Intellectual Property:

WIPO SCCR 26 Meeting Postponed to December 2013

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=29944

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/07/13/wipo-copyright-meeting-postponed-to-december/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts 

Members Concerned Over WIPO 2014/2015 Programme, Budget; New Treaties On The Way

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/07/14/members-concerned-over-wipo-20142015-programme-budget-new-treaties-on-the-way

Dutch Libraries Bring Test Case Over Lending e-Books

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130620/01542523544/dutch-libraries-bring-test-case-over-lending-ebooks.shtml

US-EU trade agreement could threaten Internet freedom, leaked information reveals

http://www.ifex.org/international/2013/07/10/tafta_agreement/

Advocating Improved Copyright Laws for Libraries (UK)

http://www.eifl.net/news/advocating-improved-copyright-laws-libraries

eIFL looks forward to implementation of Marrakesh Treaty

http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-looks-forward-implementation-marrakesh

Signatures of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=242343#.Ud63NJFgS-s.facebook

The proposed exceptions to copyright law offer greater flexibility to teaching and research activities

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2013/07/02/copyright-in-higher-education/

Appeals Court Orders Fair useProbe in Google Book-Scanning Lawsuit

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/appeals-court-orders-fair-use-578009?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+thr/news+(The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Top+Stories)

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Guide to Creative Commons Licences for Humanities & Social Sciences Monograph Authors

http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/files/2011/01/CC-Guide-for-HSS-Monograph-Authors-CC-BY.pdf

Where are we, what still needs to be done? (3 interviews)

http://poynder.blogspot.com/

African Libraries in the Digital Age: “reaching outside their walls”

 http://www.elearning-africa.com/eLA_Newsportal/african-libraries-in-the-digital-age-reaching-outside-their-walls/

The Benefits of Open Data: Neelie Kroes talks to Marleen Stikker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsnWfUK_d4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

Consumer Protection:

Updating the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection for the Digital Age

http://a2knetwork.org/sites/default/files/updating-ungcp.pdf

http://a2knetwork.org/guidelines

 

e-Learning:

eLearning Africa Report 2013

http://www.elearning-africa.com/media_library_publications_ela_report_2013.php