Intellectual Property:
Copyright Board to Draft New Law Aimed at Protecting Local Folklore (Kenya)
http://www.coastweek.com/3748-Kenya-Copyright-Board-draft-new-laws-to-protect-local-folklore.htm
The updated EIFL draft law on copyright: a webinar on 4 December 2014
http://www.eifl.net/events/updated-eifl-draft-law-copyright-webinar
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Correct URL for Scielo SA - http://www.scielo.org.za
Counting the costs of open access for research organisations
http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1784
In the Digital Age, Science Publishing Needs an Upgrade (Op Ed)
http://www.livescience.com/48938-science-publishing-needs-an-upgrade.html
Market failure in the research world
http://publicaddress.net/speaker/market-failure-in-the-research-world/
Nature Makes All Articles Free to View
http://www.nature.com/news/nature-makes-all-articles-free-to-view-1.16460
Open Access Textbooks and Language Primers relating to the ancient world
http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2009/09/open-access-textbooks.html
The monograph should be the passport to mobile research success
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20141126081706420
Open Science and peer-review in the humanities
http://eprints.rclis.org/24136/1/Open%20Science.pdf
Gates Foundation Announces World’s Strongest Policy on Open Access Research
Gates Foundation mandates open access for all the research it funds
http://boingboing.net/2014/11/21/gates-foundation-mandates-open.html
A Shareable Future: Creative Commons at 12 years
http://boingboing.net/2014/11/20/a-shareable-future-creative-c.html
France Prefers to Pay (twice) for Papers by Its Researchers –
http://blog.okfn.org/2014/11/11/france-prefers-to-pay-twice-for-papers-by-its-researchers/
Negotiations between Elsevier and universities failed
http://vsnu.nl/news/newsitem/11-negotiations-between-elsevier-and-universities-failed.html
What’s Going on in the Library? Part 1: Librarian Publishers May Be More Important Than You Think
eBooks in Libraries and Education:
eBooks in Education
http://www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/detail/10/ebooks-in-education/
Digital Audiobook Lending Is Finding Its Groove
Conference alerts:
10th International Confer3ence on ICT for Development, Education & Training
20-22 May 2015 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
http://www.elearning-africa.com/
Fellowship Programme:
Code for Africa & Open Knowledge Launch Open Government Fellowship Pilot Programme