Denise Nicholson, ACA2K Policy & Dissemination Advisor and Copyright Services Librarian at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, has recently been invited to a number of important copyright and access to knowledge workshops regionally and internationally.
Nicholson was invited as an African copyright expert to assist the AU and the WIPO African Group in their meeting in early November in Geneva. She was not able to attend that meeting, but has been communicating with the African Group regarding their proposal on copyright limitations and exceptions to the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), providing the negotiators with information and references on copyright and A2K issues.
Nicholson was then invited to present on the ACA2K project at the UNESCO/eIFL/ASSAf Regional Workshop on Open Access held this week in Pretoria, on 22 and 23 November. Nicholson is the South African representative for the eIFL-IP Project.
Nicholson has also been invited by the Danish National Commission for UNESCO to present on "Open Access from an African Perspective," and to outline the recommendations from the above-mentioned Regional Workshop, at a meeting in Copenhagen on 6 December.
24 November 2010
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