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Progress and process

16 April 2008 – 6:54 am

During April and early May there are lots of opportunities for students and staff to get involved in the Information Futures Commission.
The conversations we have in the next few weeks will directly shape the University’s 10-year strategy for scholarly information and technologies. If you have an idea, a suggestion, a comment or a question, now [...]

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

April is face-to-face month!

9 April 2008 – 1:01 pm

This month the Information Futures Commission project team are encouraging students and staff to participate in two kinds of face-to-face consultation activities.
First, we are hosting two student-staff consultation forums. Hosted in lecture theatres that seat up to 200 people, these events are a chance for you to ask questions about issues raised in the consultation [...]

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

Fabulous facts

1 April 2008 – 10:23 am

Do you collect trivia? Got a thirst for quotable factoids?
You’re not alone!
In our conversations with peers and colleagues, the Information Futures Commission project team are often asked, “Where’s your evidence?”
It’s a natural question: we are, after all, working in an academic environment ;-) Because it’s good business practice, the Commission wants to make evidence-based recommendations [...]

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FAQ 14 March: Why aren’t my comments appearing here?

14 March 2008 – 4:10 pm

Comments on this weblog are moderated, both by Akismet (software for detecting spam) and by humans. Depending on workloads in the Information Futures Commission office, there may be a short delay before a new comment is approved for publication.
Comments submitted without a valid email address will not be approved.
Please see this blog’s comments policy for [...]

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FAQ 6 March: What are ’scholarly information and technologies’?

6 March 2008 – 3:58 pm

Question: What are ’scholarly information and technologies’?
Answer: This is a phrase you will often see or hear in relation to the Information Futures Commission. We use the phrase to describe four types of information:

Published information and collections used by our scholars to inform their learning, teaching and research. Published information and collections may be [...]

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