Intellectual Property:

Association for Progressive Communications: Draft Provisions for Amendment of the South Africa 1978 Copyright

http://infojustice.org/archives/34047

Copyright and Open Textbooks: The Case of Boundless

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/03/16/copyright-and-open-textbooks-the-case-of-boundless/

More than 90 NGOs call to establish a UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy at the Human Rights Council’s 28th Session

http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/more-90-ngos-call-establish-un-special-rapporteur

Canada: Copyright vs. Industrial Design Protection

http://www.mondaq.com/ac/content.asp?content_id=1502&email_access=on

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Why the Time has Come for an Open Access Foundation

http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/open-access-foundation-3601707/

Is there a library-sized hole in the internet?

http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1847

Free Knowledge Based on Creative Commons Licenses

http://openglam.org/files/2013/01/iRights_CC-NC_Guide_English.pdf

Anonymity and Encryption are Key to Freedom of Expression

http://www.apc.org/en/news/anonymity-and-encryption-are-key-freedom-expressio

Research access initiatives to support think tanks’ research

http://onthinktanks.org/2015/03/13/research-access-initiatives-to-support-think-tanks-research/

UNESCO’s Open Access (OA) Curriculum is now online

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unescos_open_access_oa_curriculum_is_now_online#.VQkp3E_9mHs

 

Open Educational Resources:

Future Learn

https://www.futurelearn.com/

Nine more universities embrace social learning on FutureLearn

http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1859

EdX Courses

https://www.edx.org/

 

Data and Data Management:

Refining the brightest and best new ideas in research data management

http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1863

Data Management and Transfer in High-Performance Computational Grid Environments

http://www2.lsd.ufcg.edu.br/~walfredo/cursos/2004/apdist20041/DataManagement4Grids.pdf

Improving Your Research Management: A Guide for Senior University Research Managers

http://academicexecutives.elsevier.com/improving-your-research-management-guide-senior-university-research-managers

 

Conference Alerts:

UNT Open Access Symposium 2015 – Open Access, The Law and Public Information

18-19 May 2015 – UNT Dallas College of Law, Dallas, Texas, USA

http://openaccess.unt.edu/symposium/2015

 

LIBER Annual Conference 2015

24-26 June, 2015 – London, England

http://www.liber2015.org.uk/