Introducing The Source
A Research Revolution: The Impact of Digital Technologies
From the Ariadne website
At the end of November 2009, JISC launched a year-long suite of activities under the heading Research 3.0: driving the knowledge economy. A series of events, publications and Web activity are stimulating discussion about how advanced digital technologies are creating a revolution in research and the way researchers work. With a central role in making these technologies available, JISC is also hoping to learn more about the concerns, views and requirements of researchers and the institutions that support them, especially given the financial constraints they are now under. This article describes the background to this campaign, some of the activities that will be taking place, and what we hope will come out of it.
Publishing: The Revolutionary Future
From the New York Review of Books website
The transition within the book publishing industry from physical inventory stored in a warehouse and trucked to retailers, to digital files stored in cyberspace and delivered almost anywhere on earth as quickly and cheaply as e-mail, is now underway and irreversible. This historic shift will radically transform worldwide book publishing, the cultures it affects and on which it depends.
Measuring the Information Society
Summary of the report
From the International Telecommunication Union website
Even though economic recovery is now well under way, the recent global economic and financial crisis has not spared the ICT industry. The production of IT-related equipment has experienced reduced demand and investments. There has also been some evidence of reduced investments in planned network upgrades, and the rollout of next generation networks (NGNs) has been delayed or abandoned as a result of financial constraints. At the same time, the industry has benefited from a series of stimulus packages introduced in several major economies – particularly OECD member countries - in response to the crisis, which included the telecommunication sector. Important government-led investments in broadband infrastructure are seen as a means to offset the negative effects of the crisis, and enhance further growth prospects, based on the recognition that ICTs are key enablers for overall economic and socio-economic development, stimulating innovation, and creating new jobs. The report features the latest ICT Development Index, which ranks 159 countries according to their ICT level.
eBooks: Tipping or Vanishing Point?
From the Ariadne website
Due in large part to the appearance since mid-2006 of increasingly affordable devices making use of e-Ink technology, the ebook has gone from a somewhat limited market into a real, although presently still niche, contender.
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