Copyright & A2K Issues - 2 September 2009

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From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:17:22 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 2 September 2009
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

Globalizing Science Publishing

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/325/5943/920?ijkey=hUm.DpfJLn
l7k&keytype=ref&siteid=sci

New Ways of Science Publishing

https://www.lib.uwo.ca/blogs/digitalscholarly/2009/08/new-ways-of-sci.ht
ml

SARUA handbook 2009 - Guide to the Public Universities of Southern
Africa

http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/sarua-handbook-2009-guide-public-univers
ities-southern-africa

Open licensing for philanthropic foundations - "Why not?"

http://blog.okfn.org/2009/09/01/open-licensing-for-philanthropic-foundat
ions-why-not/

Tara Brabazon: Academics must wise up to Web 2.0 marketing - and the
answer is high-quality podcasts

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode
=407911&c=1

Frances Pinter from GOOD's "We Like to Share" Series

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/17239

Create your Bibliography Database

http://www.mendeley.com/how-it-works/

Open Educational Resources/e-Learning:

Back to School: Open Educational Resources in Africa

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/17273

What is the Future of Teaching?

http://www.atlantainternetmarketing.net/2009/08/31/what-is-the-future-of
-teaching/

Accessibility in e-Learning

http://www.james-greenwood.com/2009/08/30/accessibility-in-e-learning/

Denise Rosemary Nicholson (Mrs.)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm

Blogs: http://kim.wits.ac.za
<https://email.wits.ac.za/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://kim.wits.ac.z
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed Sep 2 11:17:59 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:17:59 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 2 September 2009
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Google's plan for biggest online library: philanthropy or piracy?

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-08-30-googles-plan-for-biggest-online-l
ibrary-philanthropy-or-piracy

UN Climate Report Envisions Modified TRIPS As Governments Seek Progress
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=5858

WIPO draft programme on Cultural Heritage - 29 October 2009

http://wipo.int/meetings/en/2009/cr_mad/program.html

Nigeria restates support for copyright laws

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5452235-147/Nigeria_
restates_support_for_copyright_laws.csp

Traditional Knowledge:

Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (India)

http://www.tkdl.res.in/tkdl/langdefault/common/Home.asp?GL=Eng

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Sep 4 11:10:54 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:10:54 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K issues - 4 September 2009
(part 1)
Message-ID: <D1E4F8FEF09E574085C281B4EF6BA4F1019C3940@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Model copyright law launched online

http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&task=viewpost&id=221&I
temid=73&lang=en

Jason Crocker: Technological neutrality must guide Canadian copyright
reform

http://www.straight.com/article-254874/jason-crocker-technological-neutr
ality-must-guide-canadian-copyright-reform

Google's Book Search: A Disaster for Scholars

http://ow.ly/nWiE

Google Book Settlement in the US

http://blogs.ubc.ca/librarynews/2009/08/20/google-book/

A fuss over the internet search firm's effort to build a huge digital
library

http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14376
406

Keeping Google out of Libraries

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8233324.stm

Traditional Knowledge:

Traditional Cultural Expressions and Libraries

http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-ip/issues/tce

Portal of Online Databases and Registries of Traditional Knowledge and
Genetic Resources

http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/databases/tkportal/

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Sep 4 11:13:25 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:13:25 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 September 2009
(part 2)
Message-ID: <D1E4F8FEF09E574085C281B4EF6BA4F1019C394B@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

The Open Access Availability of Library and Information Science
Literature

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crljournal/preprints
/Way.pdf

Open Access Advocacy : A checklist for research libraries

http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/services/lis/ticer/09carte/publicat/17Sw
an_paper.pdf

Survey of IC T and Education in Africa : a summary report based on 53
Country Surveys

http://www.infodev.org/en/Publication.353.html

Library 2.0: balancing the risks and benefits to maximise the dividends.

http://opus.bath.ac.uk/15260/

Should Publishers support DRM-free e-Books?

http://electrosmart.com/Blog/?p=116

Study analyzes 39 scientific impact measures and makes impact factor
importance relative

http://espacio.bvsalud.org/boletim.php?newsletter=20090810&newsLang=en&n
ewsName=Newsletter%20VHL%20091%2010/August/2009&articleId=07153106200903

PUMA - Project on Academic Publication Management

http://bibsonomy.blogspot.com/2009/08/puma-project-on-academic-publicati
on.html

4 Ways to Get College Textbooks Free

http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/paying-for-college/2009/09/02/4-
ways-to-get-college-textbooks-free.html

Abridgment as added value (OA)

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/09-02-09.htm#abridgment

Conference alerts:

Library Association of South Africa (LIASA) 11th Annual conference

28 September - 2 October 2009

Venue: Bloemfontein Campus of the Central University of Technology, Free
State

Theme: Library and Information Services on the move

www.liasa.org.za

Workshop on "Copyright, copyleft and everything in between: a digital
solution"

28 September 2009 at LIASA conference

Email Fatima.Darries at up.ac.za

WIPO International conference on Intellectual Property and Cultural
Heritage in the Digital World

29-30 October 2009 - Madrid, Spain

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2009/cr_mad/

International conference on emerging technologies in academic libraries
2010

26 - 28 April 2010, Trondheim, Norway

http://www.emtacl.com>

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon Sep 7 10:21:12 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:21:12 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 7 September 2009
(part 1)
Message-ID: <D1E4F8FEF09E574085C281B4EF6BA4F1019C3F47@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Cory Doctorow on Canadian Copyright Reform

http://craphound.com/CanadianCopyrightConsultation.html

Amazon: Google Books deal an 'unprecedented' copyright hack

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10335976-265.html

Does Google have the right to digitize the Global Library?

http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/does_google_have_the_
right_to_digitize_the_global_library

Google Answers Critics with Books Privacy Policy

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/09/04/urnidgns0025
70F3005978D8002576270054D6CE.DTL

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America joins the Open Book
Alliance

http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/blog/2009/09/04/the-science-fiction-a
nd-fantasy-writers-of-america-joins-the-open-book-alliance/

Digital Library Europeana Said To Be Europe's Answer to Google Books
Settlement

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/08/28/digital-library-europeana-said
-to-be-europe%e2%80%99s-answer-to-google-books-settlement/

Digital Copyright (Australia)

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/management/elearningsupportservices/www/
formstemps.htm

Conference alerts:

Highway Africa 2009

6-9 September 2009
Rhodes University,Grahamstown, South Africa

http://www.highwayafrica.com/

Museum Information, Museum Efficiency: Doing More with Less!
37th Annual MCN Conference
11-14 November 2009 - Doubletree Hotel - Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon,
USA

http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm>
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm
<http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyrigh
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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon Sep 7 10:23:27 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:23:27 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 7 September 2009
(part 2)
Message-ID: <D1E4F8FEF09E574085C281B4EF6BA4F1019C3F51@GAIA.ds.wits.ac.za>

FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:

Open Access and the future of scholarly communication (Podcast)

http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/open_access_and_the_f
uture_of_scholarly_communication/

Could Open Government initiatives help drive innovation in Singapore?
<http://tardate.blogspot.com/2009/09/could-open-government-initiatives-h
elp.html>

http://tardate.blogspot.com/2009/09/could-open-government-initiatives-he
lp.html

The Future of Libraries with or without books

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/04/future.library.technology/index.h
tml

The Future of Online Publishing

http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/entrepreneur/100167030-1-future-o
nline-publishing.html

Whitehouse.gov (USA)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Data.gov (USA)

http://www.data.gov/

USAspending.gov

http://usaspending.gov/

Open/E-Learning Resources:

Social software: E-learning beyond learning management systems

http://fredzimny.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/social-software-e-learning-bey
ond-learning-management-systems/

OpenLearn Resources

http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php

Open Source Learning Management Systems

http://www.dreamcss.com/2009/09/6-open-source-learning-management.html

English Language Teachers' Guide to Twitter

http://kalinago.blogspot.com/2009/08/english-language-teachers-guide-to.
html

Working with the Web (Australia)

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/management/elearningsupportservices/www/
schoolsite/contentdesign.htm

Regards

Denise Nicholson (Mrs)

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Thu Sep 10 09:54:04 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:54:04 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 10 September 2009
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

Intellectual Property:

Tips for Developing Countries when reviewing Copyright Laws

http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&view=idoblog&Itemid=73
&lang=en

'Positive Noises' On Resuming Talks On WIPO Audiovisual Performances
Treaty

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/09/09/%e2%80%98positive-noises%e2%80
%99-on-resuming-talks-on-audiovisual-performances-treaty/

Google Book Settlement:

Google Books Settlement: Is The Open Book Alliance Trying To Get
Something For Nothing?

http://searchengineland.com/google-books-settlement-is-the-open-book-all
iance-trying-to-get-something-for-nothing-25491

CDT files brief urging privacy safeguards for Google Books

http://www.cdt.org/publications/policyposts/2009/14

German Government Opposes Google Book Settlement (update 2)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=auCHp0Qhmcq4

Google Tries to Assuage EU Doubters of its US Books Deal: France Files
Objections to Deal

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/09/07/google-tries-to-assuage-eu-doubt
ers-of-its-us-books-deal/

11th-Hour Filings Oppose Google's Book Settlement

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/technology/internet/09google.html?_r=1
&em

IFLA discusses the proposed Google Book Settlement

http://wo.ala.org/gbs/2009/09/08/460/

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