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 […]
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The Library regularly collects statistics about its activities. For example, we know how many items are checked out every year from the Legal Resource Centre - click the image below to see a larger version of the graph.
Another example: we know that in the week ending 4 August 2006 library staff received 197 telephone […]
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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 […]
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 […]