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The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) at the University of Technology, Sydney has published a discussion paper about the research capacity within local government called Knowledge City. It focuses upon the work of a research unit within the City of Melbourne known as City Research and describes the difference an in-house research team can make to a council and its community. The paper features interviews with Council staff and key literature on the topic for broader interest by the sector.

Auckland Libraries is part of realising that vision for the people and city of Auckland. This document outlines the Te Kauroa – Future Directions for Auckland Libraries and the shifts we need to make over the next 10 years in order to contribute significantly to the lives of Aucklanders. It is clear from growth predictions that the current models of library service delivery will not meet the demands of an expanding, even more diverse region that is both urban and rural.

The purpose of this paper is to promote discussion across the sector between library leaders, information service providers, vendors, practitioners, students, commentators, colleagues in Australia and internationally – anyone and everyone with an interest in the field. The paper is intended to engage, excite, provoke. It is not our blueprint for the future.

Researchers of Tomorrow is the UK’s largest study to date on the research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students (born between 1982 and 1994). JISC and the British Library jointly commissioned the three year study in 2009, which involved 17,000 doctoral students from 70 universities at various stages in the project.

Our research findings reveal:

The responsibility of researchers and academics is to think their research through carefully from the outset, p aying at least some attention to what ‘works’ in terms of reaching and influencin g other researchers or external audiences. Researchers need to construct a nd maintain a portfolio of projects that help them make a difference to their discipline. They also need to try to ensure that the social sciences make some fo rm of contribution to the wider social world and context in which the researc her is embedded.

When Apple announced its most recent quarter financial results, the news focus was squarely on the fact that for the first time in a decade, Apple's profits weren't up.

Instead, with revenue of $43.6 billion, it managed $9.5 billion in profit, down from $11.6 billion in profit for the same quarter last year.

This report traces how the technological revolution of the past few decades has created a new corporate world of Internet-based companies that have become the new gatekeepers of information. It offers recommendations for addressing the role of the new information gatekeepers in the age of the Internet.

As online courses continue to gain in popularity at colleges and universities throughout the country, knowledge about the effectiveness of this mode of instruction, relative to that of traditional, face-to-face courses, becomes increasingly important. A 2009 report by the U.S. Department of Education provides a meta-analysis of studies published up to 2008, examining the relative effectiveness of the different delivery formats in helping various populations of students learn different types of course content. This Ithaka S+R literature review complements that effort.

This report discusses a survey of Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers showing that while digital tools are widely used in the classrooms and professional lives of high school and middle school teachers, many teachers worry about digital divides when it comes to their students’ access to technology.

By enabling data sharing between internal IT systems and between one organisation and another, APIs facilitate not only the dissemination of knowledge but also the design of innovative online services for students and staff. By removing the need to repeat laborious data entry tasks, they save staff time and increase organisational efficiency.

This report discusses the importance in an understanding of usability and user experience for universities and colleges, considering the huge competitive advantage well designed technology products provide.

Universities and colleges are becoming increasingly aware of the huge competitive advantage offered by desirable and well-designed technology products, such as websites, smartphone apps, e-learning materials and internal data management systems. An understanding of usability, user experience and user-centred design are key to achieving this success.

The internet has already had a major impact on how people find and access information, and now the rising popularity of e-books is helping transform Americans’ reading habits. In this changing landscape, public libraries are trying to adjust their services to these new realities while still serving the needs of patrons who rely on more traditional resources.

This guide explains open educational resources (OER) and the benefits that creating, sharing and using OER can provide.

Open educational resources (OER) are learning and teaching materials, freely available online for anyone to use. Examples include full courses, course modules, lectures, games, teaching materials and assignments. They can take the form of text, images, audio, video and may even be interactive.

HOYTS’s seven-screen cinema complex in Sydney’s George Street had been operating for just over a decade when the biggest Australian movie ever, Crocodile Dundee, opened in April 1986. It ran there for seventy-four weeks and grossed nearly $50 million in cinemas across the country – more than $100 million in today’s dollars.

It’s taken nearly three years, but the European Commission and Google last week reached some form of agreement regarding alleged abuses of the search engine’s dominant position in the European Union.

This guide is intended to help agencies and private sector businesses comply with the information security requirements under the Privacy Act.

Key messages:

This report captures the lessons and challenges learnt in increasing participation of Victorians in community sport and recreation.

It is a snapshot of the outcomes of the Participation in Community Sport and Active Recreation (PICSAR) program which funded 61 Victorian projects from 2007 to 2011.

In this report Gerry McGoven argues against separate strategies for offline and online business. He argues that the online world (the Web, the Internet) must seep into every aspect of every organisation's strategic thinking.

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Organizations that have no relevant strategy for the online world are in love with technology and content for its own sake.

This study examines online and offline political engagement in the United States and pays special attention to the role of social networking sites in people's political activities.

Social networking sites have grown more important in recent years as a venue for political involvement, learning, and debate. Overall, 39% of all American adults took part in some sort of political activity on a social networking site during the 2012 campaign.

Counterpoint has been asking its listeners to send in some suggestions on what they think would make Australia an even better place than it is now. One of the popular responses has been innovation. One of the leading fields of innovation has been the creative sector—advertising, architecture, film, TV, newspapers, software and digital content et cetera. Yet the innovation has largely been hidden from the public eye. That is, until now.