Intellectual Property:
SA Copyright Amendment Bill – information to date
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/SA_Draft_Copyright_Amendment_Bill_2015
Groups Ask for TPP to Allow for Orphan Work Access
http://www.bna.com/groups-ask-tpp-n17179935534/
Access and Persons with Disabilities
Feeling the Internet: How people with visual disabilities surf the web
http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/future/technology/215239-internet-blind-braille
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Financial reward for research output under the spotlight in South Africa
An Exploration of Indexed and Non-Indexed Open Access Journals: Identifying Metadata Coding Variations
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19322909.2015.1020185
More People Have Cell Phones than Toilets, UN Study Shows
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/25/more-people-have-cell-phones-than-toilets-u-n-study-shows/
Researchers are altering their methods because of uncertainty over Creative Commons licenses
The Rise of Open Curriculum
https://medium.com/bright/the-rise-of-open-curriculum-68959f08380d
Altmetrics and Research Assessment: How Not to Let History Repeat Itself
Google joins forces with other tech giants to create next generation video format
We found only one-third of published psychology research is reliable – now what?
Publishing Ethics and Predatory Practices: A Dilemma for All Stakeholders of Science Communication
http://www.ease.org.uk/sites/default/files/predatory-publishing.pdf
Data and Data Management Services:
Sharing Research Data and Intellectual Property Law: A Primer
http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002235
How Africa can benefit from the data revolution
Best Practices for Depositing Funding Data
http://crosstech.crossref.org/2015/09/best-practices-for-depositing-funding-data.html
Library and Information Services:
Two new IFLA Standards : School Library Guidelines (2nd ed) and Guidelines for Parliamentary Research Services
With 10,699 books printed, Windsor library’s self-publishing machine is a hit
Do we really need libraries
http://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/05/05/403529103/do-we-really-need-libraries
Libraries are the future of manufacturing in the United States
Did technology kill the book or give it new life?
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33717596
Librarians Leap to the Aid of Researchers Whose Funding Will Soon Depend on Open Access
Who Says Libraries are Dying – They are Evolving into Spaces for Innovation
This is the End of the Library as we know it
http://qz.com/483492/this-is-the-end-of-the-library-as-we-know-it/
Journal of Academic Librarianship (OA)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00991333