Intellectual Property:

Guest Blog:Potential of eBooks stifled by restrictions

http://www.sparc.arl.org/blog/guest-blog-potential-ebooks-stifled-restrictions

Traditional Knowledge:

WIPO Members Working on Evolving Draft of Potential TK Treaty

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/03/28/wipo-members-working-on-evolving-draft-of-potential-tk-treaty/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Elsevier Bumps on Road to Open Access

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/elsevier-bumps-on-road-to-open-access/2012238.article

German University Tells Elsevier ‘No Deal’

http://news.sciencemag.org/people-events/2014/03/german-university-tells-elsevier-no-deal

http://www.aktuelles.uni-konstanz.de/en/presseinformationen/2014/28/

Elsevier Still Charging for Open Access Copies Two Years After It Was Told of the Problem

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140319/11185526626/elsevier-still-charging-open-access-copies-two-years-after-it-was-told-problem.shtml

Attacking Academic Values

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/03/27/attacking-academic-values/#

 

Citing Wikipedia

http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g1819

3 Ways to use Wikipedia as an Educational Tool

http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/3-ways-use-wikipedia-education-tool

HEFCE/REF Adopts Optimal Complement to RCUK OA Mandate

http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?%2Farchives%2F1103-HEFCEREF-Adopts-Optimal-Complement-to-RCUK-OA-Mandate.html=

Developing Digital Literacies

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/digital-literacies/

New York Public Library Puts 20000 Hi Res Maps online and makes them free to download and use

http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/new-york-public-library-puts-20000-hi-res-maps-online.html

A true transitional open access business model

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2014/03/28/a-true-transitional-open-access-business-model/

Ethics in the Open

http://oerresearchhub.org/2014/03/26/ethics-in-the-open/

 

Open Educational Resources:

OER Impact Map

http://chaos.open.ac.uk/

OER Benefits for Enrolled Students

http://beyonddistance.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/oer-benefits-for-enrolled-students/

 

Online Learning/Distance Education:

New Policies for Online Learning and Distance Education in South Africa

http://www.tonybates.ca/2014/03/16/new-policies-for-online-learning-and-distance-education-in-south-africa/

 

Data Management

What is Content Mining?

http://access.okfn.org/2014/03/27/what-is-content-mining/
What is Big Data?

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

Digitisation, Preservation & Data Management

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