides:

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

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

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

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 Thu Jan 12 08:59:49 2012
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:59:49 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 12 January 2012
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F1601FE6745@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Breaking Technology

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2012/01/05/breaking-technology/

FTPP's Other Copyright Term Extension: Protection of Sound Recordings
Would Nearly Double in Duration (Canada)

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6229/125/

Sen. Wyden Challenges ACTA Constitutionality Again (US)

http://infojustice.org/archives/7031

Of Geese, Ribbons, and Creative Destruction: Moral Rights and Its
Consequences

http://www.texaslrev.com/seealso/vol/90/responses/bird

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Congress Considers Blocking Government's Open Access Policy (US)

http://ww.psc.isr.umich.edu/pscinfoserv/?p=2265

Research Bought, Then Paid For

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/opinion/research-bought-then-paid-for.
html?_r=1

Does pen access really threaten peer review?

http://bit.ly/w34enB

The Revolution isn't just Digital

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/01112012/revolution-isn-t-
just-digital

Designing Green Open Access Self-Archiving Mandates (Stevan Harnad)

http://vimeo.com/31006564

Open Learning Resources:

North Carolina Learning Object Repository

http://www.nclor.org/nclorprod/access/hierarchy.do?topic=725c934a-d123-c
fd5-4b8c-5d8ea4a9872d&page=1

Library Matters:

Confronting the Future: Strategic Visions for the 21st Century Public
Library

http://www.ala.org/offices/sites/ala.org.offices/files/content/oitp/publ
ications/policybriefs/confronting_the_futu.pdf

Redefining the Academic Library : Managing the Migration to Digital
Information Services

http://www.educationadvisoryboard.com/pdf/23634-EAB-Redefining-the-Acade
mic-Library.pdf

ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/standards/visua
lliteracy.pdf

Conference Alerts:

Handheld Librarian Online Conference VI

1-2 February 2012

http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/

Web 2.0 Conference : Past, Present and Future

6-8 March 2012, Kempton Park, South Africa

http://www.aoevents.co.za/Web%202.0%20brochure.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

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

My LibGuides:

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

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

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

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 Thu Jan 19 12:08:48 2012
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:08:48 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 18 January 2012
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F1602086EAD@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards

Denise

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Intellectual Property

Copyright for Librarians (CFL) reaches millions more

http://www.eifl.net/news/copyright-librarians-cfl-reaches-millions-mor

Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News Dec 2011 (Lesley Ellen Harris)

http://www.copyrightlaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/LEH-Letter-Dec-2...

Websites Everywhere Dark In Protest Of US Anti-Piracy Legislation

http://bit.ly/xjov0H

Librarians Turn Wikipedia Blackout into Teachable Moment

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/01/k-12/librarians-turn-wikipedia-bl...

A Technical Examination of SOPA and PROTECT IP

http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technical-examination-of-sopa-and.html

How the Internet Works and How SOPA Would Break It

http://blog.softlayer.com/2012/how-the-internet-works-and-how-sopa-would...

e-Books

LJ/SLJ Ebook Summit: Making Ebooks Visible at Academic Libraries

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2011/10/ebooks/ljslj-ebook-summit-making-...

Mobile Technologies & Social Media

Continuing the conversation : Library Analytics

http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2012/01/continuing-the-conversation-li...

LJ Virtual Tech Summit Explores How Libraries Use Tech to Connect to Patrons

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2011/12/information-technology/lj-virtual...

Today?s Library Thought Leader is Lisa Carlucci Thomas

http://www.textalibrarian.com/mobileref/2012/01/

M-Libraries (Wiki)

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=M-Libraries

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

My LibGuides:

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

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

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

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

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies

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

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

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

My LibGuides:

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

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

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

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

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 Jan 19 12:12:02 2012
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:12:02 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 19 January 2012
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F1602086EBA@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards

Denise

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Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication

Cracks Form in Anti-Open Access Push

http://the-scientist.com/2012/01/18/cracks-form-in-anti-open-access-push/

SPARC Announces New European Leadership -

Alma Swan and Lars Bj?rnshauge to direct international Open Access advocacy efforts

http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/12-0118.shtml

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography - Version 6: 1/17/2012

http://digital-scholarship.org/etdb/etdb.htm

Paving the way to an open scientific information space:

OpenAIREplus - linking peer-reviewed literature to associated data

http://www.openaire.eu/en/component/content/article/326-openaireplus-pre...

Open Access Is Spreading -- But Is It Really Open Access?

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111214/02070517078/open-access-is-spr...

Open Access: Impact for Researchers, Universities and Society,

http://www.rluk.ac.uk/files/OA%20Impact%20briefing.pdf

One Student, One Laptop

http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/201201/14924/news_item_14924.html

JSTOR Tests Free, Read-Only Access to Some Articles

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/jstor-tests-free-read-only-access...

Penguin Further Narrows Library Access

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/01/ebooks/penguin-further-narrows-li...

Conference Alerts:

4th International M-Libraries Conference

24 - 26 September 2012 - Milton Keynes, England

http://lanyrd.com/2012/mlibraries/

Conference on GenNEXT Libraries

Emerging Technologies: New Direction for Libraries

8 - 10 October 2012 -Negara Brunei Darussalam.

http://www.ubd.edu.bn/conference/CGL2012/brochure.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

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

My LibGuides:

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

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

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

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

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 Thu Jan 19 15:55:24 2012
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:55:24 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 19 January 2012
References: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F1602086EA9@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F1601077BC8@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards

Denise

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Intellectual Property:

Penguin Further Narrows Library Access

http://bit.ly/z8csUN

Cracks Form in Anti-Open Access Push

http://the-scientist.com/2012/01/18/cracks-form-in-anti-open-access-push/

IP Development Matchmaking Database

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

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication

SPARC Announces New European Leadership -

Alma Swan and Lars Bj?rnshauge to direct international Open Access advocacy efforts

http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/12-0118.shtml

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Bibliography - Version 6: 1/17/2012

http://digital-scholarship.org/etdb/etdb.htm

Paving the way to an open scientific information space:

OpenAIREplus - linking peer-reviewed literature to associated data

http://www.openaire.eu/en/component/content/article/326-openaireplus-pre...

Open Access Is Spreading -- But Is It Really Open Access?

http://bit.ly/xpJHgW

Open Access: Impact for Researchers, Universities and Society,

http://www.rluk.ac.uk/files/OA%20Impact%20briefing.pdf

One Student, One Laptop

http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/201201/14924/news_item_14924.html

JSTOR Tests Free, Read-Only Access to Some Articles

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/jstor-tests-free-read-only-access...

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

My LibGuides:

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

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

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

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

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 Fri Jan 27 14:10:16 2012
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:10:16 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 27 January, 2012
Message-ID: <799133C31EA6CE45B6085C6996225F16020D4345@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards

Denise

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Intellectual Property

The "deformation" of Joseph Beuys' live art performance

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2012/01/deformation-of-joseph-beuys-live-ar
t.html

The Limitations On The Doctrine Of Fair Use When Making Films or Videos

http://www.bartonesq.com/blogs/ip/?p=32

Copyright Infringement: I Didn't Know!

http://blog.seattlepi.com/timothymccormack/2011/11/03/copyright-infringe
ment-i-didnt-know/

Copyright Inquiry to meet digital requirements (Australia)

http://www.alrc.gov.au/inquiries/copyright

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries

http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/codefairuse/index.shtml

Survey on Open Access in F97

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Copyright & A2K Issues - 15 December 2020 (FINAL NEWSLETTER)

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