Intellectual Property:

LIASA's Statement on the WIPO Treaty for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Other Reading Disabled Persons

http://www.liasa.org.za/node/1044

South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry Reneges on IP Policy Commitments

http://infojustice.org/archives/29481

 

Traditional Knowledge:

The Importance of Traditional Knowledge – A National Treasure

http://lawinfowire.com/articleinfo/importance-traditional-knowledge-national-treasure

Traditional Knowledge Resources

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

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Economics of scholarly communication in transition

http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/4370/3685

Rise of 'Altmetrics' Revives Questions About How to Measure Impact of Research

http://chronicle.com/article/Rise-of-Altmetrics-Revives/139557/?cid=wb&utm_source=wb&utm_medium=en

Developing a unified rule for openness: Interview with Alek Tarkowski

http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/developing-unified-rule-for-openness.html

The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Poorer: The Effect of Open Access on Cites to Science Journals Across the Quality Spectrum

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2269040

National Gallery of Art Images

https://images.nga.gov/en/page/show_home_page.html

Smithsonian Institution Images

http://www.collections.si.edu/search/index.htm

Museums Mull Public Use of Online Art Images

http://www.infodocket.com/2013/05/28/new-york-times-museums-mull-public-use-of-online-art-images/

What is Google Glass?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass

 Wellcome Trust extends open access policy to include scholarly monographs and book chapters 

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2013/WTP052746.htm

 

Open Educational Resources:

10 US State University Systems and Public Institutions Join Coursera to Explore MOOC-based Learning and Collaboration on Campus

http://blog.coursera.org/post/51696469860/10-us-state-university-systems-and-public-institutions

 

Conference alerts:

ISKO UK Biennial 2013 Conference: Knowledge Organization – Pushing the Boundaries

8-9 July, 2013 – London, UK

http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/programme.htm

Online Educa Berlin - 19th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning & Training

4-6 December 2013 – Berlin, Germany

http://www.online-educa.com/fees-and-registration