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The future according to… « University of Melbourne Library Intelligencer — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:31:32 +0000

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Comment on Information by Kath

Kath — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:55:15 +0000

I hope that due consideration will be taken, when chosing to purchase digital rather than print resources, of the issues of format and ongoing accessibility. One advantage of physical resources is you don’t need a specific program, or correct edition thereof, to view them. For example: data on 5 1/4″ floppy disks are useless once all the available computers are operating from DVD or USB2; draft essays saved in Microsoft Word 10 and emailed by students cannot be opened by tutors if the local computers are running older iterations of the software. Thus, digital resource cost calculations need to take into account the true cost of updating them as access interfaces change, and vice versa, over time.

Comment on Strategy and aspirations by Ailsa Dott

Ailsa Dott — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:32:53 +0000

The output of our scholars, from research data through to published scholarly and creative works, will be made accessible in ways which enrich our teaching, learning and knowledge transfer aspirations, contributing to global knowledge and profiling Melbourne as a leading research university.

Please when we think about the point above can we think more broadly than just having everything captured in some kind of repository that is held here. I believe we need to take a much broader approach and think more flexibly about how to make this info accessible.

Comment on Research by Simon Kerr

Simon Kerr — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:43:20 +0000

This draft strategy suggests we “should strongly encourage, perhaps ‘mandate’, open publishing of our research if we value our role in contributing to knowledge creation, equity of access and promoting the work of our scholars”.

I fully agree, but this is a complex issue in relation to IP. The Draft document does state that it “will need to recognize complex intellectual property and copyright issues…”.

This is critical and not just for financial reasons. In some areas of discovery, commercialisation is the only viable way of ensuring the benefits of the discovery are actually made available to those individuals and communities who will benefit. So while endorsing the spirit of open knowledge exchange, any strategy must also be able to cope with the diversity of knowledges that are produced and will have to grapple with the unavoidable tension that exists between the academic ideal of open access to knowledge and the need to control this access in certain, albeit limited, situations.

Comment on Summary outlook and strategic choices by chan keng yik

chan keng yik — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:12:21 +0000

i think oz need some utopia universities to invest heavily in education to open the pandora box of new products or services for blue oceans strategy for oz aging population or knowledge economic ,if u privatize too many universities the pressure to learning
will increase ….i think the libraries can digital the no copyright books to ebook n build one wimax then the whole university will become virtual library even can read ebook (in future generation will enjoy reading in notebook rather than real books just my opinion)
wirelessly in toilet since different ppl
have different way of learning some enjoy smoking while learning some enjoy in libraries some enjoy in sunbathing while learning n solved the libraries traffic jam woow so ideal or utopia university i think without support of oz government it is very hard to lower the cost of learning to be cutting edge knowledge or attract the think tanks give some free knowledges to growing esteem haha while also know what is the real world is happening now from the users feedback to adapt the ever changing environment better to predict the future problems since there is no perfect knowledge in this world if u give some free knowledge u will get free feed back about the flaw of the knowledge like newton law hack by einstein law mean theory is unbreakable
or evolving superfast world during this globalization or cyberworld age if the cost of knowledges is too high ppl will seek internet knowledges like wiki ahha y this world so many conflict is some ppl level of knowledge c this world as elepahant tail some ppl level of knowledge c this world as elepant ear thats y this world is confusing n conflict world haha i think they must be a balance between virtual uni n real uni
like chinese proverb said everbody eat rice but it feed 100 differnt type of ppls haha flexiblity is very good to adapt super fast changing world

Comment on Introduction by paul gruba

paul gruba — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:37:47 +0000

First and foremost, the Commission should make a statement of first principles. And, top amongst those principles, should be a commitment that all materials produced under the aegis of the University of Melbourne be ‘accessible’ in line with W3C guidelines on accessibility. Other principles would relate to the promotion and use of open source standards and software, including a review of propriety systems at regular intervals (e.g., our MS Office bulk license agreement).

Provision for staff and student training, perhaps including a base exam for ICT Literacy [www.ets.org/ictliteracy/] or other measures [http://www.acer.edu.au/resdev/14_ICT.html]

Built on a principled basis, in line with those already published by CSHE for teaching and learning — would help use see the Commission in light of familiar discourse structures.

Comment on Summary outlook and strategic choices by chan keng yik

chan keng yik — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:56:18 +0000

from my experience i m interested in every knowledges thats y i can connect economic science politic may b i m pointless guy which have no aim just hungry for knowledges eventually u will at first c this world as elephant ear then tail then legs when u have a very strong foundation of knowledges eventually u will c this world as elepant or connect all the knowledges or b a polymath full of conflicts like duality of light very confusing world just depend on what perspective u r looking in the world problems until now i just can said this world is never ending stories n history keep repeat thats just depend on u learnt to survive or u learnt to enjoy the knowledge if u learnt to survive u will b specialist if u learnt to enjoy the never ending of knowledges eventually u will b polymath just like u want broadband of knowledge or narrowband of knowledge haha

Comment on UK inventory of repositories and archives by Marcus Wigan

Marcus Wigan — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:16:51 +0000

One of the constraints on the JISC lists is that several of the self imposed limitation therein. Please note for example that Mike Brody’s excellent list at Southampton (home of ePrints)_ of OAI-PMH compliant systems simply can NOT list mny where the systems were developed by research people outside the library orbit, and thus not empowered to make the OAI PMH link openly visible..a criterion for listing.. I discovered this when trying to list three of my own repositories.. so there may well be many more not listed for similar reasons…

Comment on Video now available: Rhys Francis on e-research by tal galili

tal galili — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:09:16 +0000

I am excited too :)

Comment on How you can be involved by Celia Thompson

Celia Thompson — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:37:24 +0000

I would like to follow up on a comment I made at the forum held yesterday (April 15th) entitled ‘Scholarly Information in the Digital Age’ (Laby Theatre, David Caro Building).

While we are talking about the importance of being able to adequately store and retrieve digital material in a variety of formats in our libraries (both virtually + ‘physically’), I wish to draw attention to the fact that in certain areas of the university (especially Arts at the moment)we have tremendous difficulty in accessing digital equipment for researchers and students to enable them to gather empirical data in digital formats in the first place!

Our studies in languages and linguistics often involve the collection of spoken language (this could involve audio and/or video recording in a variety of naturalistic and simulated settings, as well as interview data) and it is essential that we are afforded the benefits of being able to manipulate, store, retrieve and present these data in digital formats.

As part of the University’s strategy to secure its position at the forefront of educational technological developments, I urge the Commission to recommend the immediate purchase of state-of-the-art audio and video recording equipment for use by students and researchers across the University.