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Item Access to Knowledge Issues in Africa(Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt, 2009-11) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis chapter discusses various access to knowledge initiatives in Africa, which the author has been involved in and/or has been associated with in Africa.Item The African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project : a brief overview(www.ifla.org, 2009-08-29) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis paper provides a brief overview of the African Copyright & Access to Knowledge Project (ACA2K) which was established in 2007 and which is funded by the International Development Centre (IDRC) in Canada and the Shuttleworth Foundation in South Africa. This project is probing the relationship between national copyright environments and access to knowledge in eight African countries. The paper describes the background and context of the project; why those countries were selected; the conceptual framework within which the project is conducting its research, and the methodology applied. It discusses some preliminary research findings and provides some recommendations of future activities of the ACA2K project.Item Burning issue: How does copyright affect you as librarians, researchers, teachers?(Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2008-07) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis article defines copyright and provides guidelines to librarians, researchers and teachers on how to apply the Copyright law to reproduction for educational and non-commercial purposesItem Continuing education: libraries and the Internet (CELI) project: narrowing the skills gap in Southern African university libraries(D-Lib, 2004-04) Muswazi, PaikiThis is a description and evaluation of a SIDA funded continuing education initiative to enhance Internet skills and applications in university libraries in nine Southern African countries. The article describes the origins, objectives, methodology, coverage, challenges and gives an assessment of the project. It concludes that effective harnessing of the Internet depends on management support for continuous application of new skills and upgrading of ICT infrastructure, indigenous e-publishing, etc.Item Copyright and thesis in Africa(2008-07-09T14:51:19Z) Ubogu, Felix N.The paper examines copyright policies on electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in Africa. It is based on a survey of websites of institutions that participated in the Database of African Theses and Dissertations (DATAD) pilot project and seven South African universities. None of the DATAD institutions had any copyright information on their websites. Only one South African university had copyright information on its website although it did not provide information on the copyright needs of postgraduate students. The paper suggests that: (i)web access to the DATAD Guide to Copyright and Intellectual Property Management should be provided to guide postgraduate students and supervisors on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues; (ii) academic libraries should educate postgraduate students on basic copyright information such as ownership, rights, duration, protection, registration, fair use, permissions, etc.Item Copyright: how to use your photocopier & computer lawfully(South Africa. Department of Sport, Arts & Culture: Librsary and Archive Services Directorate. Free State Provincial Library and Information Service, 2008) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis article gives practical tips when making reproductions for educational purposes.Item Digital Rights Management and Access to Information: a developing country’s perspective(Volume 19, Issue 1, March 2009, 2009-03) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryDigital rights management systems (DRMs) together with technological protection measures (TPMs) have become a controversial topic of discussion around copyrighted works, particularly since the controversial Sony BMG case. This paper addresses some of the concerns around TPM-enabled digital rights management systems as they apply to and impact on developing countries. It highlights issues such as digital censorship, international support for digital rights management and the current legislation in South Africa relating to digital rights management. It also discusses types of digital rights management systems and how they affect access to information and knowledge, as well as their impact on the public domain and privacy. The paper provides some recommendations and challenges to librarians and educators in South Africa and for librarians in other developing countries, on how to address digital rights management issues in relation to their obligations and mandates to provide users and learners with unrestricted access to information.Item Document for Commonwealth Countries on Copyright Matters in Education(Commonwealth of Learning, 2005-05) Hofman, Julian; Kawooya, Dick; Nicholson, Denise Rosemary; Ntuma, Augustine; Prabhala, Achal; Schad, Robert; Schoenwetter, Tobias; Tladi, Lekopanye; West, PaulThis document discusses copyright issues and provides guidelines on copyright limitations and exceptions for education in Commonwealth countries.Item Free Trade Agreements and TRIPS-plus: implications for developing countries in Africa(www.ifla.org, 2005-12-05) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis paper will focus mainly on issues affecting access to knowledge in African countries and implications of international intellectual property agreements. It will show that the majority of these countries are struggling to meet the very basic requirements of the TRIPS Agreement, yet they are now being pressured by developing countries to adopt even stricter intellectual property regimes through the IP Chatper or "TRIPS-Plus" in Free Trade Agreements. The paper highlights the impact of Free Trade Agreements and TRIPS-Plus on education, libraries, people with sensory-disabilities, public health and development in general.Item Freedom of information: in search of a niche for the library profession in Swaziland(Sage Publications, 1999-01) Muswazi, PaikiThe primary objective of the article is to assess the effect of censorship on collection development and librarianship as well as to ascertain future prospects in Swaziland. It is based on Swaziland legal documents. It is argued that (i) historically censorship is institutionalized through a range of legal instruments and seeks to maintain acceptable standards of morality and political stability, (ii) while the library profession's response is lukewarm, the Internet and the changed Southern African political conditions are conducive to the promotion of intellectual freedom. It concludes that awareness raising is the key to desensitizing the hitherto controversial materials and themes and giving access to all points of view without prejudice.Item Global IPR regimes and challenges in bridging the knowledge gap – African Virtual Library and Information Network.(http://www.uneca.org/disd/events/accra//InternetGovernance/Global%20IPR%20regime%20and%20challenges%A0in%A0bridging%A0the.ppt., 2005-01) Ubogu, F N; Nicholson, DeniseItem How the Library can Best Serve the Academic Research Community at Wits(2008-05-08T07:12:59Z) Sayed, YasienDr. Yasien Sayed - School of Molecular and Cell Biology - How the Library can Best Serve the Academic Research Community at WitsItem Ida(2023-01-16) HosaItem IFLA Quebec 2008 - Copyright and related matters(Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2008-12) Nicholson, Denise RThis article is a report on the author's attendance and experiences at the IFLA Conference in Quebec in 2008Item The Impact of Copyright on Access to Public Information in African countries: a perspective from Uganda and South Africa(www.ifla.org, 2009-08) Nicholson, Denise Rosemary; Kawooya, DickThe paper describes various laws and regulations that affect access to public information in two African countries, Uganda and South Africa. It offers some recommendations on how to remedy the situation in both countries.Item The InfoLit Portal: a New Enhancement for Teaching & Learning(2006-09) Muswazi, PaikiThis is a symposium paper that describes the objectives and components of the InfoLit portal especially WIST and Subject Portals at the University of the Witwatersrand.Item The 'Information-Starved' - Is there any hope of reaching the 'Information Super Highway'?(Sage Publications on behalf of IFLA, 2002) Nicholson, DeniseThe right to access to information and ideas is vital for any society, yet for most developing countries in the sub-Saharan region of Africa, this is unattainable. This paper describes problems of access to information and copyright barriers and ways of improving the current situationItem Intellectual Property: benefit or burden for Africa?(Sage Publications on behalf of IFLA, 2006) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis paper highlights some of the issues affecting access to knowledge in South Africa and other Afrian countries, as well as the implications of international intellectual property agreements, focusing mainly on copyright. It will show that the majority of these countries are struggling to meet th very basic requirement of internatinonal intellectual proeprty agreements, yet some of them are being pressured by developed countries to adopt even stricter intellectual property regimes through the Intellectual Property Chapter or 'TRIPs-Plus' in Free Trade Agreements. The paper highlights the impact of some of the TRIPS-Plus provisions on education, libraries, and people with sensory-disabilities, as well as public health and development in general.Item Knowledge Management (KM) in Higher Education: The Role of Librarians/Information Professionals(2008-08-08T08:41:39Z) Ubogu, FelixMany universities have combined their libraries and information technology departments to create ‘Information Services Departments’. In the US, mergers are happening at small liberal colleges. In China, Australia & the UK, mergers have happened in big universities. Library and IT services report to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Vice-Principal / Deputy Vice-Chancellor for KM. Sometimes the position of University Librarian (Director of Libraries) is eliminated. New organisation structures have been developed. But The blended model is said to have failed in research universities in the US. (A. Foster, 2008).Item Knowledge Management for the South African Architectural Profession, based on a Local Case Study(Common Ground, 2008) Johnson, JohannaTraditionally, architectural archives serve as a repository of knowledge which supports architects in developing a frame of reference. They also have the function of preservation. In the developed world, these archives of architectural knowledge have been established for public use, whilst the developing world generally lacks these repositories. With South Africa being a developing country in a third world, its history of architecture is scarcely documented. Therefore, core knowledge-assets for the profession in this part of the world have been neglected. This paper explores the challenges facing Architecture libraries, professionally and academically, in maintaining service excellence considering the special user needs of architects and planners, in the context of digitisation.