FW: Denise Nicholson's Information Service - 5 February 2007

[Susan Veldsman]

FYI
SUSAN


Students rally for Access to Publicly Funded Research
http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/media/Release07-0201.html 

Microsoft, Google agree to NGO code of conduct
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/011907-microsoft-google-agree-to-ngo.h
tml


About JISC Inform 15
Open source makes 'substantial advance' in UK education, says report 
plus other articles relating to education and research
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/Home/publications/publications/pub_inform15.aspx


No cameras, please
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516770

WIPO Broadcasting Treaty - 
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/wipo/wipo-broadcasting-treaty/ 

Nobel prize winners join calls to open research to all
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2001554,00.html#article_continue

European Petition Seeking Open Access to Research Draws 13,000 names
http://chronicle.com/news/article/1584/european-petition-seeking-open-access
-to-research-draws-13000-names
To sign the petition, go to: http://www.ec-petition.eu/ 

It has been common practice for journal publishers to get authors to
sign away their copyright as a condition of publication.  However, as
the world moves more towards open access, open publishing and the
sharing of knowledge, so authors are realizing that they can have more
control over their published works.  The SPARC website has a useful
Author's Addendum which authors can attach to publishers' forms on
submission of articles. See:
http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/addendum.html.
Authors may also be interested in protecting their works under a
Creative Commons licence. You will find information at
www.creativecommons.org 

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