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 […]
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; […]
Throughout the work of the Information Futures Commission we have learned a great deal about our traditions, our aspirations, the world which we inhabit. This section outlines a set of principles to guide the development and implementation of our strategy.
To deal with a rapidly changing environment we will:
1. Value the diversity that our discipline and […]
Strategy
This strategy builds upon the principles outlined above. The fundamental aim is position Melbourne to effectively compete in a global knowledge economy through differentiation - embedding the Growing Esteem vision within our approaches to scholarly information.
Aspirations
Linking the strands: a vision for Melbourne’s information future
Building on Melbourne’s deep heritage, its commitment to advancing knowledge will be […]
In this section we describe some broad strategic directions to support each strand of the Growing Esteem triple helix:
Research
Learning and teaching
Knowledge transfer
Finally, we propose a strategic direction for linking the strands through improved provision and support of scholarly information and technologies.