Intellectual Property:

The DTI Budget Vote Address delivered by Dr. Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, 22 July 2014 (see mention of plans for copyright amendments)

http://www.dti.gov.za/delegationspeechdetail.jsp?id=3083

Namibia To Regulate Access To Genetic Resources

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1058504

Publisher’s copyright move could limit use of research

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/publishers-copyright-move-could-limit-use-of-research/2015078.article?MsgId=198492

Understanding copyright and its use today

https://opensource.com/law/14/8/change-future-copyright-reading-about-its-past

If a Monkey Takes a Photograph, Who Has The Copyright?

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/08/11/if-a-monkey-takes-a-photograph-who-has-the-copyright/

Global Coalition of Access to Research, Science and Education Organizations Calls on STM to Withdraw New Model Licenses

http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/25496-global-coalition-of-access-to-research-science-and-education-organizations-calls-on-stm-to-withdraw-new-model-licenses

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Publishing and University Libraries. Plus ca change ?

https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/11944

The decline of science: why we are publishing too many papers

http://cassandralegacy.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-decline-of-science-we-are.html

How-to guide to using web automation tools to collate impact evidence from social media.

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/08/08/web-automation-tools-social-media-ifttt-zapier/

A milestone for public access to research (USA)

http://www.aip.org/commentary/milestone-public-access-research

DOE: The Importance of Requiring Institutional Repository Deposit Immediately Upon Acceptance for Publication

http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1119-.html

Scientists’ motivations for open access publishing

http://www.innogen.ac.uk/downloads/ESRC_CIW_Scientists%E2%80%99-motivations-for-OA-publishing-Weckowska__London_10.03.14_.pdf

Books and Publishing in South Africa: A publisher’s journey to tech and back

http://www.ehlingmedia.com/blog/?p=3617

Cracking the Vault: A Look Inside the Open Science Movement

http://jour90008.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/inside-open-science-movement/

Open Repositories 2014 (Presentations)

http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/97524

School of Open Africa to launch in September 2014

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43400

A Current Snapshot of Institutional Repositories: Growth Rate, Disciplinary Content and Faculty Contributions

http://jlsc-pub.org/jlsc/vol2/iss3/3/

 

Conference Alert:

10th International Digital Curation Conference "Ten years back, ten years foward: achievements, lessons and the future for digital curation"

9 - 12 February 2015 30 Euston Square, London, UK

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc15