Intellectual Property:

Digitising public domain images creates a new copyright, rules German court [Updated]

http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/06/digitising-public-domain-images-creates-a-new-copyright-germany/

BREXIT: Rights holders might need to re-register IP in the UK as a result of Brexit, says expert

http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2016/june/brexit-rights-holders-might-need-to-re-register-ip-in-the-uk-as-a-result-of-brexit-says-expert/

Brexit and UK copyright: the story of a loss

http://ipkitten.blogspot.co.za/2016/06/brexit-and-uk-copyright-story-of-loss.html

Online Textbook Piracy: A Literature Review

http://www.istl.org/16-spring/reviews.html

European Research Libraries Say ‘Neighboring Rights’ Oppose Open Science

http://publishingperspectives.com/2016/06/european-research-libraries-open-science/#.V3OhlE9JmHt

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open innovation, open science, open to the world  (free to download)

http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/open-innovation-open-science-open-to-the-world-pbKI0416263

SAJS Uses Social Media for Impact

http://www.assaf.co.za/newsletter/?p=1457

Representing Serials Metadata in Institutional Repositories

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0361526X.2016.1160308

Paying for Compliance: A Potential Path Forward for Institutional Repositories

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2016/06/28/paying-for-compliance-a-potential-path-forward-for-institutional-repositories/

Strange journal invitations popping up in my inbox every day

http://www.harzing.com/blog/2016/04/Strange-journal-invitations-popping-up-in-my-inbox-every-day

Open access and Brexit

http://poynder.blogspot.co.za/2016/06/open-access-and-brexit.html

Statement by Christophe Rossel, President of the EPS, after UK's decision to leave the EU

http://www.eps.org/blogpost/751263/250633/Statement-by-Christophe-Rossel-President-of-the-EPS-after-UK-s-decision-to-leave-the-EU

Publisher Solutions International Ltd (PSI) launch The IP Registry, which will solve major authentication problems experienced by publishers and libraries.

http://theipregistry.org/news-events/

Open Access Experts Explore the Radical Re-thinking Toward a Large-scale APC-based Business Model

http://www.abc6.com/story/32319367/open-access-experts-explore-the-radical-re-thinking-toward-a-large-scale-apc-based-business-model

Open Access In Ireland: A Case study

http://openknowledge.ie/open-access-in-ireland/

Use of the Paid Open Access Option in Hybrid Open Access Journals in Agriculture

https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/44212

Two-thirds of UK academics back open access, survey finds

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/two-thirds-uk-academics-back-open-access-survey-finds

Does the DHET research output subsidy model penalise high-citation publication? A case study

http://publishingperspectives.com/2016/06/european-research-libraries-open-science/#.V3OhlE9JmHt

Open Access in Action

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/OpenAccessInAction/

A ‘gold-centric’ implementation of open access: Hybrid journals, the ‘total cost of publication’ and policy development in the UK and beyond

http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/96336/

Australian academics seek to challenge 'web of avarice' in scientific publishing

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/14/australian-academics-seek-to-challenge-web-of-avarice-in-scientific-publishing

Bringing down the cost of textbooks

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-high-cost-of-textbooks/2016/06/26/61688e80-3a46-11e6-a254-2b336e293a3c_story.html

Open Access : A Fight against Knowledge Monopoly & Privatization of Knowledge

https://aniruddhaarondekar.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/open-access-aniruddha-arondekar-hybrid.pdf

 

Open Educational Resources:

Making Sense of MOOCs : A Guide for Policy-Makers in Developing Countries

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002451/245122E.pdf

Moodle Launches MoodleCloud free hosting for educators

https://moodle.com/2015/07/06/moodle-launches-moodlecloud-free-hosting-for-educators/

Announcing Amazon Inspire, a Free Service for Digital Educational Resources

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160627005475/en/Announcing-Amazon-Inspire-Free-Service-Digital-Educational

A Handy Guide on How to Download Old Coursera Courses Before They Disappear

http://www.openculture.com/2016/06/a-handy-guide-on-how-to-download-old-coursera-courses-before-they-disappear.html

100,000 Free Art History Texts Now Available Online Thanks to the Getty Research Portal

http://www.openculture.com/2016/06/enjoy-100000-free-art-art-history-texts-courtesy-of-the-getty-research-portal.html