Information Futures Forum series 2005
To stimulate a broad-ranging conversation about our scholarly information environment, the Information Management program invites distinguished experts to deliver guest lectures during the academic year.
The Information Futures Forums are open to staff and interested students of the University.
The 2005 Information Futures Forums
25 November 2005 - the year in review
The final Information Futures Forum was a chance to reflect on the year and discuss future developments in scholarly communications and open access at the University of Melbourne.
- Welcome - Professor Jeff Borland, Chair of the Libraries Committee
- Open access - international issues and developments - Eve Young (Microsoft Powerpoint, 140 kb)
- Open access at the University of Melbourne:
- University of Melbourne ePrints Repository - Shirley Sullivan (Microsoft Powerpoint 1.5 Mb)
- Building our intellectual capital - submission of digital theses - Karen Kealy (Microsoft Powerpoint 940 kb)
- Profiling research and maximising the benefits of the University Systems Project - Simon Porter (Microsoft Powerpoint 340 kb)
30 September 2005 - Researchers, Research Councils and the UK Information Infrastructure
Dr Michael Jubb of the British Library discussed the characteristics of the infrastructure that provides information services for the UK research community. He spoke of the challenges faced in seeking to enhance those services so that they better serve researchers' interests.
Michael Jubb is Director of the Research Information Network (RIN). This new body has been established to take a strategic lead in developing the UK’s information infrastructure for researchers across all disciplines, in science, technology and medicine as well as the arts and humanities.
Michael’s career has included work with the Arts and Humanities Research Board, the British Academy , the Department of Education and Science, and Wolverhampton Polytechnic. His doctorate in history was from Cambridge.
- Presentation slides (Micorosoft Powerpoint, 160 kb)
- An audio recording of this presentation is available
27 September 2005 - National Scholarly Communication Forum's 19th roundtable
Topics included open access, open archives and open source. This event was held in Sydney, with presentations from a range of Australian and international leaders and policy makers.
16 September 2005 - Creative Commons and Open Access Initiatives
Guest presenter: Tom Cochrane, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Technology, Information and Learning Support), Queensland University of Technology.
21 July 2005 - Global Trends in Scholarly Communication
The inaugural Information Futures Forum was held on Thursday 21 July 2005.
The keynote address was delivered by Colin Steele, Emeritus Fellow of the Australian National University. Formerly the ANU University Librarian (1980 to 2002) and, more recently, Director of Scholarly Information Strategies at ANU (2000 to 2004), Colin Steele is nationally recognised as being at the forefront of the scholarly communication debate in Australia.