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The review period has closed

6 June 2008 – 5:13 pm

The review period for the Progress Report and Draft Strategy closed today, Friday 6 June.
Many thanks to everyone who submitted a written response, commented via this blog or attended a meeting or focus group session during the last fortnight.
The written submissions are available from the main Information Futures web site.
Over the next 10 days we [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Also posted in draft strategy, progress report | Comments (0)

Documents released for comment

22 May 2008 – 2:32 pm

Following their presentation at today’s Academic Board meeting, we are releasing two new documents for comment:

Progress Report from the Commission’s Steering Committee
Melbourne’s Information Future: one possible strategy

The documents outline the Commission’s work to date and describe some long-term options for the University’s library, archive and cultural collections; research data management; IT support for research activities; [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Also posted in draft strategy, events, progress report | Comments (0)

FAQ: Consultation period is over – what’s next?

9 May 2008 – 9:05 pm

The initial consultation period started with the release of the Consultation Paper on 29 February 2008.
It ended at close of business on Friday 9 May 2008.
In the intervening two-and-a-bit months,  more than 300 people joined the Information Futures conversation in some way:

filling in a survey
writing or contributing to a submission (we received 66!)
emailing or phoning [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Also posted in consultation paper, faq | Comments (0)

Countdown: 7 working days to go!

29 April 2008 – 6:22 pm

Have you said your piece yet?
There are only 7 working days until the deadline for responses to the Information Futures Commission.
As of 6.00 pm Tuesday 29 April we had received:

four written responses from faculties and other groups
written responses from seven individuals
125 completed surveys
10 comments on the Information Futures blog
many informal emails

As well, we have run [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Also posted in consultation paper | Comments (0)

we know it is important but…

21 April 2008 – 1:09 pm

In talking to one of our leading academics recently about the Information Futures Commission I was lamenting the fact that feedback was only slowly trickling in. He said something that made me pause and think – his words were something like “We know this stuff is really important…it’s just that we don’t know what to [...]

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