Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
‘Almost half’ of recent research papers now open access
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/almost-half-recent-research-papers-now-open-access
Germany v. Elsevier: keeping on keeping on
https://gavialib.com/2017/08/germany-v-elsevier-keeping-on-keeping-on/
Towards sustainable funding for Open Access
https://medium.com/flockademic/towards-sustainable-funding-for-open-access-c0c0377e4baf
Parliamentary Monitoring Group newsletter (South Africa)
https://pmg.org.za/page/newsletter
Predatory Publishing Practices:
Resources on Predatory Publishing Practices
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication/Predatory_Publishers
Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?
http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/867
Spears: Free advice for back-to-school researchers: Don't join a suckers list
Access for Persons with Disabilities:
Sign Language (South Africa)
https://pmg.org.za/page/Sign%20language
Sign Language – some resources
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing/signlanguage
Resources for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing
Conference Alerts:
IFLA World Library Congress, Poland - 19-24 August 2017
First ever live stream brings IFLA WLIC to your door
https://www.ifla.org/node/11581
The 15th IFLA International Interlending and Document Supply Conference
No Library Left Behind: Cross-Border Resource Sharing
04 - 06 October 2017 – Paris, France
Grants available - see: http://www.ilds2017.org/