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. The Archives can be found at: https://africanlii.org/content/copyright-a2k-information
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) – 36th Session, Geneva 28 May to 1 June 2018
Draft Action Plans on Limitations and Exceptions through SCCR/39 (2nd meeting in 2019)
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=46436
Who owns the copyright in scans of public domain works?
http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/who-owns-the-copyright-scans-public-domain-works/
Issue Brief The General Data Protection Regulation: What Does It Mean for Libraries Worldwide?
http://www.arl.org/storage/documents/IssueBrief_GDPR_May2018.pdf
How much do we know about notice-and-takedown? New study tracks YouTube removals
Google Images’ ‘View Image’ Button and Copyright Infringement
https://spicyip.com/2018/06/25602.html
OPEN ACCESS, A2K & SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION:
Scientific journals are (still) getting (more) expensive (than ever)
Open access megajournals: The publisher perspective (Part 1: Motivations)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/leap.1117
Open access megajournals: The publisher perspective (Part 2: Operational realities)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/leap.1118
Open textbook “Fundamentals of Business” surpasses 100,000 downloads
https://vtnews.vt.edu/content/vtnews_vt_edu/en/articles/2018/05/univlib-fundofbusiness.html
The science that’s never been cited
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08404-0
Has Google Become a Journal Publisher?
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/06/11/has-google-become-a-journal-publisher/?informz=1
PREDATORY PUBLISHING/BOGUS CONFERENCES:
Avoid Fake Conferences
https://libguides.wits.ac.za/openaccess_a2k_scholarly_communication/fakeconferences
What are ‘predatory’ conferences and how can I avoid them?
http://www.authoraid.info/en/news/details/1156/
Think Check Submit - The checklist that helps you choose a reliable journal
UGC removes 4,305 journals from White list, including the Lancet Public Health
https://journosdiary.com/2018/05/04/ugc-4305-white-list-predatory-journal/
Journal Evaluation Tool
http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=librarian_pubs
OPEN SCIENCE/OPEN DATA:
Open Science Goes Mainstream, As Acquisitions of Open Source Platforms Based on Open Access and Collaboration Make Headlines
Protecting data and opening data
https://www.europeandataportal.eu/pl/highlights/protecting-data-and-opening-data
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY / PLAGIARISM:
Academic Integrity / Ethics
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing/Ethics
Plagiarism, Citation and Referencing Styles
http://libguides.wits.ac.za/plagiarism_citation_and_referencing
CONFERENCE ALERTS:
Digital Tools & Uses Congress
3 - 5 October 2018 – Paris, France
http://www.digitaluses-congress.univ-paris8.fr/#&panel1-2
19th LIASA Annual Conference
8-12 October 2018 - Cape Town, South Africa
http://www.liasaconference.co.za/