An EconoTimes perspective

Denise Rosemary Nicholson

Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand

Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand Master of Laws (LLM) – University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg - 2012 Bachelor of Arts Degree - University of South Africa -1978 Higher Diploma in Library and Information Science – University of South Africa – 1983 2 WIPO/UNISA Copyright modules – “Essential Copyright Law” - 2005 (with distinction) and “Internet Aspects of Copyright and Trademarks” - 2006 (with distinction) Honours Exemption from UNISA's Dept. of Information Science - 2009. I have 32 years' professional librarianship at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in a number of posts. I have been involved in copyright, Open Access and scholarly communication issues since November 1996 and have become a world recognised expert in these fields.