Following a very successful Workshop held in Canberra on 3 and 4 March 1999, an Advisory Committee was established to "foster widespread ownership of the agenda for change in scholarly communications through the development of a series of promotional and collaborative strategies". It has representatives from university libraries, the Academies, the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee, the Australian Research Council, the CSIRO and the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. The name, Coalition for Innovation in Scholarly Communication, was selected by the Advisory Committee as an appropriate identification of the broad, yet informal, group of stakeholders represented at the workshop.
Read more about CISC and its current activities.
Australia's
Information Future: Innovation and knowledge management for
the 21st century. Higher Education Division,
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs Evaluations
and Investigations Programme 99/5 December
1999.
[Education Minister Kemp Releases Report
on Scholarly Information Crisis - Press Release]
Project 1
A series of snapshots of the size and nature of recent economic investment in library and information infrastructure, by CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians)Project 2
Mapping infrastructure for national networked information delivery: a discussion paper.by CAVAL LimitedProject 3
A review of studies of users of scholarly information by National Library of AustraliaProject 4
Library and Information Infrastructure: International Strategic Initiatives: a Discussion Paper, by Colin Steele, University Librarian, Australian National University..Project 5
The Economics of Scholarly Communication: a discussion paper. by Professor John Houghton, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University.
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