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Item Alternative Value Capture Systems for Improved Wheat Variety Intellectual Property for Increased Access by Tanzanian Smallholder Emerging Farmers: A Case Study(2014-08-26) King, Joseph NThe purpose of this dissertation is to examine management theory and impact of agricultural intellectual property rights systems in Tanzania to restructure policies and institutions for more efficient technology adoption and diffusion, enhanced market access, and for social, environmental, and economic development of smallholder emerging farmer. The researcher explores the relationships between value chains, intellectual property rights, institutional innovation, and technology transfer in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. The researcher employs a case study methodology that builds on three theoretical frameworks: institutional development in Africa, management theory for institutions adapting in uncertainty, and institutional innovation for development. Data were collected from key informants representing stakeholders along the wheat value chain in Tanzania. These data were analyzed using a value chain approach to understand decisions of value chain actors (both public and private sector) in in relation to one another. The analysis provides clarity to stakeholders to understand how recent legislation on plant variety protection will impact agricultural development and smallholder farmers in the wheat value chain. It provides a framework for showing how premium for improved wheat varieties can be distributed to actors along the value chain and benefit the entire chain without disadvantage to smallholder farmers. The framework contains both qualitative and quantitative indicators that allow for longitudinal monitoring of the value chain to understand the effects of intellectual property on smallholder communities. It delineates the network effects of institutional innovation and the institutional innovation cycle and how these impact development in Tanzania.Item Data and Copyright(2016-11-16) Lyon, Colleen; University of Texas at AustinThis session provides attendees with an overview of copyright as it relates to data. The presenter uses real life examples to help demonstrate the complexity of intellectual property data issues.Item How Digital Libraries Can Create a Culture of Open Access on Campus(2013-03-21) Keralis, Spencer; Helge, Kris; Waugh, Laura; Stark, Shannon; Najmi, Anjum; University of North TexasAs Open Access has flourished into an International movement that is shaping the progressive landscape of scholarly communication, a growing number of institutions are implementing policy changes aimed at the higher institutional levels. Policy implementation, however, is only the one step in creating a culture of Open Access on a campus. Digital Libraries have led the movement by instituting Institutional Repositories for scholarly works and research data, but it has become increasingly evident that academic institutions must implement strategies for raising the awareness of Open Access and promoting the involvement of their academic scholars and students. It is no longer a question of whether or not to promote the open accessibility of these works among our academic community, but how best to do so. This roundtable discussion will offer ideas, strategies, and thoughtful conversations on how to equip a campus with the resources it needs to promote and assist researchers in adopting Open Access. This panel will feature faculty; a graduate student; scholarly communications, institutional repository, and strategic projects librarians to provide a balanced perspective of Open Access implementation at one Texas institution.