About Denise

Denise Rosemary Nicholson is an internationally recognised specialist librarian in copyright, scholarly communication and open access. She has a BA degree and Higher Diploma in Library and Information Science from the University of South Africa (UNISA) and a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.  She also passed two WIPO/UNISA Modules – “Essential Copyright Law (with distinction) and “Internet Aspects of Copyright and Trademarks” (with distinction).  She has 41 years’ experience in library and information services, 27 years of which were specialist experience in copyright, scholarly communication and open access.   See her CV, publications list, awards and testimonials below.