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Copyright & A2K Issues - 13 July 2020

By Denise Nicholson

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.  Archives are available at: http://www.africanlii.org/content/copyright-a2k-information [1].  If you would like to subscribe to, or unsubscribe from, this newsletter, please do so at: http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/copyrightanda2kinfo [2]   or email Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za [3] only (N.B. PLEASE DO NOT SEND TO WHOLE MAILING LIST)  

 

Intellectual Property:

Parliament can uphold the Constitution by passing the Copyright Amendment Bill — again

https://bit.ly/2Zp62jS [4]

Actors dealt a blow as president sends two bills back to Parliament

https://bit.ly/2ZmPfxx [5]

June 16 2020: A Sad Day for South African Youth

http://infojustice.org/archives/42438 [6]

 

Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (South Africa)

What is POPIA?

https://altadvisory.africa/popia/ [7]

3 simple steps to kickstart your POPIA compliance

https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/379/205956.html [8]

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication Resources

https://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication [9]

What are Transformative Agreements?

https://esac-initiative.org/about/transformative-agreements/ [10]

Guidelines for Evaluating Transformative Open Access Agreements

https://bit.ly/3iZpF9G [11]

Open Access in Theory and Practice

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429276842 [12]

Emotional Labor in Open Access Advocacy: A Librarian’s Perspective

https://www.ijoer.org/emotional-labor-in-open-access-advocacy-a-librarians-perspective/ [13]

Development and Access to Information Report 2019 (IFLA)

https://da2i.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/da2i-2019-full-report.pdf [14]

Publishing during pandemic: Innovation, collaboration, and change

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/leap.1314 [15]

Guest Post — The Covid Infodemic and the Future of the Communication of Science

https://bit.ly/3iYFzkM [16]

Research Assessment Processes

https://bit.ly/2WeMxZ2 [17]

Fighting the impact factor, one CV at a time

https://ecrlife.org/fighting-the-impact-factor-one-cv-at-a-time/ [18]

 

Open Educational Resources (OER):

International Journal of Open Educational Resources (IJOER)

https://www.ijoer.org/about-ijoer/ [19]

Open Pedagogy Approaches

https://bit.ly/3gRrYd8 [20]

Universities must adopt online learning in order to survive

https://bit.ly/3fpUjXK [21]

OER Resources

https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources [22]

 

Webinars:

EIFL webinar with Aflia – 14 July 2020

https://www.eifl.net/events/webinar-e-resources-during-covid-19-copyright-and-licensing-issues [23]

 

IFLA ARL Webinar series: Academic Library Services during COVID-19 - 22 July 2020

https://www.ifla.org/node/93162 [24]

Groups audience: 
Copyright and A2K Issues [25]
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[4] https://bit.ly/2Zp62jS
[5] https://bit.ly/2ZmPfxx
[6] http://infojustice.org/archives/42438
[7] https://altadvisory.africa/popia/
[8] https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/379/205956.html
[9] https://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
[10] https://esac-initiative.org/about/transformative-agreements/
[11] https://bit.ly/3iZpF9G
[12] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429276842
[13] https://www.ijoer.org/emotional-labor-in-open-access-advocacy-a-librarians-perspective/
[14] https://da2i.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/da2i-2019-full-report.pdf
[15] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/leap.1314
[16] https://bit.ly/3iYFzkM
[17] https://bit.ly/2WeMxZ2
[18] https://ecrlife.org/fighting-the-impact-factor-one-cv-at-a-time/
[19] https://www.ijoer.org/about-ijoer/
[20] https://bit.ly/3gRrYd8
[21] https://bit.ly/3fpUjXK
[22] https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources
[23] https://www.eifl.net/events/webinar-e-resources-during-covid-19-copyright-and-licensing-issues
[24] https://www.ifla.org/node/93162
[25] https://africanlii.org/content/copyright-and-a2k-issues