Copyright & A2K Issues - 2 March 2012

2 March 2012 · Denise Nicholson

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Hi All,

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and library matters, open access, access to knowledge (A2K), scholarly
research and communication, issues affecting persons with sensory
disabilities, open education and m-learning, mobile technologies and social
networking, conference alerts, useful websites and legislation affecting
access to information. ?

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======== COPYRIGHT & A2K ISSUES - 1 MARCH 2012 ===============================

======== *INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY* =============================================

Will Elsevier Accidentally Unite the Open Access Movement?

http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2012/02/will-elsevier-accidentally-u...
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2012/02/will-elsevier-accidentally-u...

End War on Sharing

http://stallman.org/articles/end-war-on-sharing.html
http://stallman.org/articles/end-war-on-sharing.html

The Research Works Act (RWA): why Scientific Publishing needs FOSS Methods

http://bit.ly/xE1ug7 http://bit.ly/xE1ug7

Support Pulled from Bill Killing Open-access Publishing

http://bit.ly/wRKKNA http://bit.ly/wRKKNA

*Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication*

OAPEN Launches Directory of Open Access Books

http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/2012/02/29/oapen-launches-directory-of-op...
http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/2012/02/29/oapen-launches-directory-of-op...

IFLA : Key Issues for e-Resource Collection Development: A Guide for
Libraries

http://bit.ly/zcES5R http://bit.ly/zcES5R

Open access as solution to the enclosure of knowledge

http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/heather-morrison/chapter-3-open-access-as-solut...
http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/heather-morrison/chapter-3-open-access-as-solut...

Shhh! ? Libraries are going digital (Indonesia)

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/tech/shhh-libraries-are-going-digital/497...
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/tech/shhh-libraries-are-going-digital/497...

*Open Educational Resources*

MIT OpenCourseWare teams up with Flat World Knowledge to combine free texts
and free course materials

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/ocw-flat-world-knowledge.html
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/ocw-flat-world-knowledge.html

*Conference Alerts:*

Call for papers:

15th International Symposium on Electronic Theses & Dissertations

12-14 September 2012 - Lima, Peru

http://www.etd2012.edu.pe/en/index.asp http://www.etd2012.edu.pe/en/index.asp

Regards
Denise
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Denise Nicholson (Mrs)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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Email Fax: 0865533134 - http://www.wits.ac.za/library
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From: denise.nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:10:03 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] 6 March 2012
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Hi All,

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subscribe/unsubscribe , please email KerryA at africanlii.org
mailto:kerrya at africanlii.org. The Archives can be found at
http://www.africanlii.org/blogs/denise
https://mail.osisa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=c43a6a96502f4ebd885304f4a3a24bc6....
To access the Archives of my previous mailing list, see:
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======== COPYRIGHT & A2K ISSUES - 5 MARCH 2012 ===============================

*Celebrating Open Education Week 5 ? 12 March 2012*

Open Education Week

http://www.openeducationweek.org/ http://www.openeducationweek.org/

http://www.openeducationweek.org/category/blog/about-open-education/
http://www.openeducationweek.org/category/blog/about-open-education/

OER as an Element for the Transformation of Education Dialogue with Experts
at the Open University of Catalonia

http://bit.ly/wxdw8x??
http://www.openeducationweek.org/oer-as-an-element-for-the-transformatio...

Which Kind of ?Open Education? Are You Talking About?

http://bit.ly/AfHzT7??
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g2a75CrfyKEdL_dzT2z2tw031lQE6tY4hegW...

*Open Educational Resources*

http://www.openeducationweek.org/category/blog/resources/
http://www.openeducationweek.org/category/blog/resources/

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

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=253125&sid=2473125
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=253125&sid=2473125

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

http://bit.ly/xvs9wC??
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nFFxzQbYHtfl0fBJOJNmBx_4I3o3Bes7...

*Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:*

Happy 2012 Open Access Movement! December 31, 2011 Dramatic Growth of Open
Access.

http://bit.ly/wh4PTJ??
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-2012-open-access-movem...

Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI)

http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/COAPI/index.shtml
http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/COAPI/index.shtml

In a Flood Tide of Digital Data, an Ark Full of Books

http://nyti.ms/wjN1NA??
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/technology/internet-archives-repositor...

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From: denise.nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:10:05 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] 6 March 2012
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Hi All,

======== COPYRIGHT & A2K ISSUES - 6 MARCH 2012 ===============================

*Intellectual Property:*

News monitoring agencies to pay royalties (South Africa)

http://n24.cm/yy5omu
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/News-monitoring-agencies-to-pay-r...

EIFL welcomes decision to postpone Africa IP Forum

http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-welcomes-decision-postpone-africa-ip-for
http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-welcomes-decision-postpone-africa-ip-for?

Sherlock Appeals to Opponents of Copyright Law to ?Call off the Dogs?

http://bit.ly/Av93uD??
http://www.thejournal.ie/sherlock-appeals-to-opponents-of-copyright-law-...

Public Knowledge Pushes for Copyright Reform

http://bit.ly/zsRlhh??
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224736/Public_Knowledge_pushes_f...

Anti-open access bill suffers sudden death

http://bit.ly/zsD0kM??
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2012/March/research-works-act-dea...

?The Next SOPA/PIPA Battle: A Response to Five Arguments for Copyright
Access and Internet Freedom

http://bit.ly/xfbJDI??
http://www.ipbrief.net/2012/03/06/the-next-sopapipa-battle-a-response-to...

*Plagiarism:*

University of Alberta medical school dean resigns after plagiarizing speech

http://natpo.st/w2YPP2
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/06/17/university-of-alberta-medical-sc...

Plagiarism Resources:

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing?

*Traditional Knowledge:*

Traditional Knowledge Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions

http://bit.ly/yG7kDJ??
http://ipkenya.wordpress.com/category/traditional-knowledge-genetic-reso...

Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions in Kenya

http://copyright.go.ke/rough/newsletter_jan2012.pdf
http://copyright.go.ke/rough/newsletter_jan2012.pdf

*Conferences/International Meetings*:

Indigenous Knowledges: Local Priorities, Global Contexts

IFLA Presidential Programme: Libraries - A Force for Change

12-14 April, 2012 ? Vancouve, Canada

http://iflaindigenousknowledges2012.ok.ubc.ca/
http://iflaindigenousknowledges2012.ok.ubc.ca/

International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012 (previously
Traditional Knowledge Conference)

27th?30th June 2012 - Auckland, New Zealand

http://www.indigenousdevelopment2012.ac.nz/

?
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/06/17/university-of-alberta-medical-sc...

SCECSAL XX Conference

4-8 June 2012 - Nairobi, Kenya

http://www.klas.or.ke/p/kla-2011-annual-conference.html
http://www.klas.or.ke/p/kla-2011-annual-conference.html

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