Intellectual Property:
South Centre IP Negotiations Monitor (Issue 9)
http://www.southcentre.int/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IPMonitor9_EN.pdf
Public Roundtable Panel Discussion on Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy (USA)
http://www.uspto.gov/ip/global/copyrights/GREEN_PAPER_ON_COPYRIGHT_POLICY_etc.PDF
Private copying exception plans face possible legal action following parliamentary sign off
New Exceptions to Copyright Applicable to Research: Text and Data Mining
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Why should universities and colleges care about link rot?
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform40/LinkRot.html#.U9tmzrflqHs
Free Check for Broken Links
http://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/
The Keepers’ Registry
http://thekeepers.org/thekeepers/keepers.asp
Open Access: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania – Making Research More Relevant to the World
Wellcome Library
Open Educational Resources:
Introduction to MOOCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv2tKkWyku8
More information about MOOCs
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/MOOCs
Open Call for Proposals to conduct studies on the Impact of Open Educational Resources on Education and Training in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa - Closing Date: 31st August 2014 24:00 (Malaysia time +0800 UTC)
Mobile Technologies & Social Media
Social Media and the Law – Presentation by Emma Sadlier
21 August 2014 - University of Pretoria, Law Faculty, Pretoria, South Africa
RSVP: Roneln@weavind.co.za by 14 August 2014
Conference Alert:
Library 2.014 Worldwide Virtual Conference - 8-9 October 2014
http://ilnetwork.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/library-2-014-worldwide-virtual-conference/