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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.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 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 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 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 Librarians can make a difference(Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA), 2008-04) Nicholson, Denise RosemaryThis article describes how librarians can make a difference in lobbying for change in copyright legislation.Item 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 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 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 Public lending right: prospects in South Africa's public libraries?(SA Jnl Libs & Info Sci 2008, 74(1), 2008) Masango, Charles A; Denise NicholsonThis paper examines the origin of the Public Lending Right and the UK Public Lending Right Act 1979. It analyses whether the public lending right (PLR) that exists in some European countries, Canada and Australia may form the basis of establishing a PLR in South Africa's public libraries following a debate by the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors' Association of South Africa (ANFASA) as to whether South African libraries needs to lobby for a PLR. The paper discusses possible obstacles that may inhibit the implementation of a PLR in South Africa's public libraries.