Intellectual Property:

Republic of El Salvador Ratifies Marrakesh Treaty (2nd country)

http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/notifications/marrakesh/treaty_marrakesh_2.html

South Africa: Rooibos – Soothing the Storm in a Teacup

http://www.mondaq.com/x/344960/Trademark/Rooibos+Soothing+The+Storm+In+A+Teacup

Over 40,000 scientific publications free for Ugandans

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/660477-over-40-000-scientific-publications-free-for-ugandans.html

California strikes a blow for research open access -- but pulls its punch

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-california-access-20141003-column.html#page=1

Copy That – You Won’t Go to Jail (UK)

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/copy-that-you-wont-go-to-jail/article6482046.ece?homepage=true

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access Works are as Reliable as Other Publishing Models at Retracting Flawed Articles from the Biomedical Literature

http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/22185

 

Social Media & Networking:

SAHRC welcomes SAJBD’s acceptance of apology following anti-Semetic comments

http://www.ngopulse.org/press-release/sahrc-welcomes-sajbd-s-acceptance-apology-following-anti-semetic-comments

Social Networking

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=253125&sid=2440037

 

Plagiarism:

Academic Misconduct

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=165338&sid=2737854

 

Conferences: Call for Papers:

ICADLA-4  - Strategic Framework and Action Roadmap for Africa’s Digital Libraries and Archives

27-29 May 2015 – University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

http://www.wits.ac.za/conferences/icadla/18123/icadla.html