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    Knowledge Management for the South African Architectural Profession, based on a Local Case Study
    (Common Ground, 2008) Johnson, Johanna
    Traditionally, 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.
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    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, Denise
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    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 Rosemary
    This article gives practical tips when making reproductions for educational purposes.
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    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, Paul
    This document discusses copyright issues and provides guidelines on copyright limitations and exceptions for education in Commonwealth countries.
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    Free Trade Agreements and TRIPS-plus: implications for developing countries in Africa
    (www.ifla.org, 2005-12-05) Nicholson, Denise Rosemary
    This 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.
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    Intellectual Property: benefit or burden for Africa?
    (Sage Publications on behalf of IFLA, 2006) Nicholson, Denise Rosemary
    This 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.
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    Librarians can make a difference
    (Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2008-04) Nicholson, Denise Rosemary
    This article describes how librarians can make a difference in lobbying for change in copyright legislation.
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    IFLA Quebec 2008 - Copyright and related matters
    (Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2008-12) Nicholson, Denise R
    This article is a report on the author's attendance and experiences at the IFLA Conference in Quebec in 2008
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    Burning issue: How does copyright affect you as librarians, researchers, teachers?
    (Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2008-07) Nicholson, Denise Rosemary
    This 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 purposes
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    World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s General Assembly in Geneva
    (Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2006-12) Nicholson, Denise
    The author was the first librarian from a developing country to attend and make a statement at a WIPO General Assembly. This article is a report on her attendance and experiences at the WIPO General Assembly in Geneva in 2006.