Intellectual Property:

October 2012, LEH-Letter: Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News

http://www.copyrightlaws.com/copyright-newsletter/october-2012-leh-letter-copyright-new-media-law-e-commerce-news/

 

Public Domain Day

Public Domain Day (1st January each year)

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

EIFL Public Domain Day Webinar (November 2012)

http://www.eifl.net/events/public-domain-day-webinar

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Government Launches Open Access Statement (Ireland)

http://www.iua.ie/governement-launches-national-open-access-statement-23-oct-2012/

Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Ineffectiveness

http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/344687/

Mendeley’s Global Research Report

http://www.mendeley.com/global-research-report/#.UJN0k2_MhY0

How publishers feather their nests on open access to public money

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421672&c=1

Open access in Africa – green and gold, the impact factor, ‘mainstream’ and ‘local’ research

http://www.gray-area.co.za/2012/09/04/open-access-in-africa-%E2%80%93-green-and-gold-the-impact-factor-%E2%80%98mainstream%E2%80%99-and-%E2%80%98local%E2%80%99-research/

The OA Interviews: Ian Gibson, former Chairman of the UK House of Commons Science & Technology Committee

http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-oa-interviews-ian-gibson-former.html

 

Mobile Technologies & Social Media:

Pros and Cons: eReaders vs Textbooks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48186058/ns/technology_and_science-back_to_school/t/pros-cons-e-readers-vs-textbooks/#.UIaExzGnaX4.twitter

 

Conference Alert:

OpenAIRE Conference "Enlightenment in the Knowledge Society"

21-22 November 2012 - Göttingen State and University Library, Göttingen, Germany

Registration is free, and open at: http://www.openaire.eu/en/conference2012