Intellectual Property:

Copyright Week 2015: a call to arms

http://www.choice.com.au/media-and-news/consumer-news/news/copyright-week-2015-a-call-to-arms-220115.aspx

Copyright Week – Support These Principles!

https://www.eff.org/copyrightweek

Progressive Visions for the Future of Copyright in Europe)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/01/progressive-visions-future-copyright-europe

Fair Use Is Not An Exception to Copyright, It’s Essential to Copyright

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/01/fair-use-not-exception-copyright-its-essential-copyright

Open Wi-Fi and Copyright: A Primer for Network Operators (EFF)

https://www.eff.org/files/2014/06/03/open-wifi-copyright.pdf

Where Copyright Fails, New Laws and Guidelines Help Secure Your Right to Tinker

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/01/where-copyright-fails-new-laws-and-guidelines-help-secure-your-right-tinker

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Research:

The focus on bibliometrics makes papers less useful

http://www.nature.com/news/the-focus-on-bibliometrics-makes-papers-less-useful-1.16706

Proposed National Guidelines for OA to Scientific Information (Sweden)

http://www.smhi.se/ecds/updates-from-ecds/proposed-national-guidelines-for-open-access-to-scientific-information-1.83804

Major HEFCE study of monographs and open access sheds light on complex issues

http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/newsarchive/2015/news99909.html

Merger is ‘bad news for universities’, say librarians

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/merger-is-bad-news-for-universities-say-librarians/2018052.article#.VMCREuVo7b8.twitter

Monographs have to adapt to keep a place in the future

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/monographs-have-to-adapt-to-keep-a-place-in-the-future/2018050.article

OA Monographs Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/ScholarlyCommunication/OAMonographs

 

Open Educational Resources:

Curriki Launches New Calculus Open Educational Resources (OER) Collection, Free to Educators, School Districts

https://wits-ac-za.libapps.com/libguides/admin_c.php?g=145331&p=952061

 

Freedom of Expression Resources:

UNESCO Toolkit for Students

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/publications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/freedom-of-expression-toolkit-a-guide-for-students/

Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/publications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/global-survey-on-internet-privacy-and-freedom-of-expression/

Freedom of Expression Resources (Wits LibGuide)

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies/Freedom_of_Expression