I will be out of the office from 18 April until 7 May 2014. Back on 8 May.

May the Risen Christ bless and guide you always.  Happy Easter and God bless. 

 

Intellectual Property:

20 Years of TRIPS – Max Planck Launches Declaration on Patent Protection

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/04/16/20-years-of-trips-max-planck-launches-declaration-on-patent-protection/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

SubjectsPlus: Guided search bringing e-resources and library users together

http://www.eifl.net/subjectsplus-guided-search-bringing-e-resources-an

Be Sensible – Don’t Fall for Publisher Pseudo Legal Double Talk and Bogus Pseudo Distinctions

http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1106-Be-Sensible-Dont-Fall-for-Publisher-Pseudo-Legal-Double-Talk-and-Bogus-Pseudo-Distinctions.html

Publishing: we can't see the right track for all the digital platforms

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/apr/06/publishing-future-digital-platforms-content-robert-mccrum

Format for a quantitative research proposal

http://www.epiresult.com/methods/format-for-a-quantitative-research-proposal-2/

Not All That Glitters – April Afterthoughts

http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1104-Not-All-That-Glitter-April-Afterthoughts.html

Conducting an article critique for a quantitative research study: perspectives for doctoral students and other novice readers

http://www.uab.edu/nursing/home/images/research/WWU/Vance_100th_Article.pdf

Elsevier Takedown Notices : Q&A Peter Suber

http://library.harvard.edu/03142014-1552/elsevier-takedown-notices-qa-peter-suber

Amend a Publishing Agreement

https://osc.hul.harvard.edu/authors/amend

 

eLearning and MLearning:

eLearning Africa Newsletter – 4th edition – 16/04/2014

http://vicinity.picsrv.net/w/1619/652cb3025712274b96ae372ae5539fd2/0/0

MLearning resources

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

 

Conference alerts:

The 7th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF 2014)

9-11 July 2014 - Shanghai Library, Shangai, China

http://www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2014/english/