Category Archives: spaces

FAQ 8 Feb: finding source documents; accessible technologies

It’s always exciting when other people start asking questions about your current project — particularly when it’s something like the Information Futures Commission.
Each week, we will post a few questions (and our answers) on this blog.
Question: Where can I find a copy of this document? Bridgland, A., Brodsky, M., Kealy K., Page, H., Yeoh, A. [...]

Physical spaces for scholarly information

This week’s VALA 2008 conference in Melbourne includes a series of presentations about designing physical and virtual spaces for scholarly activity.
Scholarly activity happens in many different kinds of places. Perhaps the most obvious is the library building.
What does a library look like? Here are photos of two libraries that look like giant bookshelves: temporary construction [...]