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

https://theconversation.com/financial-reward-for-research-output-under-the-spotlight-in-south-africa-45567

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

https://www.martineve.com/2015/08/22/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

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/09/01/altmetrics-and-research-assessment-how-not-to-let-history-repeat-itself/

Google joins forces with other tech giants to create next generation video format

http://www.androidcentral.com/google-joins-forces-other-tech-giants-create-next-generation-video-format

We found only one-third of published psychology research is reliable – now what?

https://theconversation.com/we-found-only-one-third-of-published-psychology-research-is-reliable-now-what-46596

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

http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2015/aug/25/africa-benefit-data-science-information?CMP=share_btn_tw

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

http://www.ifla.org/node/9790

With 10,699 books printed, Windsor library’s self-publishing machine is a hit

http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/with-10699-books-printed-windsor-librarys-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

http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/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

http://chronicle.com/article/Librarians-Leap-to-the-Aid-of/231997/?key=SGkiIVU4OCtHY3E2a2kWZTZdPHNtNx0uZCEXay0gblBREQ

Who Says Libraries are Dying – They are Evolving into Spaces for Innovation

https://theconversation.com/who-says-libraries-are-dying-they-are-evolving-into-spaces-for-innovation-44820

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