Intellectual Property:

Updated Copyright Guidelines for South African Schools (2015)

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines/Guidelines_for_South_African_Schools

EU announces plans to banish geo-blocking, modernize copyright law

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/eu-announces-plans-to-banish-geo-blocking-modernize-copyright-law/

Copyright Protections and Disability Rights: Turning the Page to a New International Paradigm

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2390468

The Author's Place in the Future of Copyright

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2574496#

The Changing Face of DRM: Where Do We Stand in 2015?

http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/The-Changing-Face-of-DRM-Where-Do-We-Stand-in-2015-101319.aspx

Recipes, Copyright and Plagiarism

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2015/03/24/recipes-copyright-and-plagiarism/

 

Internet  Neutrality and Related Issues:

Stop the Film and Publications Board’s attempt to Censor the Internet

http://www.r2k.org.za/2015/03/10/statement-stop-the-film-and-publications-boards-attempt-to-censor-the-internet/

See: Draft Online Regulation Policy 2014 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0FOi7Ay2OZ6ZU1fZnI3NEQ4UTQ/view

UNESCO Launches a new publication on the Role of Internet Intermediaries

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unesco_launches_a_new_publication_in_its_internet_freedom_series/#.VQkv9k_9mHt

FCC Net neutrality timeline: Read all the new rules in full detail

http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/net-neutrality-timeline/3/

FCC Report 12 March 2015

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0312/FCC-15-24A1.pdf

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530102.600-google-wants-to-rank-websites-based-on-facts#.VQk9s0_9mHs

What Happens When An Academic Publisher Stops Publishing?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2015/03/11/when-publisher-stops-publishing/#.VRk15_zQp8E

D-Lib Magazine

http://www.dlib.org/

A new open-access requirement in the UK

http://www.infoclio.ch/de/node/137690#.VRP94SFR11Y.twitter

Review of the Implementation of the RCUK Policy on Open Access, March 2015

http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/RCUK-prod/assets/documents/documents/Openaccessreport.pdf

Open Access Scholarly Publishing: A Chance for Maximization of Research Productivity among Academics in Nigerian Federal Universities

http://figshare.com/articles/Open_Access_Scholarly_Publishing_A_Chance_for_Maximization_of_Research_Productivity_among_Academics_in_Nigerian_Federal_Universities/1351948

Grant permits a look at open access to scholarships

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/social-affairs/20150327/grant-permits-a-look-at-open-access-to-scholarships

Where are we on the Open Access roadmap?

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/where-are-we-on-the-open-access-roadmap-26-mar-2015

OKHub.org

http://okhub.org/

Open Culture

http://openculture.com

 

Faux Journals, Peer-Review and Bogus Conferences:

Dozens Of Scientific Papers Withdrawn After Peer-Review Fraud Uncovered

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/dozens-scientific-papers-withdrawn-probably-more-come

Hoax-detecting software spots fake papers

http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2015/03/hoax-detecting-software-spots-fake-papers

Rise in Bogus Academic Conferences and Open-Access Journals

http://www.iahr.org/site/cms/newsarticle.asp?chapter=1&nid=467

Welcome to the Dark Side of Academia: Fake Conference and Faux Journals

http://gradpost.ucsb.edu/tools/2014/3/12/welcome-to-the-dark-side-of-academia-fake-conferences-and-fa.html

Watch out for faux journals and fake conferences

http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2013/09/faux-journals.aspx

 

Conference alerts:

 

ISKO UK biennial conference - Knowledge Organization – making a difference:

The impact of knowledge organization on society, scholarship and progress

13th – 14th July 2015, London, UK

http://www.iskouk.org/content/knowledge-organization-making-difference

 

ACU SARIMA Conference 2015 (Association of Commonwealth Universities and the

Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association)

10 - 14 May 2015, Johannesburg, South Africa

http://www.acusarima.com/

 

IFLA World Library and Information Congress: IFLA General Conference & Assembly

Theme: “Dynamic Libraries: Access, Development and Transformation”

15-21 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa

http://conference.ifla.org/