Intellectual Property:

Revealed: How copyright law is being misused to remove material from the internet

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/23/copyright-law-internet-mumsnet

How Piracy Became a Cause Celebre in the World of Academics

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/academic-piracy-elsevier-sci-hub

 

Open Access, A2k & Scholarly Communication:

I did my research. Yes, I think academic publishers are greedy. (With notes on publishers’ rhetoric and creationism)

https://svpow.com/2016/05/21/i-did-my-research-yes-i-think-academic-publishers-are-greedy-with-notes-on-publishers-rhetoric-and-creationism/

For the 1000th time – Who will own (and Mine) the Scholarly Record?

http://intheopen.net/2016/05/for-the-1000th-time-who-will-own-and-mine-the-scholarly-record/

Elsevier’s Purchase of Social-Sciences Hub May Signal a Strategy Shift (will need to register to access)

http://chronicle.com/article/Elsevier-s-Purchase-of/236541?key=HmLo_Gc3AZjgdCfZx96vfYxaLIM6qRtfraoLaFu-N0ppNHBOdVVWNFpPNWphOEhsVXhBZjh5ZTYyY1hhNVg1Z1VWNlN2a2x5YzFJ

Publishing, Politics and Reason

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2016/05/23/publishing-politics-and-reason/

Big Deals in the knowledge business: how scholarly publishing divides academia

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/big-deals-in-the-knowledge-business3a-how-scholarly-publishing/6470922

What do we mean when we call scholarly communications platforms 'sustainable'?

https://www.martineve.com/2016/05/23/what-do-we-mean-when-we-call-scholarly-communications-platforms-sustainable/

Tightening their Grip

http://intheopen.net/2016/05/tightening-their-grip/

SSRN, Elsevier and the future of scholarly infrastructure.

https://medium.com/@ianmulvany/ssrn-elsevier-and-the-future-of-scholarly-infrastructure-614862eee626#.prk4goocj

 

Mobile Technology:

How mobile phones are disrupting teaching and learning in Africa

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-conversation-africa/how-mobile-phones-are-dis_b_10102422.html

Preservation:

Unesco Persist Guidelines for the selection of digital heritage for long-term preservation

http://www.ifla.org/node/10315?og=7607