Copyright & A2K Issues - 26 February 2018
This is a free online international Information Service covering various topics, including copyright, plagiarism and other IP matters, Open Access, open publishing, open learning resources, institutional repositories, scholarly communication, digitization and library matters, mobile technologies, issues affecting access to knowledge (A2K), particularly in developing countries; WTO and WIPO treaties and matters; Free Trade Agreements and TRIPS Plus; useful websites, conference alerts, etc. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, please email Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za [1] with "Subscribe to Copyright & A2K Issues" in the subject field.
Intellectual Property:
R2.1bn copyright claim against SA Government Communication Information System (GCIS) over Madiba image
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/r21bn-copyright-claim-over-madiba-image-20180225-2 [2]
Internet rages after Google removes “view image” button, bowing to Getty
Measuring the impact of piracy and open access on the academic library services
https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:102345 [4]
file:///C:/Users/00658018.DS/Downloads/unige_102345_attachment01.pdf [5]
Open Access, A2k & Scholarly Communication:
Taylor & Francis scraps extra charges after university protests
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/taylor-francis-abandons-plans-charge-older-papers-734186 [6]
Decoupling peer review from publishing
http://fossilsandshit.com/14-decoupling-peer-review-publishing/ [7]
What is Text Mining?
https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/content/text-mining-101 [8]
How to Make your Research Open Access for Free and Legally (Infogram)
https://figshare.com/articles/How_to_make_your_research_open_access_For_free_and_legally_/5285512 [9]
The South joins a global conversation on open education
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20180221130314807 [10]
Papers of Predatory Journals may soon be available in Indian languages
https://thewire.in/226860/papers-of-predatory-journals-may-soon-be-available-in-indian-languages/ [11]
What’s behind OA2020? Accelerating the transition to open access with introspection and repurposing Funds
https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/16881/18520 [12]
South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science Journal
http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/issue/view/132 [13]
The CD is dead? Not so fast
https://www.salon.com/2018/02/10/the-cd-is-dead-not-so-fast/ [14]
Open Data and Open Research:
Introduction: Open Data and Africa
https://datascience.codata.org/articles/10.5334/dsj-2018-005/ [15]
Open data help scientists to unravel Earth systems
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoh-odh022018.php [16]
Frontiers Partners with Figshare to Promote Open Data
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/02/prweb15222629.htm [17]
Open Research
http://www.reading.ac.uk/research/open-research/open-research-details.aspx [18]
Open Educational Resources (OER):
SUNY math professor makes the case for free and open educational resources
https://opensource.com/article/18/2/open-educational-resources-drive-teaching-renaissance [19]
OER Resources
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources [20]
Conference Alerts:
26th Annual Fordham Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference,
5-6 April 2018, New York City
http://fordhamipinstitute.com/ [21]
20th International Conference on Open Access and Repositories
19-20 April, 2018 – New York, USA
http://www.eurolibnet.eu/3/75/&for=show&tid=110&pid [22]=
OPERAS Conference: “Open Scholarly Communication in Europe. Addressing the Coordination Problem”
31 May – 1 June 2018, Athens, Greece