Intellectual Property:

Judge Harms’ Comments on the Draft IP Policy (South Africa)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jjgtz72oiykhcgl/HARMSComment%20IP%20POLICY%20%282%29.pdf

WIPO General Assembly Opens With Loaded Agenda

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/09/23/wipo-general-assembly-opens-with-loaded-agenda/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Google Seeks Protection to Copy Books Without Permission

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-23/google-seeks-ruling-copying-books-without-permission-is-fair.html

 

Protection of State Information Bill (South Africa):

Ad Hoc Committee Considers Zuma’s Secrecy Bill Reservations (South Africa)

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-09-15-ad-hoc-committee-considers-zumas-secrecy-bill-reservations

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Accredited Journals (Dept. of Higher Education and Training (South Africa)

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

Libraries Lead the Way: Open Courses, Open Educational Resources and Open Policies – Webinar 2 October 2013

http://oerconsortium.org/2013/09/19/libraries-lead-the-way-open-courses-open-educational-resources-and-open-policies/

2000 downloads – the wonders of open access!

http://wahmednano.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/2000-downloads-the-wonders-of-open-access/

Increasing Resistance to Open Access in the UK (Gold Route)

http://pastspeaks.com/2013/09/22/increasing-resistance-to-open-access-in-the-uk/

Library Publishing Toolkit on Scholarly Publishing

http://opensuny.org/omp/index.php/IDSProject/catalog/book/25

Liège University awards honorary doctorate to Stevan Harnad

http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/news/4318

Hybrid Open Access. Cul-de-sac or shortcut towards Open Access?

http://www.slideshare.net/falkreckling/hybrid-open-access

 

Data Management:

European Landscape Study of Research Data Management (May 2013)

http://www.sim4rdm.eu/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/SIM4RDM%20landscape%20report%20vs1%204_14.08.13.pdf

5 Star Open Data

http://5stardata.info/

Data Management and Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=227880&sid=1908513