Intellectual Property:

EU copyright evaluation report (and explained by J. Reda)

https://juliareda.eu/copyright-evaluation-report/

https://juliareda.eu/copyright-evaluation-report-explained/

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

The Reckoning: An Analysis of Wellcome Trust Open Access Spend 2013-14

http://blog.wellcome.ac.uk/2015/03/03/the-reckoning-an-analysis-of-wellcome-trust-open-access-spend-2013-14/

Editorial Independence Or Extortion? Frontiers Sacks 31 Editors

http://www.science20.com/science_20/editorial_independence_or_extortion_frontiers_sacks_31_editors-155779The

The Inevitable Success of Transitional Green Open Access

http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/categories/4-Publishing-Reform

Medical Journal of Australia vs Elsevier

http://svpow.com/2015/05/06/the-medical-journal-of-australia-vs-elsevier/

Green and Gold: the possible futures of Open Access

http://svpow.com/2015/05/26/green-and-gold-the-possible-futures-of-open-access/

Unlocking the future: Open Access communication in a global research environment

http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/international/unlockingthefutureapr2015/

Open Access Content from eIFL’s Publishing Partners

http://www.eifl.net/blogs/open-access-content-eifls-publishing-partners

Libraries could outlast the internet, head of British Library says

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/11627276/Libraries-could-outlast-the-internet-head-of-British-Library-says.html

 

Open Educational Resources:

Update on online learning in Africa

http://www.tonybates.ca/2015/05/24/update-on-online-learning-in-africa/

 

Data and Data Management:

Open Data Barometer Global Report (2015)

http://barometer.opendataresearch.org/assets/downloads/Open%20Data%20Barometer%20-%20Global%20Report%20-%202nd%20Edition%20-%20PRINT.pdf

 

Conference Alerts:

Seminar on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: The Regional and International Dimensions

23-25 June 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=36502

 

34th Annual Congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP)

27-30 September 2015 – Cape Town, South Africa

http://www.atrip.org/Content/Activities/Callforpapers2015.pdf

 

IFLA World Library and Information Congress

15-21 August 2015 - Cape Town, South Africa

http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81

Satellite Meetings - http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/satellite-meetings

Programme: http://www.professionalabstracts.com/iflawlic2015/iplanner/