Intellectual Property:

Some Submissions on the SA Copyright Amendment Bill 2017

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/SA_Copyright_Amendment_Bill

Course Packs for Education Ruled Legal in India

http://infojustice.org/archives/38581#more-38581

Course Packs For Education Ruled Legal In India: Triumph For Access To Educational Materials

https://www.ip-watch.org/2017/07/12/course-packs-education-ruled-legal-india-huge-triumph-access-educational-materials/

Promoting right of access to knowledge for educational advancement: Indian court decision a model for South Africa?

http://ow.ly/U8Vs30dDtRM

Intermediaries Could Be Made Liable In EU Copyright Legislation

https://www.ip-watch.org/2017/07/14/intermediaries-made-liable-eu-copyright-legislation/

 

Text and Data Mining:

Copyright exception for text and data mining

https://www.cilip.org.uk/news/copyright-exception-text-data-mining

Why is Copyright a barrier to Text and Data Mining?

http://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/TDM-briefing-paper-final.pdf

Text and Data Mining and Copyright Issues

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/TextandDataMining

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Academic publishing at a crossroads

http://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/academic-publishing-crossroads/

How librarians support TDM in the research environment

https://cardiesandtweed.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/how-librarians-support-tdm-in-the-research-environment/

Information Regarding Peer Reviewed Open Access Journals

http://healthfitness132.blogspot.co.za/2017/07/information-regarding-peer-reviewed.html

Open access rates of an institution’s output vs a LIS Journal output — or are librarians walking the talk?

http://bit.ly/2vthl8O

Seminal sci-fi magazine 'Galaxy' is now free online

https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/14/seminal-sci-fi-galaxy-free-online/

The Digitalisation of Universities: UFN Meeting Part 1

https://mlearningstudy.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/the-digitalisation-of-universities-ufn-meeting-part-1/

 

Open Educational Resources:

Open Educational Resources – benefits and challenges

https://www.slideshare.net/rebeccagottberg/open-educational-resources-oer-benefits-and-challenges-77914683

 

Open Data:

Open data on universities – New fuel for transformation

http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20170710104034491

A New Tool to Amplify the Power of Open Data

https://www.planetizen.com/node/93739/new-tool-amplify-power-open-data

Open Data Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuration/OpenData

 

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