What was New 2010 Sunday, 13 February 2011

7 October, 2010

• Open to All? Case studies of openness in research: A joint RIN/NESTA report.  September 2010 Research Information Network; NESTA - the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (UK)
• COSLA: eBook Feasibility Study for Public Libraries: Final Report: • Library Leader Interview Findings • Industry Expert Interview Findings and Scenarios for Action. Pinpoint Logic  Version 1.0 | June 30, 2010 Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) (US)
• Australia.  Parliamentary Joint Committee on Publications.  Inquiry into the development of a digital repository and electronic distribution of the Parliamentary Papers Series.  June 2010 (AU)
• e-Journal Archiving for UK HE Libraries - A White Paper.  Charles Beagrie Ltd. was commissioned by JISC to write the paper and a draft is now available for consultation and comment from the wider community during October and November 2010.  Comments will be accepted on the draft up until Friday 12th November 2010.  (UK)
• Riding the wave - How Europe can gain from the rising tide of scientific data - Final report of the High Level Expert Group on Scientific Data - October 2010.   (EU)
  • The High-Level Group on Scientific Data presented today their final report to Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda. (06/10/2010)

1 October, 2010

• Bolton, S (2010) The Business Case for the Adoption of a UK Standard for Research Information Interchange. Project Report.  JISC Research Information Management Programme. (UK)
• Digital Repositories infoKit: Learning & Teaching upgrade. October 1st, 2010 JISC infoNet  (UK)
• STM expresses concern over Canada's proposed Copyright Modernization Act - 30 Sep 2010 International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) (EU)
• PEER Annual Report – Year 2 September 1st 2009 (M12) – August 31st 2010 (M23) [by] Julia Wallace: Project Manager and Chris Armbruster: Research Manager.  PEER (Publishing and the Ecology of European Research) (EU) 

30 September, 2010

• ICT Transforming Education: A Regional Guide [by] Jonathan Anderson. Published by UNESCO Bangkok, Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education © UNESCO 2010 ISBN 978-92-9223-326-6 (Electronic version) (TH)

29 September, 2010

• Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World.  Newsletter. Library Archives Canada (LAC) (CA)
• The Horizon Report 2010 Edition.  © 2010 A collaboration between the New Media Consortium and the
  EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative: An EDUCAUSE Program (US)
• 2010 Horizon Report: Australia-New Zealand Edition: Preview.  © 2010 The New Media Consortium (US)
• NMC Seeks Examples for the 2010 Horizon Report: Australia-New Zealand Edition.  New Media Consortium (US)
• Elsevier Library Connect Newsletter, Theme: Supporting Early Career Researchers.  Volume 8 • Number 3 July 2010 ISSN: 1549-3725 (NL)

22 September, 2010

• Research Library Issues: A Bimonthly Report from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, no. 271 (August 2010): Special Issue on Value in Libraries: Assessing Organizational Performance.  © Association of Research Libraries (US)

21 September, 2010

• 2020 Vision.  The British Library has announced the launch of its 2020 Vision, which sets out the library's priorities and aspirations for the next decade. (UK)
• KBART: Knowledge Bases And Related Tools working group.  KBART is a joint initiative (with NISO) that is exploring data problems within the OpenURL supply chain.  The group was publicly launched by UKSG and NISO in January 2008.  (UK)
• KBART: Knowledge Bases And Related Tools (NISO RP-9-2010) The NISO/UKSG KBART Recommended Practice recommends some best practices for formatting and distributing title lists.  (US)

19 September, 2010

• Keeping Research Data Safe Factsheet: Cost issues in digital preservation of research data, prepared by Charles Beagrie Ltd and JISC.  Keeping Research Data Safe projects.  (UK)
• ORCID, Inc. (Open Research and Contributor ID) is a non-profit organization dedicated to solving the name ambiguity problem in scholarly research and brings together the leaders of the most influential universities, funding organizations, societies, publishers and corporations from around the globe. (US)
• JISC User Behaviour Observational Study: User Behaviour in Resource Discovery: Final Report.  Project Team - William Wong et al November 2009 The UBiRD Project was funded by JISC (UK)
• The Indicators Project:  A CQUniversity research project - the intent is to develop an LMS independent set of usage indicators. These indicators can then be used to identify possible areas for further research around the use and design of e-learning within an LMS; and provide the basis for cross-platform and cross-institution contrasts and comparisons of LMS usage.  The Indicators Project is associated with the Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre (LTERC) at CQUniversity (AU) 18 September, 2010

18 September, 2010

• Impact Measures in Research Libraries, SPEC Kit 318.  Zsuzsa Koltay and Xin Li • September 2010 • ISBN 1-59407-852-1  Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

14 September, 2010

• Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report.  Prepared by Dr. Megan Oakleaf, Syracuse University for the Association of College and Research Libraries. (US)
• EBSCO Releases Serials Price Projections for 2011. Friday, September 10, 2010  (US)
• Trends in the finances of UK higher education libraries: 1999-2009: A Research Information Network report based on SCONUL library statistics.  (UK)

13 September, 2010

• Establishing Value and ROI: Investing in STM e-journals and e-books. 16 December 2009. Jim Hydock, Jo McShea, Mukta Ohri. Prepared at the request of Springer (DE)
• Usage Measurements for Digital Content WHITE PAPER Prepared on behalf of Springer By Maverick Marketing Authors – Will Moore, Nancy MacCreery and Martin Marlow.  Springer (DE)
• Strategic Priority Projects.  ALTC Funding Available. Guidelines now available.  Closing date 5 November 2010. Australian Learning and Teaching Council (AU)
• Taking OER beyond the OER community: Policy and Capacity.  "Open Education Resources (OER) are defined as: “digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research”"  Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)  (FR)
  • OER Online Discussion Forums. 
    • 23 – 29 September 2010 Taking OER beyond the OER Community: Policy and Capacity
      20 - 26 October 2010 What works, what does not and under what conditions?
      10 - 16 November 2010 Copyright and the development and re-use of OER

10 September, 2010

• UTSA opens nation's first bookless library on a university campus.  The University of Texas at San Antonio (US)
• Global Institutional Profiles Project.  The Profiles Project will create data-driven portraits of globally significant institutions, combining reputational assessment, scholarly outputs, funding levels, faculty characteristics and much more in one comprehensive database.  Thomson Reuters (US)

9 September, 2010

• Publishers Join Forces to Sell E-Books to Libraries. By Jennifer Howard. September 5, 2010 The Chronicle of Higher Education (US)
• Re-conceptualising and re-positioning Australian library and information science education for the twenty-first century.  Research project funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. The project aims to establish a consolidated and holistic picture of the Australian library and information science profession and identify how its future education and training can be mediated in a cohesive and sustainable manner.  Queensland University of Technology et al (AU)
• Education at a Glance 2010: OECD Indicators. OECD Publishing  07 Sep 2010 ISBN: 9789264055988  OECD Code: 962010071P1 (EU)
• Highlights from Education at a Glance 2010. OECD Publishing 07 Sep 2010  ISBN: 9789264084698  OECD Code: 962010061P1  (EU)
• Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) is one of the leading advocates in the United States for what works in building and sustaining strong undergraduate programs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). (US)
• The PKAL Learning Spaces Collaboratory.  This new initiative complements the ongoing work of Project Kaleidoscope, now in partnership with AAC&U, in facilitating efforts of leaders taking responsibility for transforming institutional policies, practices, and programs to ensure robust learning in STEM fields for all American undergraduates. Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) (US)

8 September, 2010

• Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has awarded the FDLP consultant contract to ITHAKA.  FDLP, Thursday, 02 September 2010 (US)

4 September, 2010

• OCLC Webinars - inventory of webinars, or recorded online meetings or presentations with OCLC Research staff. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (US)

2 September, 2010

• NISO/NFAIS Supplemental Journal Article Materials Project.  This joint project from NISO and NFAIS (the National Federation of Advanced Information Services) aims to develop a Recommended Practice for publisher inclusion, handling, display, and preservation of supplemental journal article materials. (US)
• Best Current Practices for Journals (endorsed by the IMU General Assembly 16 August 2010) International Mathematical Union (US)

1 September, 2010

• Bloc payment methods for online journals – Models for redistributions of costs. John Cox and Albert Prior, 31 July 2010, JISC Collections.

30 August, 2010

• Digital Information Literacy: Supported Development of Capability in Tertiary Environments. Author: Bronwyn Hegarty et al. Date Published: August 2010 © Ministry of Education, Wellington, New Zealand

25 August, 2010

• Handheld E-Book Readers and Scholarship: Report and Reader Survey.  By Nina Gielen.  ACLS Humanities E-Book White Paper No. 3.  August 18, 2010 (US)

24 August, 2010

• Abandoning an Experiment [the closure of Rice University Press] [by] Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Ed, August 20, 2010 (US)

17 August, 2010

• Seeking Evidence of Impact.  EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) (US)
  • On August 3, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) launched a new program to explore ways of gathering and collecting evidence of the impact of our innovations and current practices.

13 August, 2010

• E-Science and Data Support Services: A Study of ARL Member Institutions.  Catherine Soehner, Catherine Steeves, Jennifer Ward.  Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) (US)

11 August, 2010

• University Investment in the Library, Phase II: An International Study of the Library's Value to the Grants Process [by] Carol Tenopir With Amy Love, et al. Elsevier Connect White Paper (NL)

9 August, 2010

• EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 45, Number 4, July/August 2010 "The Open - Future Student Course Faculty Ed Tech World"
• Economic and Social Returns on Investment in Open Archiving Publicly Funded Research Outputs.  The study was authored by John Houghton with Bruce Rasmussen and Peter Sheehan of the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University. The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) (US)
  • New Study Examines The Economic Returns Of Public Access Policies.  SPARC press release. August 4, 2010

3 August, 2010

• Special Collections Engagement, SPEC Kit 317, Adam Berenbak,  et al.  Published by ARL. August 2010 • ISBN 1-59407-851-3 (US)

 28 July, 2010

• Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyrighted Works. Determination of the Librarian of Congress (US)

15 July, 2010

• Samuelson Highlights Fundamental Flaws of GBS.  Press release.  Open Book Alliance (US)
• Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace [by] Pamela Samuelson. [Minnesota Law Review, 94:2010, pp 1308-1374]

14 May, 2010

• The GBS Makes for Angry Neighbors.  The Open Book Alliance released a comprehensive analysis that details how the proposed Google Books Settlement violates international laws and treaties. (US)

13 May, 2010

• The Digital Divide: Assessing Organisations’ Preparations for Digital Preservation: A Planets White Paper, and Survey Analysis, by Pauline Sinclair, Tessella Published March 2010 Planets (Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services) (UK)

7 May, 2010

• Ball, A., 2010. Review of the State of the Art of the Digital Curation of Research Data. Project Report. Bath: University of Bath, (ERIM Project Document erim1rep091103ab11).  A JISC-funded project.  (UK)

6 May, 2010

• Economic Modelling of Improved Funding and Reform Arrangements for Universities (April 2010) This report was prepared for Universities Australia by KPMG Econtech and updates and extends KE's 2009 analysis. (AU)

5 May, 2010

• What's happening in assessment? 2009 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (AU)
• Government Response to the Report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce.  On 3 May 2010, the Minister for Finance and Deregulation released the Government Response to the report of the Government 2.0 Taskforce – Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0.  (AU)

15 April, 2010

• Structural Adjustment Fund(SAF).  A draft legislative instrument amending the Other Grants Guidelines (Education) 2008 made under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 and draft program guidelines for the Structural Adjustment Fund have been released for comment by key stakeholders.  DEEWR (The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations) (AU)

 12 April, 2010

• HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey. Survey Results Analysis by Michael Newman (US)
• The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is a national, not-for-profit U.S. book trade association with the mission of creating a more informed, empowered and efficient book industry. (US)
• Book Industry Communication.  BIC is an independent organisation set up and sponsored by the Publishers Association, Booksellers Association, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and the British Library to promote supply chain efficiency in all sectors of the book world through e-commerce and the application of standard processes and procedures. (UK)
• Final Report: Enhancing frameworks for assuring the quality of learning and teaching in university offshore education programs. [by] Thomas O’Donoghue (Team Leader) et al. 2010  Australian Learning and Teaching Council (AU)
• ISO 2146:2010 Information and documentation -- Registry services for libraries and related organizations.  Stage: 60.60  (2010-03-30) International Organization for Standardization. (CH)
• The Wellington Declaration, to the parties negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), from the participants at the PublicACTA Conference of 10 April 2010 (NZ)
• Book Industry Strategy Group.  Minister for Innovation (AU)
  • Media Release Charting A High-Tech Future For The Australian Book Industry.
  • Book Industry Strategy Group Members.  Chair, Mr Barry Jones AO
  • Terms Of Reference.
• Introduce Balance in Rights Management.  OCLC (US)
• Well-intentioned practice for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online.  OCLC (US)

9 April, 2010

• Faculty Survey 2009: Strategic Insights for Librarians, Publishers, and Societies.  Authors: Roger C. Schonfeld and Ross Housewright.  Ithaka S+R (US)

6 April, 2010

• The Digital Information Seeker: Report of findings from selected OCLC, RIN and JISC user behaviour projects.  The Joint Information Systems Committee  (JISC)  (UK)

2 April, 2010

• Service Road Map for ANDS Core Infrastructure and Applications Programs Version 1.0 public exposure draft – 31-March 2010.  Australian National Data Service (ANDS) (AU) 

1 April, 2010

• The First Year Experience in Australian Universities: Findings from 1994 to 2009 [by] Richard James, Kerri-Lee Krause and Claire Jennings.  © Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne, March 2010 ISBN: 9780734041661 (AU)
• Ensuring Perpetual Access: Establishing a Federated Strategy on Perpetual Access and Hosting of Electronic Resources for Germany. Final Report, 2010.  Prepared by: Charles Beagrie Limited in association with Globale Informationstechnik GmbH  Working Group National Hosting Strategy.  Alliance of German Science Organisations. (DE)
• Research Excellence Framework – consultation outcomes.  HEFCE (UK)

24 March, 2010

• Sustainable economics for a digital planet: Ensuring long term access to digital information:  Final report.  Executive Summary. The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, with funding and support from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF Award No. OCI 0737721), The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the U.S. Library of Congress, the U.K. Joint Information Systems Committee, the Electronic Records Archives Program of the National Archives and Records Administration, and the Council on Library and Information Resources. (US) 
• JISC Grant Funding 4/10: Managing Research Data Programme: Promoting discipline-focused research data management skills. The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on Tuesday, 25 May 2010. The Joint Information Systems Committee  (JISC) (UK)

20 March, 2010

• Challenges for academic libraries in difficult economic times: A guide for senior institutional managers and policy makers.  March 2010 RIN in association with SCONUL (UK)  
  • Press Release.

18 March, 2010

• E-Books in Higher Education: Are We There Yet? [by] Mark R. Nelson (National Association of College Stores (NACS)) and Elizabeth Hains (National Association of College Stores (NACS))  (Research Bulletin 2, 2010). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2010  (US)

17 March, 2010

• Information Commons: Meeting Millennials’ Needs.  Joan K. Lippincott .  This is a preprint version of the article "Information Commons: Meeting Millennials' Needs," Journal of Library Administration, 50:1, January 2010. (US)

16 March, 2010

• Pilot for Ensuring Continuity of Access via NESLi2 (PECAN). JISC Collections, Content Complete and EDINA (UK)
• Towards the Academic Library of the Future. The British Library, JISC, the Research Information Network (RIN), RLUK and SCONUL are taking forward a joint initiative that will help to map the future strategic direction for academic and research libraries in the UK. August 2009 (UK)
•  Envisioning Research Library Futures: A Scenario Thinking Project.  Association of Research Libraries (US)

12 March, 2010

• Peer review: a guide for researchers.  Research Information Network (UK)

10 March, 2010

• CWTS Journal Indicators. Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University (NL)

5 March, 2010

• Campus-based Open-access Publishing Funds.  SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (US)
• HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey.  Survey Results Analysis by Michael Newman. HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries (US)

4 March, 2010

• Study On Copyright Limitations And Exceptions For Educational Activities In North America, Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia And Israel [by] Raquel Xalabarder*.  Geneva, WIPO Standing Committee On Copyright And Related Rights. SCCR/19/8 November, 2009 (CH)
• “Capture and Release”: Digital Cameras in the Reading Room. Lisa Miller, Steven K. Galbraith, and the RLG Partnership Working Group on Streamlining Photography and Scanning, for OCLC Research (US)

2 March, 2010

• JISC Grant Funding 14/09: Managing Research Data Programme. The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is 12:00 noon UK time on Tuesday, 25 May 2010. Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)
• Strengthening the AQF: A Proposal (May 2009) AQF Council (AU)
• Strengthening the AQF: A proposal - Analysis of Submissions (September 2009) AQF Council (AU)
• Strengthening the AQF: An Architecture for Australia's Qualifications - consultation paper (October 2009) AQF Council (AU)

27 February, 2010

• How to build a case for university policies and practices in support of Open Access. This briefing paper was written by Alma Swan and Frederick Friend on behalf of JISC. Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)

26 February, 2010

• Re-imagining Library Services Project. National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA). (AU)
• JISC Grant Funding 1/10: Access to Resources and Open Innovation. The deadline for receipt of proposals is 12 noon UK time on 19 April 2010. Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)
• Research Information Management: a central 'port of call' for those interested in research information management. JISC infoNet. Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)

24 February, 2010

• The UX2.0 project (Usability & Contemporary User Experience in Digital Libraries, JISC INF11) funded by JISC  (Information Environment Programme 2009-11) Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)
  • Usability Inspection of Digital Libraries: [UX2.0 project report]. Lorraine Paterson, Boon Low, February 2010.

22 February, 2010

• Collaborative Research Networks (CRN) Program - Discussion Paper. Universities and other stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the discussion paper. These should be sent to CRN@innovation.gov.au by 22 March 2010. Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (AU)
• E-books face bright future [by] Tom Wilkie and Sian Harris. Research Information: February/March 2010 (UK)
• Conference brings OA community together: Caroline Sutton reports back from the First Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing held recently in Sweden. Research Information: December 2009/January 2010 (UK)

21 February, 2010

• The Future of the Internet IV by Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie. Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Feb 19, 2010 (US)
• ITT: JISC programme and document repository business process and repository metadata definition. The deadline for proposals is 12 noon on Friday 19 March 2010. Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)

19 February, 2010

• Learning and Teaching Academic Standards. ALTC project. Australian Learning and Teaching Council (AU)
• Blog for communication about the CAUL Statistics Review 2010. Craig Anderson, chair, CAUL Statistics Focus Group (19/2/10)

18 February, 2010

• Ensuring that ‘e’ doesn’t mean ephemeral: A practical guide to e-journal archiving solutions. JISC Collections (UK)

17 February, 2010

• Hurtling Toward the Finish Line: Should the Google Books Settlement Be Approved? February 16, 2010 Author: Ivy Anderson, California Digital Library (US)

15 February, 2010

• Inquiry into Improving Access to Victorian Public Sector Information and Data. Victorian Government. Economic Development Committee.
  • Final report. The Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee tabled the final report for the Inquiry on 24 June 2009.
  • Whole of Victorian Government Response to the Final Report .... tabled in Parliament on 2 February 2010.

14 February, 2010

• Inspiring Australia: a national strategy for engagement with the sciences: A report to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. February 2010.
  • Media Release: Australia’s First National Science Communication Report Launched. Senator the Hon Kim Carr 08 Feb 2010

4 February, 2010

• Keeping Research Data Safe 2 - a JISC-funded Project: The identification of long-lived digital datasets for the purposes of cost analysis. University of Cambridge, Charles Beagrie Ltd, OCLC Research, and University of Southampton, et al (UK)
• Towards Sustainability Indicators for Museums in Australia. Eleanor Adams. The University of Adelaide, Collections Council of Australia (AU)

3 February, 2010

• Higher Education Revolution: joint ministerial statement Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, and Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr (AU)
  • Higher Education Revolution on track. Joint Media Release with Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. The Hon Julia Gillard MP Minister for Education. 2 February, 2010 (AU)
• PEER Behavioural Research: Authors and Users vis-à-vis Journals and Repositories: Baseline report [by] Jenny Fry, et al. September 2009 LISU, Loughborough University. PEER – Publishing and the Ecology of European Research (UK)

1 February, 2010

• Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication: An Exploration of Faculty Values and Needs in Seven Disciplines [by] Diane Harley, Sophia Krzys Acord, Sarah Earl-Novell, Shannon Lawrence, C. Judson King. January 2010 Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley (US)

29 January, 2010

• ANDS Needs Analysis Survey. December 2009. Australian National Data Service (ANDS) (AU)

28 January, 2010

• The Horizon Report: 2010 edition: collaboration between The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative An EDUCAUSE Program. Johnson, L., Levine, A., Smith, R., & Stone, S. (2010). Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. ISBN 978-0-9825334-3-7 (US)

26 January, 2010

• Libraries of the ATN Research Support Statement. LATN (Libraries of the Australian Technology Network) (AU)

15 January, 2010

• ACRL 2009 Strategic Thinking Guide for Academic Librarians in the New Economy. Prepared by: Kathryn Deiss [and] Mary Jane Petrowski. March 2009. The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (US)

14 January, 2010

• Report and Recommendations from the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable. January 2010 The Association of American Universities (US)

12 January, 2010

• Research Data : Unseen Opportunities: An Awareness Toolkit commissioned by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) (CA)

7 January, 2010

• Why Hasn’t Scientific Publishing Been Disrupted Already? Posted by Michael Clarke Jan 4, 2010 The Scholarly Kitchen - a moderated and independent blog. Society for Scholarly Publishing. (US)

6 January, 2010

• Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education: A Report for the Joint Information Services Committee (JISC): Final Report. Peter James and Lisa Hopkinson. January 2009. (UK)

5 January, 2010

• JISC ITT: Strategic Content Alliance: Digipedia from Prototype to Pilot Service. [The prototype aimed to link authoritative information resources on the management of the digital content life-cycle and produce a plain English narrative which can be text mined and provide an innovative browse mechanism to enable resource discovery for a broad audience.] The deadline for proposals is 12 noon UK time on 5 February 2010. Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)

4 January, 2010

• Joint submission of the ADA and ALCC to the Government 2.0 Taskforce regarding the Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0 Draft Report. Australian Digital Alliance, Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (AU)
• Review of Regional Provision of Higher Education. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Submissions should be lodged by close of business 26 February 2010.
  • The Review of Regional Loading - Issues for Regional Provision.
  • Media Release.  23 December, 2009
• Should Copyright of Academic Works Be Abolished? Steven Shavell, Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). December 18, 2009 Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 655 Available at SSRN (US)
• Designing Better Libraries is a blog about design thinking and how it applies to library settings. Steven Bell, Temple University et al (US)