Copyright and thesis in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorUbogu, Felix N.
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-09T14:51:19Z
dc.date.available2008-07-09T14:51:19Z
dc.date.issued2008-07-09T14:51:19Z
dc.descriptionPresentation made at the Open Access and Creating a Knowledge Society Conference organized by Zimbabwe University Libraries Consortium (ZULC), 24 - 26 April 2006, Crowne Plaza Monomotapa, Zimbabween
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/5017
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectElectronic theses and dissertationsen
dc.subjectCopyrighten
dc.subjectPostgraduate studentsen
dc.subjectIntellectual property rightsen
dc.titleCopyright and thesis in Africaen
dc.title.alternativeCopyright issues and online thesis in Africaen
dc.typePresentationen
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