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Intellectual Property:
South African Copyright Amendment Bill:
- Questions and Answers about the Bill – see: https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/FAQs_CAB
- Genesis and Process of the Bill – see: https://libguides.wits.ac.za/Copyright_and_Related_Issues/Bill_Genesis_Process
- Latest version of the Bill - https://libguides.wits.ac.za/ld.php?content_id=47021252
Statutory Review Of The Copyright Act (Canada) June 2019
https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/INDU/Reports/RP10537003/indurp16/indurp16-e.pdf
Nigerian Copyright Reform and Implications for Access to Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) in the Digital Age
http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/26172
Fixing Fair Dealing for the Digital Age: What Lies Behind the Copyright Review’s Most Important Recommendation
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2019/06/fixing-fair-dealing/
Scoping Study on Access to Copyright Protected Works by Persons With Disabilities
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
The Monograph Is Broken. Long Live the Monograph.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Monograph-Is-Broken-Long/246384?cid=pm
Theme of 2019 International Open Access Week To Be “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge”
What is Open Science? Introduction
https://www.fosteropenscience.eu/content/what-open-science-introduction
How to Teach with JSTOR Text Analyzer
https://daily.jstor.org/how-to-teach-with-jstor-text-analyzer/
The gold rush: Why open access will boost publisher profits
Knowledge Unlatched and partners launch Open Research Library
2019 Best Practices From World Libraries Photo Gallery
https://sites.google.com/view/icc-programs/2019-conference-poster
Scientists Call on Funders to Make Research Freely Available Immediately, “Plan U” Proposal Published Today
Placing science closer to young citizens
https://www.openaire.eu/blogs/openaire-introduces-students-to-open-science
Should India adopt Plan S to realise Open Access to Public-funded Scientific Research?
Open Educational Resources:
Unesco OER Recommendation: One Step Closer To Adoption