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Denise Nicholson

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Copyright & A2K Issues - 13 March 2012

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Authors Rights (K. Crews) (video)

http://dsu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=274041&sid=2576440

The Next Step in Open Access Publishing

http://culturedigitally.org/2012/03/the-next-step-in-open-access-publishing/

Of Google and Scholarly Search

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/internet/article2985394.ece

Expert panel on freedom of expression is only the beginning

http://www.apc.org/en/node/13875/

Is the Internet a Threat to Libraries, Reading and Writing Culture?

http://bit.ly/xCPB9n

Open Educational Resources:

Irel-Open

http://www.irel-open.ie/

NAMCOL open learning resources

http://www.namcol.edu.na/elearning.php

Khan Academy: The future of education?

http://bit.ly/y3Ufms

Persons with Sensory Disabilities

Early eBook Pioneer Bookshare Marks Decade of Innovations –

Ten Years Motivated by Need to Change Lives of People with Print Disabilities

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/03/12/prweb9272866.DTL

Conference Alerts:

e-Learning Africa Conference

23-25 May 2012, Benin, Africa

http://www.elearning-africa.com/conference.php

The Summer 2^nd International Symposium on Integrating Research, Education and Problem Solving

17-20^th July 2012, Florida, USA

http://www.iiis2012.org/wmsci/website/default.asp?vc=56

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
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