Useful links from Denise Nicholson

Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:-


Author’s Rights

http://library.case.edu/ksl/copyright/addendum.html

http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/addendum.shtml

http://scholars.sciencecommons.org/


Radio Berkman: Open Accessories

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2009/03/03/radio-berkman-open-accessories/


Signs that Social Scholarship is catching on in the Humanities

http://digitalscholarship.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/signs-that-social-scholarship-is-catching-on-in-the-humanities


Digital Humanities in 2008, II: Scholarly Communication & Open Access

http://digitalscholarship.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/digital-humanities-in-2008-ii-scholarly-communication-open-access


Lawrence Lessig on Open Access, Copyright and the nasty Conyers bill

http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2009/03/lawrence_lessig_on_open_access.php


Intellectual property:-


African Copyright & Access to Knowledge project (ACA2K)

www.aca2k.org and Blog - http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_idoblog&view=idoblog&Itemid=73&lang=en


Who owns the Haka?

http://reason.com/blog/show/132005.html


Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act 51 of 2008) (South Africa) (Commentaries)

http://blog.sabinet.co.za/2009/01/21/intellectual-property-rights-from-publicly-financed-research-and-development-act-51-of-2008

http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp2_1010_Intellectual%20Property

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=978&Itemid=366

http://aliquidnovi.org/?p=172


Kindles and "creative machines" blur boundaries of copyright

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/kindles-and-creative-machines-blur-boundaries-of-copyright.ars


Copyright and Copyleft in Publications

http://www.dailycal.org/article/104383/copyright_and_copyleft_in_publications


India Patents Yoga Poses From Western Thefts

http://living.oneindia.in/yoga-spirituality/yoga/2009/yoga-poses-theft-patent-western-countries-230209.html\

Indian Government moves to protect its culture

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2498718.htm


Open Access, A2K and Scholarly Communication:-


Opening Access to Knowledge in Southern African Universities

http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/opening-access-knowledge-southern-african-universities


Open Science: Good for Research and Researchers [Bora Zivkovic's Presentation at Columbia]

http://scienceblogs.com/seed/2009/02/bora_zivkovics_presentation_at.php


WorldWide Science Alliance

http://worldwidescience.org/alliancemembers.html

(South African member organization: CSIR - http://www.csir.co.za/)


Web Accessibility Initiative

http://www.w3.org/WAI/


Welsh Repository Network launched

http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2009/02/23/welsh-repository-network-launched


Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship

http://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/durham-statement-on-open-access-to-legal-scholarship/


Google reinvents the Library

http://media.www.mcgilltribune.com/media/storage/paper234/news/2009/03/04/Features/Google.Reinvents.The.Library-3658298.shtml


WorldCat.org now available for mobile phones

http://www.oclc.org/news/announcements/announcement319.htm


Librarian Group Calls for Ending Publication of Law Reviews in Print Format

http://www.slaw.ca/2009/02/24/law-librarian-group-calls-for-ending-publication-of-law-reviews-in-print-format/


Open Learning Resources/Open Courseware:-

Commonwealth of Learning

http://www.col.org/resources/publications/crsMaterials/

http://www.col.org/resources/knowServices/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.col.org/resources/knowServices/copyright/Pages/default.aspx


The UMass Boston OpenCourseWare

http://ocw.umb.edu/

Korea University OpenCourseWare

http://ocw.korea.edu/ocw





Denise Rosemary 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
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/Services/COPYRIGHT.htm
http://web.wits.ac.za/Library/ResearchResources/SubjectPortals/Copyright+and+Related+Issues.htm



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