Intellectual Property:

Is it in the Public Domain? – Handbook

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/Final_PublicDomain_Handbook.pdf

The Loss of Access Copyright Royalties and the Effect on Publishers: Sifting Fact from Fiction (Part 1) (Canada)

http://arielkatz.org/archives/3281

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Proportion of Open Access Peer-Reviewed Papers at the European and World Levels—2004-2011 (August 2013)

http://www.science-metrix.com/pdf/SM_EC_OA_Availability_2004-2011.pdf

Development of open access in China: strategies, practices, challenges

http://uksg.metapress.com/content/p4t2157824453387/fulltext.pdf

Analysis of funder Open Access policies around the world

http://sparceurope.org/analysis-of-funder-open-access-policies-around-the-world/

Global open access and APCs

http://figshare.com/articles/Global_open_access_and_APCs/1048831

Taiwan Academic Institutional Repository

http://tair.org.tw/

Lecturer’s name removed from board of predatory journal

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/lecturers-name-removed-from-board-of-predatory-journal/2013764.article#.U5QNQy3HgDo.twitter

FOI request reveals cost of scholarly communication

http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/openaccess/2014/06/05/open-access-sector-news-april-may-2014/

 

Open Educational Resources:

Open Educational Resources (Utah University)

http://www.uen.org/oer/

An OER COUP: College Teacher and Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources

http://jime.open.ac.uk/jime/article/view/2013-04

100+ Online Resources That Are Transforming Education

http://mashable.com/2011/01/07/online-education-websites/

 

Training Programme:

Managing University Libraries for Online Education

14 - 27 November, 2014 – Galilee International Management Institute, Israel

Contact:  Mrs. Carina Baum, Director, Centre of Higher Education - cbaum@galilcol.ac.il