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Creative Australia: the arts and culture in Australian work and leisure (Note: PDF)
From the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) website
This paper addresses three aspects of creativity in Australian society:
• Creative work: Significant numbers of people work in jobs that involve the exercise of creative skills. Is it possible to identify a creative workforce and to assess its contribution to the Australian economy? And are these workers employed in sectors of the economy that could be thought of as the creative industries?
• Creative class: A lot of attention has been focused recently on the proposition that creative people tend to cluster in particular urban environments, stimulating economic growth and social interaction. Such people have been referred to as a ‘creative class’. Does this concept have any relevance to cities in Australia? And can we describe any of the State or Territory capitals as a ‘creative city’?
• Creative participation: Australians spend their leisure time in a variety of ways, many of which could be referred to as creative. Active involvement in the arts, through painting, singing, playing a musical instrument, writing, dancing and so on all involve the development and application of creative skills. Moreover, participation in the arts as a consumer – visiting art galleries, reading novels, going to the theatre – all involve a form of creative engagementThis is the first in a series of essays based on data from the 2006 Census, produced in cooperation with the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Information architecture for digital libraries
From the First Monday website
This paper surveys information architecture in the context of digital libraries. Key concepts are defined as well as common attributes of information architectures in general. Communications standards - including hybrid TCP/IP–OSI, CORBA, and Web services — are explored, as well as the history of information architecture and related models. A number of digital library projects are analysed with a focus on their distinct architectures. The key role of information architecture in the design and development of the twenty-first century digital library is detailed throughout.
Page through old magazines on Google Book Search
From the Ars Technica website
Google's book search is no longer limited to just books - now, users can turn up magazine results when hunting through the electronic versions of dead trees. The company announced Tuesday that it had begun an initiative to add magazine archives (in addition to current issues) to its online collection, with full articles now showing up alongside search results for various keywords.
Indigenous languages programs in Australian schools: a way forward (Note: PDF)
From the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website
Currently, over 16,000 Indigenous students and 13,000 non-Indigenous students located in 260 Australian schools are involved in an Indigenous language program. More than 80 different Indigenous languages are taught. This project sought to present practice which would strengthen the quality of Indigenous language programs in schools. The report consists of a literature review, a mapping exercise to document current practices relating to Indigenous languages in Australian schools, an analysis of existing models of teacher preparation, and six case studies of good practice examples.
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) - The First Two Years (Note: PDF)
From the Internet Governance Forum website
The Internet Governance Forum is an experiment in global governance. It does not have a pre-defined membership. It is open to anyone - governments, civil society, the corporate sector, the internet technology community, in fact to anyone who has an interest and the competence to contribute. Come as you are but come with something to offer is what it says. It is an open access forum not designed to take decisions but to function as a space for airing different views and stimulating dialogue and discussion. It is a bit like a village or town meeting giving voice to the users of the net and helping to identify emerging issues.
Towards the academic library of the future
From the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) website
Key national organisations in the library field are to collaborate on a major programme of consultation to help shape the future of the academic library. JISC, SCONUL, RLUK, the British Library and the Research Information Network (RIN) are to work together on a major strategic initiative which will explore the substantial challenges facing academic libraries as they respond to a period of unparalleled change in the external environment. Workshops, studies and a combination of partnership and advocacy with key stakeholders in the higher education arena will build on existing work to develop a transformative agenda that will ensure the continuing relevance of libraries to the communities of information creators and users they serve. In particular the study will explore what is best done locally and what is best done through co-operation at national or international level.
Analysing the challenges for large public libraries in the twenty-first century: A case study of the State Library of Victoria in Australia
From the First Monday website
For large public libraries, the development of digital technologies poses challenges that have yet to be fully explored. While library sector rhetoric rightly imagines that digital technologies bring change to all aspects of library operations, it is not enough to focus on the technologies. Using the State Library of Victoria (SLV) in Australia as a case example, this paper identifies two key challenges for large public libraries in the new millennium. The first is to obtain a thorough understanding of the nature of the environment in which they operate, in particular, an understanding of the ways in which both the ecology and economy of information are changing. The second challenge is for libraries to develop a policy framework that clarifies institutional goals and brings coherence to diverse and sometimes conflicting policy demands in rapidly changing technological and service settings.
Creating learning spaces for refugees: the role of multicultural organisations in Australia (Note: PDF)
From the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) website
Through the experiences of refugees from Bosnia, Iraq and Sudan, this research explores the role multicultural community organisations play in creating important informal networks and learning spaces that connect people from refugee backgrounds to the wider Australian community.
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