Intellectual Property:

Copyright in Europe: Minimal Reform to Avoid Crucial Questions

https://www.laquadrature.net/en/copyright-in-europe-minimal-reform-to-avoid-crucial-questions

Big Rights Holders Favour Status Quo In EU Copyright Over Reform

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/12/09/big-rights-holders-favour-status-quo-in-eu-copyright-over-copyright-reform

Press release: European Copyright Communication – Will the Commission keep its promises?

http://www.openforumeurope.org/press-release-european-copyright-communication-will-the-commission-keep-its-promises/

Statement: Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: Thirty-First Session

http://infojustice.org/archives/35501

SCCR 31: Intervention by Teresa Hackett for EIFL re broadcasting treaty

http://keionline.org/node/2384

 

Open Access, A2k & Scholarly Communication:

Nature Publishing Group and ReadCube Unveil Preliminary Results of Scientific Article Sharing Trial

http://www.nature.com/press_releases/npg-readcube-trial-results.html

Penguin blames likely job losses on rise of ebooks

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/07/rise-ebooks-blamed-200-job-losses-penguin

Open Science, Open Scientists

https://forbetterscience.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/open-science-open-scientists/

Dutch universities and Elsevier reach deal over open access

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-universities-and-elsevier-reach-deal-over-open-access

Library support for open Access journal publishing: a needs analysis

http://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.256/

University Slashes Thousands of Journal Subscriptions, Spurring Faculty Fears

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/university-slashes-thousands-of-journal-subscriptions-spurring-faculty-fears/107205

Authors Alliance – Resolve to regain your rights in 2016

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8677562c-a0c0-11e5-8d70-42b68cfae6e4.html#axzz3uH4GoNuS

Open access platform accelerates drug discovery and development

http://www.manufacturingchemist.com/news/article_page/Open_access_platform_accelerates_drug_discovery_and_development/114194

What goes into making a scientific manuscript public?

http://bjoern.brembs.net/2015/06/what-goes-into-making-a-scientific-manuscript-public/

KU Research Update: Tracking how open access books are being used

http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/2015/12/ku-research-update/

Leading science groups urge global accord on 'Open Data in a Big Data World'

http://www.codata.org/news/95/62/Leading-science-groups-urge-global-accord-on-Open-Data-in-a-Big-Data-World

Happy Birthday to You to enter public domain after copyright case is settled

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/10/happy-birthday-to-you-song-public-domain-warner-chappell-relinquish-copyright#img-1

Markers of Quality: The Role of Librarians in Everyday Life Information Literacy | Peer to Peer Review

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/12/academic-libraries/markers-of-quality-the-role-of-librarians-in-everyday-life-information-literacy-peer-to-peer-review/

 

Access for Persons with Disabilities

Auto Mobility Website for Persons with Disabilities

http://www.auto-mobility.co.za/