Intellectual Property:
Monkey Selfie' Lawsuit Ends With Settlement Between PETA, Photographer
Proposal for ancillary copyright for publishers threatens Open Access and Open Science
Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed, data analyst suggests
Facebook to pay music industry millions in royalty fees to protect its users from breaking copyright
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Four Pillars of Open Science: Open Access
Maria Vlachou-That’s mine too!
http://network.icom.museum/cidoc/blog/maria-vlachou/
Smarter, more affordable and hassle-free: Journals introduce new approaches for doctors to share medical experiences
New OA Database – Travelogues of the Eastern Mediterranean
http://fiecnet.blogspot.co.za/2017/09/new-open-access-database-travelogues-of.html
The 2.5% Commitment
https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/14063
We have the technology to save peer review – now it is up to our communities to implement it
Authorea and SSRN Partner to Offer Authors a Better Way to Write and Edit Documents
Sustaining long-term access to open research resources – a university library perspective
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1596
Making peer reviews citable, discoverable, and creditable
https://www.crossref.org/blog/making-peer-reviews-citable-discoverable-and-creditable/
Open Access: Five Principles for Negotiations with Publishers
http://libereurope.eu/blog/2017/09/07/open-access-five-principles-negotiations-publishers/
IFLA Journal – August 2017
https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-43-3_2017.pdf
Peer Review in a World of “Alternative Facts”
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/09/11/peer-review-world-alternative-facts/?informz=1
The British Library is racing to save archived sounds from decay
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/british-library-sound-archive
Predatory publishing practices
The extent of South African authored articles in predatory journals
'Dodgy' articles in academic journals threatens integrity of South African science
Data Management:
Data Management Technology
http://opendatatoolkit.worldbank.org/en/technology.html
Data Policies and Best Practices