Intellectual Property:

Copyright case heading to court (South Africa)

http://today.moneyweb.co.za/article.php?id=771128&cid=2014-08-26#.U_w-NE_lqHt

China Solicits Public Comments on Copyright Law (Draft Revision for Review)

http://www.natlawreview.com/article/china-solicits-public-comments-copyright-law-draft-revision-review

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communcation:

Open Access – Six Myths to Put to Rest

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2013/oct/21/open-access-myths-peter-suber-harvard

Open Access Directory (OAD)

http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Main_Page

Are Scientists Selfish?

http://techonomy.com/2014/08/scientists-selfish/

Open Collections Program Continues to Bring Value to Researchers

http://library.harvard.edu/07222014-1107/open-collections-program-continues-bring-value-researchers

Open Referral

https://www.openreferral.org/about/

OpenAir (African Innovation Research & Training) Project Reports

http://www.openair.org.za/reports

SCOAP3: more than 2000 Open Access articles online

http://www.epsnews.eu/2014/08/scoap3-more-than-2000-open-access-articles-online/

Altmetrics: What Good are They to Academic Libraries?

http://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=culsproceedings

MedOANet Guidelines for implementing open access policies - For research performing and research funding organizations

http://medoanet.eu/sites/www.medoanet.eu/files/documents/MED2013_GUIDELine_dp_EN_ws.pdf

Thomson Reuters – We’ll take your articles if you don’t tell us not to

http://www.medianama.com/2014/08/223-thomson-reuters-well-take-your-articles-if-you-dont-tell-us-not-to/

Asserting Rights We Don’t Have: Libraries and “Permission to Publish” | Peer to Peer Review

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/08/opinion/peer-to-peer-review/asserting-rights-we-dont-have-libraries-and-permission-to-publish-peer-to-peer-review/

University research: if you believe in openness, stand up for it

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/aug/22/university-research-publish-open-access-journal

Good practices for university open-access policies

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Good_practices_for_university_open-access_policies

 

Plagiarism & Scholary Integrity

Plagiarism Tutorials

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=165338&sid=1394752

UNLV English professor accused of plagiarism by higher education news website 

http://www.unlvrebelyell.com/2014/08/21/unlv-english-professor-accused-of-plagiarism-by-higher-education-news-website/

Anatomy of a Serial Plagiarism Case

http://chronicle.com/article/Anatomy-of-a-Serial-Plagiarism/148437/

International Academic Integrity and Security Summit: Positive and Proactive Approaches.

18-19 September 2014 – Cape Town, South Africa

For information, costs and registration contact : Isabel Woods at isabel@melrosetraining.co.za