Monthly Archives: February 2008

FAQ 29 Feb: Libraries Committee, scope of Commission

29 February 2008 – 9:11 pm

Question: What is the relationship between the Libraries Committee and the Information Futures Commission?
Answer: The Libraries Committee chair, Professor Janet McCalman, is a member of the Steering Committee for the Information Futures Commission.
While questions about how we should develop and manage our library collections, facilities and services are important, the Information Futures Commission’s scope of [...]

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Call for submissions, release of Consultation Paper

28 February 2008 – 8:00 pm

At today’s meeting of Academic Board, the Vice-Chancellor tabled “Scholarly Information in a Digital Age: choices for the University of Melbourne.”
This consultation paper outlines:

changes in society and scholarly practice that affect how we value and manage our scholarly information
the history, size and resourcing of our current scholarly information environment
some questions and choices we now face [...]

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A consultation paper

28 February 2008 – 7:45 pm

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“[T]he archetypal image of a university is a community of scholars clustered around a library, drawing on and adding to a growing archive of codified knowledge…”[2]

Melbourne’s future is defined through the metaphor of the triple helix: a public-spirited institution defined by tightly-bound strands of research, internationally recognised teaching and continuous knowledge transfer, each reinforcing the [...]

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Introduction

28 February 2008 – 7:40 pm

If this Consultation Paper poses a single overarching question, it is this:
How should we develop our scholarly information and technologies, services and infrastructure to achieve our research, learning, teaching and knowledge transfer aspirations over the next decade?
Rapid and unpredictable changes in information technology mean that we will need to reconsider this question every few years. [...]

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How you can be involved

28 February 2008 – 7:35 pm

During March, April and May 2008 the Information Futures Commission will seek input from the University community and other stakeholders.
Staff and students are invited to attend discussion forms, consultations and the Information Futures Forum series of lectures to be delivered by Australian and international experts.
The Information Futures weblog provides a venue for informal conversation. All [...]

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