What was New 2003 Tuesday, 21 July 2009

23 December, 2003

• Higher Education Report for the 2004 to 2006 Triennium (Published on internet only) This is an interim pre-print release based on preliminary data and does not include changes as a result of the recently passed Higher Education Support Act 2003. The report will be updated prior to publication in 2004. Department of Education, Science and Training © Commonwealth of Australia 2003 (AU)
• World Summit on the Information Society Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005 Building the Information Society: a global challenge in the new Millennium.  Declaration of Principles.  Document WSIS-03/GENEVA/DOC/4-E 12 December 2003

19 December, 2003

• Advancing Australia's Abilities: Foundations for the future of research in Australia  (December 2003) Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AU)
• E-learning Models Desk Study Deadline for Proposals: 30 Jan 2004, 12:00 PM The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is seeking to commission a study into e-learning models, under the terms of the new Pedagogies for e-learning Programme. The aim of the programme is to ensure that e-learning, as practised in UK further education (FE) and higher education (HE), should be ‘pedagogically sound, learner-focused and accessible.’ The general background for this programme is the ongoing need to support practitioners in realising this aim.  (UK)
• Research study on the effectiveness of resources, tools and support services used by practitioners in designing and delivering e-learning activities Deadline for Proposals: 30 Jan 2004, 12:00 PM The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is seeking to commission a research study on the effectiveness of different resources, tools and support services, used by practitioners in designing and delivering e-learning activities.  The study will be carried out under the new Pedagogies for e-learning Programme. (UK)

16 December, 2003

• Guidelines for Internet Access to Journals. This document provides publishers' Guidelines for Institutional Subscribers regarding Internet Access to Journal content.  HighWire  (US)
  • For multi-campus academic institutions, each organization listed in the Directory of Higher Education, or its equivalent, is considered a separate institution.
• Patents and Open Standards by Priscilla Caplan, Assistant Director of the Florida Center for Library Automation,  a white paper prepared for the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). NISO Press, 2003. Originally published as the feature article in the October 2003 issue of Information Standards Quarterly (US)

15 December, 2003

• Mapping Australia's Science and Innovation - Main Report - a whole-of-government report prepared on behalf of the Australian Government by: the Science and Innovation Mapping Taskforce in the Department of Education, Science and Training; and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources; and the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. © Commonwealth of Australia 2003 (AU)
  • Case Studies and Commissioned Research.
• SPEC Kit 276.  Recruitment and Retention [by] Jen Stevens [and] Rosemary Streatfeild, Washington State University. September 2003  Association of Research Libraries. Office of Leadership and Management Services. (US)

12 December, 2003

• £363 million a year knowledge dividend to UK economy - UK national library reveals results of ground-breaking research  10 December 2003 :: Posted by British Library Press & Public Relations (UK)

9 December, 2003

• EXAMINATION OF GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHT MATERIAL The Copyright Law Review Committee is to start work a new reference looking at government ownership of copyright material. R028/2003 Joint News Release Attorney-General The Hon Philip Ruddock MP Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts The Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP 20 November 2003 (AU)
• A review of the amendments to the Copyright Act contained in the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 (Digital Agenda Act) commenced on 1 April 2003 (AU)
  • Attorney-General's News Release (including the Terms of Reference for the review).
  • Phillips Fox is analysing key aspects of the reforms from legal, economic and technical points of view. The Phillips Fox Digital Agenda Review webpage
  • The latest information on the Review of the Copyright Digital Agenda reforms.

8 December, 2003

• The recombinant library: portals and people.  Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, Research, OCLC.  Note: this is a pre-print of an article which will appear in Journal of Library Administration. Last change to this version: 2 September 2003.

17 November, 2003

• Guarding the goalposts - the AVCC's response to the Higher Education Support Bill 2003  (14 November 2003) Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee  (AU)
• Fairness and Flexibility: Ensuring sustainable Australian Universities for the future (29 September 2003)  The AVCC response to Aim Higher: Learning, training and better jobs for more Australians - the Higher Education Policy of the Australian Labor Party. Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee  (AU)

11 November, 2003

• Archiving E-Journals Consultancy - Final Report.  Report Commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) [by] Maggie Jones. October 2003 (UK)

10 November, 2003

• COL LMS Open Source.  June 25, 2003  © This document describes the findings of a survey-style evaluation of Open Source Learning Management System Software  commissioned by 3waynet Inc. and the Commonwealth of Learning (UK)
• Info@UK is a monthly guide to major UK Information Society developments and news. The bulletin is compiled by the Information Management Research Institute, University of Northumbria on behalf of the British Council and is designed primarily to meet the information needs of British Council staff in Information Services Management overseas. (UK)

7 November, 2003

• Hacking Australia's Future: Threats to institutional autonomy, academic freedom and student choice in Australian higher education. Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee  7 November 2003  © Commonwealth of Australia 2003  ISBN 0 642 71334 0 (AU)
• Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee.  Higher education funding and regulatory legislation. Submissions Received by the Committee as at November 2003 (AU)

3 November, 2003

• Higher Education Support Bill 2003. Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003. Guidelines Summary. November 2003 Department of Education, Science and Training (AU)

21 October, 2003

• National Research Infrastructure Taskforce. Discussion Paper. October 2003. Department of Education, Science and Training.  (AU)

20 October, 2003

• Joint Information Systems Committee. Digitisation Programme - funded with a £10 million grant from the Comprehensive Spending Review 2004-2006 (UK)
• Ellen Kronen, Program Manager – Websites, Online Services at Southern Cross University, [winner of the CAUDIT IT Australasian Information Technology Award 2003] for the paper titled "The Website as a Catalyst for Change: developing and implementing a content management system at Southern Cross University" (AU)
• Dey Alexander, Monash University on "How accessible are Australian University Web Sites?". [Entrant in the CAUDIT IT Australasian Information Technology Award 2003] (AU)
• The eBook Prospectus: 2004. Rick Lugg and Ruth Fischer www.ebookmap.net October 2003.  (US)

17 October, 2003

• Libraries in the online environment. The Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee, 16 October 2003 © Commonwealth of Australia 2003 ISBN 0 642 71305 7 (AU)
  • Role of libraries in the online environment. Committee Hearings 11/10/02-20/5/03 - Hansard Reports - Senate Committee on Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. (AU)
    • BENTON, Ms Lynne Patricia, Executive Director, Education Services; and University Librarian, University of Newcastle -  20/5/03  Newcastle
    • BUNDY, Dr Alan Lindsey (Private capacity) - 08/05/03 Adelaide
    • McPHERSON, Ms Madeleine, President, Council of Australian University Librarians & SCHMIDT, Mrs Janine Betty, University Librarian, Australian Subject Gateways Forum - 28/11/02 Sydney
    • YOUNG, Ms Carolyn Dale, Acting Director, Library Services, Queensland University of Technology - 30/04/03 Caboolture
    • CLARK, Ms Judith Elizabeth, Head, Academic Support Services and University Librarian, University of Ballarat - 22/04/03 Ballarat
• Report on Technology Development and Production Workflow for XML Encoded E-Books. by Nancy Lin. ACLS History E-Book Project, White Paper No. 1. American Council of Learned Societies(US)
• OSS Watch provides the UK further and higher education community with neutral and authoritative guidance about free and open source software, and about  related open standards. Open Source Advisory Service. OSS Watch is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee. (UK)

16 October, 2003

• Changing Research Practices in the Digital Information and Communication Environment [by] John W. Houghton. With Colin Steele & Margaret Henty August 2003  © Commonwealth of Australia 2003 ISBN 0 642 77387 4 ISBN 0 642 77388 2 (Internet copy) This report is funded under the Research Evaluation Programme of the Department of Education, Science and Training.(AU)
• SPEC Kit 274, Data Mining and Data Warehousing [by] Barbara Mento and Brendan Rapple • July 2003 • ISBN 1-59407-606-5 • 77 pp. © The Association of Research Libraries (US)

14 October, 2003

• Higher Education Reform Implementation. Newsletter. The Backing Australia’s Future newsletter aims to keep the higher education sector informed of progress on the reforms. It is being published on a semi-regular basis throughout the implementation period. Department of Education, Science and Training. Copyright © Commonwealth of Australia (AU)
• Learning Disabilities Resource Package:  Tools for assessing learning disability and supporting students with learning disability in Australian universities.  EIP 03/09 Tony Payne &  Ed Irons, University of Tasmania © Commonwealth of Australia 2003 ISBN 0 642 77357 2 This report is funded under the Evaluations and Investigations Programme of the Department of Education, Science and Training. (AU)

13 October, 2003

• The Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain: Proceedings of a Symposium (2003). Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO) Copyright 2003, the National Academies Press. (US)
• Consultation Process for a Model for the Distribution of New Higher Education Places.  Department of Education, Science and Training (AU)

8 October, 2003

• AVCC responses to government reviews.  Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee.  (AU)
  • Submission to Knowledge and Innovation Review (October 2003)
  • National Research Infrastructure Strategy: AVCC submission (22 September 2003)
  • Review of Closer Collaboration Between Universities and Major Publicly Funded Research Agencies - AVCC submission  (15 September 2003)

1 October, 2003

• Content, University IT Systems and the Internet.  A resource paper. Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AU)

26 September, 2003

• Library Training Needs Analysis 2002:  A report on findings, Prepared by Della Aynsley, Staff Development and Training Coordinator, The University of Sydney  (AU)
• National Research Infrastructure Taskforce. Commissioned by the Minister for Education, Science and Training. A review of Australia’s National Research infrastructure.  (AU)
  Submissions:
  • Submission to the National Research Infrastructure Taskforce by The Australian Academy of the Humanities 22nd August 2003 Professor Iain McCalman FRHistS (UK), FAHA, FASSA President (AU)
  • NRIT Submission. Janine Schmidt, and Andrew Bennett [The University of Queensland] (AU)

25 September, 2003

• Living Laboratories [Campus Review, September 17-23, 2003. p. 18.] John Byron, Executive Director of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, explains the importance of investing in the Australian scholarly library collection. (AU)

23 September, 2003

• Powerpoint Presentation from 2003 LibQUAL+(tm) Report Meeting [by] Colleen Cook, Bruce Thompson, Martha Kyrillidou.  Northumbria, July 28, 2003, Durham, UK (6.4 MB ppt file) (Original presentation at http://www.libqual.org/documents/admin/UK2003_slides.ppt - downloaded with permission from ARL 15 September, 2003)

10 September, 2003

• The Doctoral Education Experience: Diversity and complexity, [by] Ruth Neumann, Macquarie University 03/12 Evaluations and Investigations Programme, Research, Analysis and Evaluation Group.  This report is funded under the Evaluations and Investigations Programme of the Department of Education, Science and Training. (AU)
• National Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Discussion Paper. September 2003 An initiative of OUR UNIVERSITIES: BACKING AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE. Department of Education, Science and Training. (AU)

29 August, 2003

• Use and Users of Electronic Library Resources: An Overview and Analysis of Recent Research Studies, by Carol Tenopir With the assistance of Brenda Hitchcock and Ashley Pillow. Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington,D.C. August 2003. (US)
• Edited Transcript of media conference Dr Brendan Nelson MP Subject: Student’s National Day of Action Sydney Wednesday 27th August 2003 [Minister for Education, Science and Training] (AU)

18 August, 2003

• MEDIA RELEASE 14 August, 2003 MIN 433 03 BOOSTING AUSTRALIA’S RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE Australia’s research information will be more easily accessible and better managed under a new Committee established to further enhance our nation’s research capacity. The The Australian Research Information Infrastructure Committee (ARIIC)  will be chaired by Professor Rory Hume, Vice Chancellor, University of New South Wales, and will comprise representatives from the academic and research communities. Minister for Education, Science and Training (AU)
• REPORT OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION STEERING COMMITTEE 19 MAY 2003 Department of Education, Science and Training (AU)
• Access to tertiary education materials: Papers from participants in HREOC forum 29 May 29, 2002.  © Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (AU)

15 August, 2003

• Evaluation of the Knowledge and Innovation Reforms. Reviewing Australia’s Block Research Funding Schemes. The Evaluation of Knowledge and Innovation will address the key issues for reform initiated in the 1999 Knowledge and Innovation: A policy statement on research and research training. Commissioned by the Minister for Education, Science and Training.  (AU)

• Release of Issues Paper: end July 2003 [EVALUATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION REFORMS ISSUES PAPER August 2003.  Released 13 August, 2003].  The preferred date for receipt of submissions is 10 September 2003.  Consultation workshops scheduled August 20 to September 2.  It is envisaged that a Consultation Report will be produced from the information provided in the submissions and public consultations. This report will be delivered to Government in October 2003.
• Performance Funding Data. Raw performance funding data (in Excel spread sheets) for all research and research training funding available to stakeholders. (Released 15 August, 2003)

14 August, 2003

• LIBRARY PRINT PRESERVATION: An Administration Briefing. George J. Soete with contributions by Janice Mohlhenrich Lathrop 2003 * ISBN 0-918006-99-6 * 29 pages. Association of Research Libraries  To order: <http://www.arl.org/pubscat/order/> (US)

13 August, 2003

• Privacy, Economics, and Price Discrimination on the Internet [Extended Abstract] Andrew Odlyzko.  Revised version, July 27, 2003  http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/privacy.economics.pdf

11 August, 2003

• Instructions for Institutions Preparing Proposals for Funding under the Research Information Infrastructure Framework for Australian Higher Education.  The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), through the Australian Research Information Infrastructure Committee (ARIIC).  All proposals must be submitted by COB Friday, 8 August 2003.  Funding for these activities is available from the Systemic Infrastructure Initiative (SII) of Backing Australia’s Ability. (AU)
  • Allocation of Funds in 2003. During 2002 the Hon Dr Brendan Nelson, Minister for Education, Science and Training decided to adopt a strategic approach to the allocation of Systemic Infrastructure Initiative funds in 2003 in two key areas of information infrastructure and bandwidth. These areas critically underpin research and research training in Australia. Two expert committees, the Higher Education Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee (HEIIAC) and the Higher Education Bandwidth Advisory Committee (HEBAC), were established to enable the Government to work with the higher education sector to identify, and possibly, fund areas of information infrastructure and bandwidth of high importance to the research community. Both Committees reported back to the Minister by December 2002. The HEIIAC report entitled Research Information Infrastructure Framework for Australian Higher Educationand the HEBAC report entitled A Framework for an Australian Research and Education Network are available as internet publications only.
• Review of Closer Collaboration between Universities and Major Publicly Funded Research Agencies.  Chair:  Donald McGauchie.  Media Release & Terms of Reference. May 26, 2003 MIN 358/03.  Commonwealth Minister for Education, Science & Training.  (AU)
  • Issues paper. 23 July 2003.  The deadline for submissions is 29 August 2003.
• Australian Subject Gateways, the successes and the challenges [by] Janine Schmidt, Anne Horn, Barbara Thorsen - paper presented at World Library and Information Congress: 69th IFLA General Conference and Council 1-9 August 2003, Berlin Code Number: 166-E Meeting: 157. Bibliographic Control - Workshop.

8 August, 2003

• Check out the New Library Clifford Lynch on information creation, management and organization in the digital environment. Ubiquity, Volume 4, Issue 23, July 30 - August 5, 2003.  (US)
  • White Paper:  Publisher Mergers: A Consumer-Based Approach to Antitrust Analysis Thomas M. Susman, David J. Carter, Ropes & Gray LLP and the Information Access Alliance, June 2003
• e-Learning Strategy. Strategy Consultation.  e-Learning Strategy Unit. Department for Education and Skills (UK).
  • Towards a Unified e-Learning Consultation Document July 2003
  • DfES e-Learning Summary
• 16th Annual Study of Journal Prices for Scientific and Medical Society Journals: 2003 Pricing Trends for U.S. Society Journals and Ten Recommendations for Pricing 2004 Volumes, By Gene Kean, Executive to the CEO and Director of Sales Allen Press, Inc. The Newsletter for Journal Publishers, No. 1, 2003 (Allen Press) (US)

7 August, 2003

• OhioLINK is a purchasing consortium, and a state-of-the-art library system, By Ron Feemster.  Volume Discounts [consortial purchasing, shared storage facilities, patron-initiated inter-library loan, shared systems]. National Crosstalk:  a Publication of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.  Summer 2003 (US)

6 August, 2003

• The National Report on Higher Education in Australia (2001)   ISBN 0642 772274 (Electronic Version) Department of Education, Science and Training, Canberra, 2003 (AU)
• Aim Higher: Learning, Training and Better Jobs for More Australians: Media Release by Simon Crean - Leader of the Opposition and Jenny Macklin - Deputy Leader of the Employment and Training, 23 July 2003 (AU)
• Policy Paper 011 - Aim Higher: Learning, Training and Better Jobs for More Australians (pdf format, Size - 594Kb) Australian Labor Party, 23 July 2003 (AU)
• ANALYSIS OF Opposition higher education policy:  "Aim Higher: Learning, training and better jobs  for more Australians"  23 July 2003 Department of Education, Science and Training - Media Release by the Minister for Education, Science and Training  (AU)
• National Library of New Zealand.Metadata Standards Framework – Preservation Metadata (Revised) June 2003 (NZ)
• Macquarie University’s E-learning Centre of Excellence (MELCOE) is an international focal point for e-learning infrastructure and standards development. (AU)
  • Newsletter. July 2003 (includes COLIS update)
• JISC Circular 6/03 (Revised) Digital Curation Centre.  The JISC and the Research Council's e-Science Core Programme are inviting bids to establish a national Digital Curation Centre (DCC) to lead research and development into key areas of digital curation for data and publications, and to pilot the development of generic support services for maintaining digtial data and research results over their entire life-cycle for current and future users. Deadline for Proposals: 26 Sep 2003. Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)
• ASA launches campaign on late pricing.  Association of Subscription Agents (UK)

5 August, 2003

• Australia’s Future Using Education Technology. (The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) is undertaking a review into the position Australian education, training and related businesses should be taking to gain the best possible advantage in using emerging technologies. The review will be complementary to the work being carried out by DEST on the Action Plan for the Information Economy, due for release later this year. )  (AU)

4 July, 2003

• Interoperability between Information and Learning Environments – Bridging the Gaps: A Joint White Paper on behalf of the IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Coalition for Networked Information.  DRAFT – Version of June 28, 2003 [by] Neil McLean & Clifford Lynch.  (US)

3 July, 2003

• Valuation Guidance for Cultural and Heritage Assets.  November 2002. The Treasury Accounting Policy Team. New Zealand (NZ)
• Internet2 Releases Privacy-Preserving Web Authorizing Software.  Shibboleth 1.0, the first production version of software implementing a leading online authorization architecture..  Internet2, 1 July 2003 (US)

1 July, 2003

• Learning Technology Career Development Scoping Study. May 2003 Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)

30 June, 2003

• Cracking down on copycats: enforcement of copyright in Australia.  House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Tabled 4 December 2000 (AU)
  • Government response.  26 June 2003. Stronger, more effective copyright protection.  Joint News Release. Attorney-General The Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Senator the Hon Richard Alston Minister for Justice and Customs Senator the Hon Chris Ellison
• Developing a Shared Understanding of the Managed Learning Environment the role of diagramming and requirements gathering. Sarah Holyfield (March 2003) Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)
• Technical review of the systems developed by the JISC 'Building MLEs in HE' (7/99) programme.  Paul Browning, University of Bristol ( February 2003) Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)
• The Price of Digitization: New Cost Models for Cultural and Educational Institutions: A Digitization Symposium Presented by NINCH and Innodata. Co-sponsored by The New York Public Library  and New York University. Report by Lorna Hughes, New York University.  NINCH SYMPOSIUM: April 8, 2003, New York City REPORT  (US)
• PUBLISHER MERGERS: A CONSUMER-BASED APPROACH TO ANTITRUST ANALYSIS. By: Thomas M. Susman, David J. Carter Ropes & Gray, LLP AND THE INFORMATION ACCESS ALLIANCE.  June 2003 Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C. (US)
• Collections & Access Issues:  Report on Recent Activities of the Association of Research Libraries.  Prepared for the June ALA/CLA Annual Conference. June 2003 Association of Research Libraries (US)

18 June, 2003

• JISC Resource Guides [to support learning, teaching and research].  Joint Information Systems Committee. (UK)

16 June, 2003

• Transnational Programs: Graduate qualities, information literacy and the response and role of the University Library.  Carolyn McSwiney, for the University of South Australia. December 2002 (AU)

12 June, 2003

• A Study of Higher Education Instructional Expenditures: The Delaware Study of Instructional Costs and Productivity.  National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Dept. of Education (US)
• Economic Factors of Managing Digital Content and Establishing Digital Libraries. JoDI Journal of Digital information, volume 4 issue 2 Themes: Digital libraries 2003-06-09
• Statistics in practice - measuring and managing. Edited by Claire Creaser.  LISU Occasional Paper No. 32 Papers from an international array of specialist contributors to the IFLA Satellite Conference, held at Loughborough University in August 2002.  ISBN 1 901786 52 8  (UK)

6 June, 2003

• Guide to Digital Rights Management (DRM), written for the Commonwealth Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) by the Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association (AIMIA) with the support of IPR Systems P/L (a digital rights management company), SecureNet (a consultancy firm with expertise in digital security), Gilbert + Tobin (intellectual property lawyers), and Donna Parkes (design). (AU)
• Feasibility and Requirements Study on Preservation of E-Prints:  Report Commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).  Hamish James, Arts and Humanities Data Service et al  May, 2003 (UK)

2 June, 2003

• Foundations for the future of Australia's Universities - an AVCC Blueprint. Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee 2 June 2003 (AU)

30 May, 2003

• Born, Kathleen; van Orsdel, Lee;  "Big Chill on the Big Deal?" Library Journal, April 15, 2003.

29 May, 2003

• Journal Publishing DTD.  The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a center of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). (US)
• Archiving and Interchange DTD.  The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)  (US)

26 May, 2003

• ANZIIL - Australian & New Zealand Institute for Information Literacy.  (AU)

19 May, 2003

• the big blue project -  The project surveyed present practice in Information Skills Training for students in Higher and Post-16 Education, and was funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee and managed jointly by Manchester Metropolitan University Library and Leeds University Library.  Completed July 2002  (UK)

16 May, 2003
 

14 May, 2003

• Our Universities: Backing Australia's Future.  Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training.  (AU)
  • Higher Education Reforms - at a Glance
  • Policy Paper. The Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson, Minister for Education, Science and Training. May 2003
  • Fact Sheets
    • Strengthening Research Capability
    • Promoting Excellence in Learning and Teaching
    • Enhancing Collaboration
    • Assuring Quality
  • Strengthening the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.  Media Release 13 May
  • Bringing Business and Universities Closer Together.  Media Release 13 May

13 May, 2003

• Staff development and continuing professional education: policy and practice in Australian academic and research  libraries. Paper presented [by Ian Smith, La Trobe University] at the IFLA Satellite Meeting, Aberdeen, 26 August 2002:  Continuing Professional  Education for the Information Society, the 5th World Conference on Continuing Professional Education for the  Library and Information Service Professions.  Ed. Patricia Layzell Ward.  Munich: Saur/International Federation of  Library Associations and Institutions, 2002.

8 May, 2003

• An Investigation into the Management of a University Web Site: A report prepared for the Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology, Shaun Nicholson, Internet Services Manager, The University of Waikato,  Hamilton, New Zealand.  CAUDIT, 2003 (AU)

2 May, 2003

• Benchmarking Protocols – A Guide for CAUL.  DRAFT 2 May, 2003.  CAUL Best Practice Working Group (AU)

29 April, 2003

• Digital Agenda Review - Review of leading edge copyright reforms, including terms of reference.  Copyright Law Branch of the Attorney-General's Department. The AGD e-News on Copyright,  Issue 28 - April 2003  (AU)

28 April, 2003

• An Approach to the Preservation of Digital Records [by] Helen Heslop, Simon Davis, Andrew Wilson. December 2002. National Archives of Australia (AU)
• Learning Times.  LearningTimes is an open community for education-minded people.  Members have free access to a wide range of opportunities to interact with peers from across the globe -- live online, asynchronously and face-to-face. (US)

17 April, 2003

• Knowledge Management in Education: Defining the Landscape. By Lisa A Petrides and Thad R. Nodine. The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME).  The publication of this document was supported by Sun Microsystems. March 2003 (US)

14 April, 2003

• Alumni Outreach by University Libraries.  Prepared by Richard W. Meyer, Dean and Director of Libraries, Georgia Tech and  Mary Jane Mayo, Research Consultant, Northern Light Technologies, Inc. OLMS Publications. Occasional Paper #22  Association of Research Libraries.  December 2001 (AU)
• Accreditation of health libraries. The HeLicon scheme.  Health Libraries and Information Confederation.  (UK)

1 April, 2003

• Research: Engine Room of the Nation - Discussion Paper 010 - Senator Kim Carr. October 2002 (Australian Labor Party) (AU)
  • CAUL response to ALP Discussion Paper, prepared by Madeleine McPherson, President, Council of Australian University Librarians. 25 March 2003 (AU)
• Research Information Infrastructure Framework for Australian Higher Education. The Final Report of the Higher Education Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee Systemic Infrastructure Initiative.  November 2002.  Department of Education, Science and Training 25 March 2003 (AU)
• MEDIA RELEASE $3.5 MILLION ASSISTS SCIENCE RESEARCH  27 March, 2003 MIN 314/03 Commonwealth Minister for Education, Science and Training.  (AU)
• Mapping Australia's Science and Innovation System. Department of Education, Science and Training. · An interim report is due mid 2003. The final report due later in 2003. (AU)

21 March, 2003

• australianpolitics.com - Resources on Australian Politics.  Sponsored by theage.com.au and smh.com.au (AU)

20 March, 2003

• Development of an OpenURL Standard.  NISO Committee AX. (US)
  • The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services.  NISO Committee AX is now soliciting comments from the public on these documents. The Public-Comment period starts March 12th, when the first document will be released, and is slated to continue until at least April 15th, 2003.

14 March, 2003

• cetis (the centre for educational technology interoperability standards)  - CETIS represents UK Higher and Further Education on international educational standards initiatives ...., funded by JISC, the Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher and Further Education Funding Councils, and is managed by Bolton Institute, in partnership with the Open University and the University of Wales, Bangor. (UK)
• Advanced Distributed Learning.  The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), is a collaborative effort between government, industry and academia to establish a new distributed learning environment that permits the interoperability of learning tools and course content on a global scale. ADL's vision is to provide access to the highest quality education and training, tailored to individual needs, delivered cost-effectively anywhere and anytime. (US)
• Sharable Courseware Object Reference Model (SCORM) The Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) defines a Web-based learning "Content Aggregation Model" and  "Run-Time Environment" for learning objects. The SCORM is a collection of specifications adapted from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive suite of e-learning capabilities that enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of Web-based learning content. Advanced Distributed Learning (US)
  • SCORM - "the cliff notes version of what  you need to know about SCORM." Randall House Associates, Inc. (US)

  • IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. - developing and promoting open specifications for facilitating online distributed learning activities such as locating and using educational content, tracking learner progress, reporting learner performance, and exchanging student records between administrative systems.(US)

  • IMS forms alliance with Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) [Press Release 13 March 2003] "Professor Neil McLean, Director of IMS Australia and a member of the IMS Board of  Directors, is leading the initiative on behalf of IMS."
• The National Digital Preservation Program: Challenges and Solutions.  Laura E. Campbell, Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress.  Next Lecture - Presented as a LIVE Cybercast  Friday, March 21, 2003, 1:00 -2:30 pm  (US)
• Academic Publishing in the Digital Realm: An Interview with Clifford Lynch. Syllabus interviews Clifford A. Lynch, executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI).  This article originally appeared in the 12/1/2002 Issue of Syllabus. (US)
• Syllabus:  Technology for Higher Education - the only monthly magazine that focuses exclusively on the use of high tech in higher education (US)

12 March, 2003

• Catalogue of Master Copies for use by Institutions Assisting People with Disabilities.  CAL (Copyright Agency Limited)  (AU)

10 March, 2003

• IMLS Issues RFP: Innovative Approaches to the Use of Broadband Technologies. Library and Museum Collaborations.  An RFP has been issued by the Institute for Museum and Library Services under its National Leadership Grant guidelines for museum-library collaborations to encourage innovative use of broadband technologies. May 15, 2003 Proposal Deadline (US)
• The Liberty Alliance Project.  Its role is to support the development, deployment and evolution of an  open, interoperable standard for federated network identity that enables single sign-on for consumers as well as business users in an open, federated way. (US)

6 March, 2003

• EducationGuardian.co.uk © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2003 (UK)
• RoweCom Australia Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (AU)

4 March, 2003

• [Involvement of IFLA in the] World Summit on the Information Society to be held in Geneva, December 2003 and Tunis, December 2005.  As part of the preparation process, PrepCom2 was held in Geneva, 17-28 February 2003. (NL)

27 February, 2003

• Metadata Principles and Practicalities. Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Wayne Hodgins, Autodesk; Stuart Sutton, University of Washington; and Stuart L. Weibel, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.  D-Lib MagazineApril, 2002.
• AS 5037(Int)-2003 : Knowledge Management.  Australian Standard.  Interim Standard. First published as HB 275-2001. Revised and redesignated as AS 5037(Int)-2003. (AU)
• Proposals for New Second Level Domains:   Draft Recommendations to the auDA Board, February 2003.  New Names Advisory Panel.  au Domain Administration Limited (auDA) (AU)
• Collaborative Facilities- a project designed to collect, organize, and disseminate information about model "collaborative facilities" on college and university campuses. The project is sponsored by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and hosted by Dartmouth College in an effort to assist institutions in planning, implementing, and evaluating these facilities. (US)

25 February, 2003

• Standards for Quality Online Courses.  Michigan Virtual University (US)

21 February, 2003

• Collections & Access for the 21st-Century Scholar:  Changing Roles of Research Libraries:  A Report from the ARL  Collections & Access Issues Task Force. ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC. Issue 225, December 2002 Special Issue  (Association of Research Libraries)  (US)
• subito Document Delivery Service.  The result of an initiative headed up by the German Ministry for Education and Research and the German states to accelerate the provision of literature.  (DE)

18 February, 2003

• National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program.  Library of Congress  (US)
• ECS Research Self-Archiving Policy.  Department of Electronics & Computer Science, University of Southampton.  (UK)

11 February, 2003

• International Comparisons of the Resourcing of Universities and the Management of those Resources. Final Report released 11 February 2003.  Commissioned Study.  December, 2002. Productivity Commission  (AU)
• Framework for the Future Libraries, Learning and Information in the Next Decade.  Department for Culture,Media and Sport.  (UK)

10 February, 2003

• Watchfire - automated testing, analysis, and reporting solutions help you analyze your site’s content for quality, privacy and accessibility issues. (US)
• Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM) - checks Web sites for broken links. (DE)

5 February, 2003

• OCLC Library Training & Education Market Needs Assessment Study. January 14, 2003 Prepared by: Katherine Wilkie, Roger Strouse. Outsell Custom Report Prepared for OCLC Institute ©2003 OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (US)

4 February, 2003

• Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the National Science Foundation Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure.  January 2003 (US)
  • Press Release.  NSF PR 03-18 - February 3, 2003
• WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization) - an open, industry organization chartered to promote Web services interoperability across platforms, operating systems, and programming languages. The organization works across the industry and standards organizations to respond to customer needs by providing guidance, best practices, and resources for developing Web services solutions. (US)
  • Basic Profile Version 1.0 Working Group Draft Date: 2002/10/08.  This document defines the WS-I Basic Profile, consisting of a set of non-proprietary Web services specifications, along with clarifications to those specifications which promote interoperability.
• Abacus Construction Index - a directory of recommended online resources for UK architects, engineers and other construction professionals, published by Extonet Ltd, Cambridge. (UK)

30 January, 2003

• Australia's Broadband Connectivity: The Broadband Advisory Group's Report to Government.  © Commonwealth of Australia 2003 ISBN (print) 1 74082 013 4 ISBN (online) 1 74082 014 2 National Office for the Information Economy (AU)
• Canadian National Site Licensing Project Acquires ScienceDirect for Online Journal Access.  Media Release 28 January 2003.  (CA)
• Collection Description Focus. CD Forum.  UKOLN (UK)
  • Creating reusable collection-level descriptions. Collection Description Focus Guidance Paper, No 1. November 2002.
  • Maintaining collection-level descriptions. Collection Description Focus Guidance Paper, No 2. November 2002
  • Administrative metadata for collection-level description records.  Collection Description Focus Guidance Paper, No 3. December 2002

28 January, 2003

• Library Associations Around the World (On The Web)  A Project of the IFLA Management of Library Associations Section, coordinated by the American Library Association, International Relations Office (US)
• Global Summit of Online Knowledge Networks - Themes Analysis, 2002 (education.au limited)
• Archiving E-Publications: Outline of JISC Consultancy (May 2002 - April 2003) Joint Information Systems Committee.  (UK)
• New body proposed to enhance learning and teaching in higher education. The final report of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Committee proposes the creation of a single central body. (HEFCE)  (UK)
• 'The Future of Higher Education' and higher education funding for 2003-04 to 2005-06.  HEFCE welcomes the publication of the Government's White Paper on the future of higher education, and the grant letter for 2003-04 to 2005-06. 22 January 2003 (HEFCE)  (UK)

15 January, 2003

• The State of Preservation Programs in American College and Research Libraries: Building a Common Understanding and Action Agenda, by Anne R. Kenney and Deirdre C. Stam.  A Joint Study by Council on Library and Information Resources, Association of Research Libraries, University Libraries Group, Regional Alliance for Preservation.  December 2002.  Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, D.C.  (US)

14 January, 2003

• Insuring and Valuing Research Library Collections. SPEC Kit 272. December 2002. Association of Research Libraries (US)
• LibQUAL+™ Spring 2002 Aggregate Survey Results. Duane Webster, Fred M. Heath.  Association of Research Libraries / Texas A&M University. June 2002 Published by the Association of Research Libraries Copyright: ©2002 by the Association of Research Libraries ISBN 0-918006-84-8 (US)
• LibQUAL+™ Spring 2002 Survey Results - ARL. Duane Webster, Fred M. Heath.  Association of Research Libraries / Texas A&M University. June 2002 Published by the Association of Research Libraries Copyright: ©2002 by the Association of Research Libraries ISBN 0-918006-87-2 (US)

2 January, 2003

• AEShareNet.  AEShareNet was established by the Australian Ministers of Education and Training to: streamline the licensing of intellectual property so that training materials are developed, shared and adapted efficiently, and  improve the understanding and implementation of intellectual property management in vocational education and training. (AU)