Copyright & A2K Issues - 3 March 2009

13 March 2018 · Denise Nicholson

<p>From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Mar 3 11:04:42 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:04:42 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 3 March 2009
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FYI,

Regards,

Denise

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Intellectual Property:-

South Centre Intellectual Property Quarterly Update

http://www.southcentre.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&se
ctionid=8&id=50&Itemid=102

French Legislature Puts Finishing Touches On Ambitious File-Sharing Law

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=1988

http://www.cippm.org.uk/copyright_term.html

Net Neutrality, Copyright Spoiling for a Fight

http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3807766/Net+Neutrality+Cop
yright+Spoiling+for+a+Fight.htm

Can Copyright Evolve With The Internet?
<http://scienceblogs.com/authority/2009/03/can_copyright_evolve_with_the
.php>

http://scienceblogs.com/authority/2009/03/can_copyright_evolve_with_the.
php

Publisher money behind the Conyers bill
<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/publisher-money-behind-conye
rs-bill.html> (USA)

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009_03_01_fosblogarchive.html

Copyrights

http://www.surffoundation.nl/smartsite.dws?fs=&bw=&ch=eng&id=13036

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:-

South Africa: Top Science Journals to Go Open Access

http://allafrica.com/stories/200903030029.html

Open access papers used more in developing world

http://www.scidev.net/en/news/open-access-papers-used-more-in-developing
-world.html

Notes on repositories workshop
<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/02/notes-on-repositories-worksh
op.html>

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/02/notes-on-repositories-worksho
p.html

Creative Commons on White House Website

http://www.whitehouse.gov/copyright/

Surf: 2009 is Open Access Year!

http://www.surffoundation.nl/smartsite.dws?ch=ENG&id=14135

http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa/oa-news/2009_02_26_sur
f-2009-open-access

The Case for and against Creative Commons

http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/the-case-for-and-against-crea
tive-commons-527697

Podiabooks - Free serialized audio books, delivered on your schedule. e
serialized audio books, delivered on your schedule.

http://podiobooks.com/

RSS fees, Podcasts, etc.

http://www.odiogo.com/faq_definitions.php

Legal Guide for Bloggers (USA)

http://www.eff.org/issues/bloggers/legal

IFLA Journal

http://www.ifla.org/V/iflaj/index.htm

Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons

http://www.oercommons.org/

Launching the Nairobi Seminars on Development Research

http://www.iqsensato.org/

Conference alerts: Call for papers:

World Library & Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference

and Assembly - "Libraries create futures: Building on cultural heritage"

23-27 August 2009 - Milan, Italy

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla75/index.htm

IFLA : ATINA Session, Milan, August 2009

ATINA session theme: "From the classical community of knowledge to A2K :
the commonwealth of information in Africa"

Four papers are sought in the following subject areas:

1. Historical influence in North Africa of Alexandria's
library and other classical Greek and Roman libraries down into the
Muslim Middle Ages.

2. Colonial knowledge pathways back to the European
capitals and how to use them to recover the history of African knowledge
in the early 20th century.

3 & 4. The African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K)
project : regional or country reports (www.aca2k.org)

Proposals should be submitted by e-mail by 16 March 2009 to Francis T.
Kirkwood, Convenor, ATINA/RAIA, at kirkwf at parl.gc.ca

Denise Rosemary Nicholson (Mrs.)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929
Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Tue Mar 3 11:42:36 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:42:36 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - Please ignore email
dated 26 February 2009 (duplicate)
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Good day,

I apologise for sending out the email dated 26 February 2009 today. It
should have been deleted as the correct version was sent out to you on
27 February 2009.

Thanks

Denise Nicholson

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Wed Mar 4 10:42:53 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 10:42:53 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 4 March 2009.
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FYI,

Regards

Denise

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Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:-

Author's Rights

http://library.case.edu/ksl/copyright/addendum.html

http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/addendum.shtml

http://scholars.sciencecommons.org/

Radio Berkman: Open Accessories

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2009/03/03/radio-berkman-open-
accessories/

Signs that Social Scholarship is catching on in the Humanities

http://digitalscholarship.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/signs-that-social-sch
olarship-is-catching-on-in-the-humanities

Digital Humanities in 2008, II: Scholarly Communication & Open Access
<http://digitalscholarship.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/digital-humanities-i
n-2008-ii-scholarly-communication-open-access/>

http://digitalscholarship.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/digital-humanities-in
-2008-ii-scholarly-communication-open-access

Lawrence Lessig on Open Access, Copyright and the nasty Conyers bill
<http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2009/03/lawrence_lessig_on_open_access.ph
p>

http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2009/03/lawrence_lessig_on_open_access.php

Intellectual property:-

African Copyright & Access to Knowledge project (ACA2K)

www.aca2k.org and Blog -
http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&view=idoblog&Itemid=73
&lang=en

Who owns the Haka?

http://reason.com/blog/show/132005.html

Kindles and "creative machines" blur boundaries of copyright

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/kindles-and-creative-mac
hines-blur-boundaries-of-copyright.ars

Library matters:-

International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA)
Newsletter

To subscribe: http://www.ifla.org/II/iflalist.htm#IFLA-L

Wits new Knowledge and Information Management Webpage

http://kim.wits.ac.za

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Regards

Denise

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Intellectual Property:-

Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and
Development Act 51 of 2008) (South Africa) (Commentaries)

http://blog.sabinet.co.za/2009/01/21/intellectual-property-rights-from-p
ublicly-financed-research-and-development-act-51-of-2008

http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp2_1010_Intellectual%20Pr
operty

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97
8&Itemid=366

http://aliquidnovi.org/?p=172

http://www.dailycal.org/article/104383/copyright_and_copyleft_in_publica
tions

India Patents Yoga Poses From Western Thefts

http://living.oneindia.in/yoga-spirituality/yoga/2009/yoga-poses-theft-p
atent-western-countries-230209.html\
<http://living.oneindia.in/yoga-spirituality/yoga/2009/yoga-poses-theft-
patent-western-countries-230209.html/>

Indian Government moves to protect its culture

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2498718.htm

Higher Education matters:-

Towards a Common Future: Higher Education in the SADC Region

http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/towards-common-future

Mainstreaming Higher Education in National and Regional Development in
Southern Africa

http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/mainstreaming-higher-education-national-
and-regional-development-southern-africa

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:-

Opening Access to Knowledge in Southern African Universities

http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/opening-access-knowledge-southern-africa
n-universities

Open Science: Good for Research and Researchers [Bora Zivkovic's
Presentation at Columbia]

http://scienceblogs.com/seed/2009/02/bora_zivkovics_presentation_at.php

WorldWide Science Alliance

http://worldwidescience.org/alliancemembers.html

(South African member organization: CSIR - http://www.csir.co.za/)

Web Accessibility Initiative

http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Welsh Repository Network launched

http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2009/02/23/welsh-repository-
network-launched

Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship
<http://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/durham-statement-on-open-acc
ess-to-legal-scholarship/>

http://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/durham-statement-on-open-acce
ss-to-legal-scholarship/

Library matters:-

Archiving Web Resources

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/curation-manual/chapters/archiving-web-res
ources/

Google reinvents the Library

http://media.www.mcgilltribune.com/media/storage/paper234/news/2009/03/0
4/Features/Google.Reinvents.The.Library-3658298.shtml

WorldCat.org now available for mobile phones

http://www.oclc.org/news/announcements/announcement319.htm

Librarian Group Calls for Ending Publication of Law Reviews in Print
Format

http://www.slaw.ca/2009/02/24/law-librarian-group-calls-for-ending-publi
cation-of-law-reviews-in-print-format/

Open Learning Resources/Open Courseware:-

Commonwealth of Learning

http://www.col.org/resources/publications/crsMaterials/

http://www.col.org/resources/knowServices/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.col.org/resources/knowServices/copyright/Pages/default.aspx

The UMass Boston OpenCourseWare

http://ocw.umb.edu/

Korea University OpenCourseWare <http://ocw.korea.edu/ocw>

http://ocw.korea.edu/ocw

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Fri Mar 6 15:16:21 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 15:16:21 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 6 March 2009
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FYI,

Regards

Denise

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Intellectual Property:-

Concerns Continue Over Generics Drug Seizures As Legality Debates Begin

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/03/05/concerns-continue-over-generic
s-drug-seizures-as-legality-debates-begin/

http://www.photographywebsite.co.uk/copyright-in-photography-c494.html

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:-

Open Access Week Declared - 19-23 October 2009

http://www.openaccessweek.org/

Upping access to open access

http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/55489/

A National Research Data Service for the UK?
http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2009/03/a-national-research
-data-service-for-the-uk.html

UbuntuNet for research and education networking

http://www.ubuntunet.net/

Academic libraries foster key skills in next generation

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008812914_opinc05librarie
s.html

Does Accessibility Present Copyright Issues:

http://blog.worldcampus.psu.edu/index.php/2009/01/29/copyright-issues-ac
cessibility

Digitization issues:-

Digital Futures Academy: from digitization to delivery

London, UK: 27th April - 1st May 2009

Information: http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/digifutures/

http://kim.wits.ac.za

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From Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za Mon Mar 9 13:24:46 2009
From: Denise.Nicholson at wits.ac.za (Denise Nicholson)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:24:46 +0200
Subject: [Copyrightanda2kinfo] Copyright & A2K Issues - 9 March 2009
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FYI,

Regards

Denise
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Intellectual Property:-

Masters Degree in Intellectual Property (MIP) (WIPO Academy, ARIPO and
Africa University)

http://www.wipo.int/academy/en/teaching/teaching_research/africau_aripo.
html

http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-ip/ip-news/copyright-watc
h-an

http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright
+and+Related+Issues.htm

http://4sustainability.blogspot.com/search/label/copyright

Challenging copyright

http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/13656.html

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID
=201805939

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/07/opinion/edsmiers.php

Uganda's Counterfeit legislation under scrutiny

http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

Open Access:-

Update on evolving OA mandate at Harvard Medical School (USA)

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/update-on-evolving-oa-mandate
-at.html

Mandating
<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/mandating-green-oa-before-fu
nding-gold.html> Green OA before funding Gold OA

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/mandating-green-oa-before-fun
ding-gold.html

An OA mandate for the University of Edinburgh
<http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/oa-mandate-for-u-of-edinburg
h.html>

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/oa-mandate-for-u-of-edinburgh
.htm

Publishers struggle to cope with open-access tide

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode
=405639&c=1

Conference alerts:-

IST-Africa 2009 Conference & Exhibitoin

6-8 May, 2009, Kampala, Uganda

http://www.ist-africa.org/conference2009/

4th pan-African Conference on ICT for Development, Education and
Training

May 27 - 29, Dakar, Senegal.

www.eLearning-Africa.com

Knowledge Management Conference 2009

24-26 June 2009

Kampala, Uganda

http://isfea.net/conferences/knowledge-management-conference-2009-abstra
ct-submission.htm

5th International Conference on Social and Organizational Informatics
and Cybernetics: SOIC 2009

July 10th-13th, 2009 - Orlando, Florida, USA.

http://www.ICTconfer.org/soic)

http://kim.wits.ac.za

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