Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Statement on Open Access to Research Publications from the National Research Foundation (NRF)-Funded Research (South Africa)

http://www.nrf.ac.za/media-room/news/statement-open-access-research-publications-national-research-foundation-nrf-funded

Academic Administrator Influence on Institutional Commitment to Open Access of Scholarly Research (Dissertation)

http://search.proquest.com/docview/1267152157

Surprising Commons

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2551265

Open Access

http://cdckeywords.leuphana.com/open_access/

Springer, Nature deal sign of times

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/springer-nature-deal-sign-of-times/story-e6frgcjx-1227187481600?nk=b9bf13c8d52297bbb16df05a379e1ac2\

Knowledge Unlatched: A Global Library Consortium Model for Funding Open Access Scholarly Books

http://cultural-science.org/journal/index.php/culturalscience/article/view/96

Knowledge Unlatched - Full Report on the KU Proof-of-Concept Pilot now available

http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Full_KU_Report_19Jan2015.pdf

 

Data & Data Management:

DCC – New Policy Recommendations on Open Access to Research Data

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/news/new-policy-recommendations-open-access-research-data

 

Conference Alerts:

The Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2015

9-11 June 2015 – Indianapolis , Indiana, USA)

http://www.or2015.net

 

Call for Papers:

IFLA World Library and Information Congress  - 80th IFLA General Conference and Assembly

15-21 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa

http://conference.ifla.org/past-wlic/2014//ifla80/calls-for-papers.html  (Open Sessions)