Copyright & A2K Issues - 7 June 2019

7 June 2019 · Denise Nicholson

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Intellectual Property:

South African Copyright Amendment Bill:

Questions and Answers about the Bill – see: https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/FAQs_CAB
Genesis and Process of the Bill – see: https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/Bill_Genesis_Process
Latest version of the Bill - https://libguides.wits.ac.za/ld.php?content_id=47021252

Statutory Review Of The Copyright Act (Canada) June 2019

https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/INDU/Reports/RP10537003/indurp16/indurp16-e.pdf

Nigerian Copyright Reform and Implications for Access to Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) in the Digital Age

http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/26172

Fixing Fair Dealing for the Digital Age: What Lies Behind the Copyright Review’s Most Important Recommendation

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2019/06/fixing-fair-dealing/

Scoping Study on Access to Copyright Protected Works by Persons With Disabilities

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333619483_Scoping_Study_on_Access_to_Copyright_Protected_Works_by_Persons_With_Disabilities

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

The Monograph Is Broken. Long Live the Monograph.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Monograph-Is-Broken-Long/246384?cid=pm

Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”

http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/theme-of-2019-international-open-access-week-to-be-open-for-whom-

What is Open Science? Introduction

https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/content/what-open-science-introduction

How to Teach with JSTOR Text Analyzer

https://daily.jstor.org/how-to-teach-with-jstor-text-analyzer/

The gold rush: Why open access will boost publisher profits

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/06/04/the-gold-rush-why-open-access-will-boost-publisher-profits/

Knowledge Unlatched and partners launch Open Research Library

http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/2019/05/knowledge-unlatched-and-partners-launch-open-research-library/

2019 Best Practices From World Libraries Photo Gallery

https://sites.google.com/view/icc-programs/2019-conference-poster

Scientists Call on Funders to Make Research Freely Available Immediately, “Plan U” Proposal Published Today

https://www.infodocket.com/2019/06/04/scientists-call-on-funders-to-make-research-freely-available-immediately-plan-u-proposal-published-today/

Placing science closer to young citizens

https://www.openaire.eu/blogs/openaire-introduces-students-to-open-science

Should India adopt Plan S to realise Open Access to Public-funded Scientific Research?

https://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/should-india-adopt-plan-s-to-realise-open-access-to-public-funded-scientific-research

Open Educational Resources:

Unesco OER Recommendation: One Step Closer To Adoption

http://infojustice.org/archives/41153

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