Intellectual Property

SA Copyright Amendment Bill 2017 - Feedback

The Bill was on the agenda for discussion by the Portfolio Sub-Committee on Trade & Industry on 7 March 2018. It is on the agenda again for 14 March 2018.  The processing of the Bill will apparently continue well into mid-2018.  

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Association of Universities in the Netherlands launches 2018-2020 Road Map to Open Access

http://bit.ly/2oW6enV

Open science initiatives: challenges for public health promotion

http://bit.ly/2HhYx20

3 open source tools for scientific publishing

https://opensource.com/article/18/3/scientific-publishing-software

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)’s updated mission (March 2018)

https://blog.doaj.org/2018/03/07/doajs-mission-updated-march-2018/

Eight reasons early posting models are taking off in 2018

https://www.research-consulting.com/eight-things-2018-preprints/

Get Involved in Our Initiative to Explore Blockchain Technologies for Peer Review

https://www.digital-science.com/blog/news/blockchain-technologies-for-peer-review/

Erasing history

https://www.cjr.org/special_report/microfilm-newspapers-media-digital.php

A Curious Blindness Among Peer Review Initiatives

http://bit.ly/2HjajcF

Catching the Wave — The Tide Turns Toward the Subscription Model

http://bit.ly/2HjOBW2