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Denise Nicholson

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Copyright & A2K Issues - 5 March 2012

 

Celebrating Open Education Week 5 – 12 March 2012

Open Education Week

http://www.openeducationweek.org/

http://www.openeducationweek.org/category/blog/about-open-education/

OER as an Element for the Transformation of Education Dialogue with Experts at the Open University of Catalonia

http://bit.ly/wxdw8x 

Which Kind of “Open Education” Are You Talking About?

http://bit.ly/AfHzT7 

 

Open Educational Resources

http://www.openeducationweek.org/category/blog/resources/

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Learning_Resources

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/content.php?pid=253125&sid=2473125

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication

http://bit.ly/xvs9wC 

  

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Happy 2012 Open Access Movement! December 31, 2011 Dramatic Growth of Open Access.

http://bit.ly/wh4PTJ 

Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI)

http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/COAPI/index.shtml

In a Flood Tide of Digital Data, an Ark Full of Books

http://nyti.ms/wjN1NA 

 

Regards
Denise
 
Denise Nicholson (Mrs)
Copyright Services Librarian,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
The Library, Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. + 27 11 717-1929 : Fax No. + 27 11 717-1946
Email Fax: 0865533134 - http://www.wits.ac.za/library

 
My LibGuides:
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Wits_Copyright_Guidelines
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Scholarly_Research_Resources
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Resources_for_Blind_and_Visually-Impaired
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/deaf_and_hardofhearing
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/digitisation_preservation_and_digitalcuration
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/journalism_and_media-studies
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Open_Educational_Resources
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/ClimateChange
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/WIREDSPACE
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/Mobile_Technologies

 

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Denise Nicholson

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Hi All,

This is a free international online service covering topics such as copyright, authors’ rights, plagiarism, traditional knowledge, digitisation and library matters, open access, access to knowledge (A2K), scholarly research and communication, issues affecting persons with sensory disabilities, open education and m-learning, mobile technologies and social networking, conference alerts, useful websites and legislation affecting access to information.  

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Copyright & A2K Issues - 6 March 2012

Intellectual Property:

News monitoring agencies to pay royalties (South Africa)

http://n24.cm/yy5omu

EIFL welcomes decision to postpone Africa IP Forum

http://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-welcomes-decision-postpone-africa-ip-for

Sherlock Appeals to Opponents of Copyright Law to “Call off the Dogs”

http://bit.ly/Av93uD 

Public Knowledge Pushes for Copyright Reform

http://bit.ly/zsRlhh 

Anti-open access bill suffers sudden death

http://bit.ly/zsD0kM 

 The Next SOPA/PIPA Battle: A Response to Five Arguments for Copyright Access and Internet Freedom

http://bit.ly/xfbJDI 

 

Plagiarism:

University of Alberta medical school dean resigns after plagiarizing speech

http://natpo.st/w2YPP2

Plagiarism Resources:

http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing

  

Traditional Knowledge:

Traditional Knowledge Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions

http://bit.ly/yG7kDJ 

Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions in Kenya

http://copyright.go.ke/rough/newsletter_jan2012.pdf

 

Conferences/International Meetings:

Indigenous Knowledges: Local Priorities, Global Contexts

IFLA Presidential Programme: Libraries - A Force for Change

12-14 April, 2012 – Vancouve, Canada

http://iflaindigenousknowledges2012.ok.ubc.ca/

International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012 (previously Traditional Knowledge Conference)

27th–30th June 2012 - Auckland, New Zealand

http://www.indigenousdevelopment2012.ac.nz/

SCECSAL XX Conference

4-8 June 2012 - Nairobi, Kenya

http://www.klas.or.ke/p/kla-2011-annual-conference.html

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