CSIRO leads Australia’s largest research collaboration with China in the field of wireless and mobile communication networks. The Australia-China Research Centre for Wireless Communications is a partnership between CSIRO and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). The research centre will be officially launched in March 2009. CSRIO, January 2009
Archive for February, 2009
New low-cost university plans to use social-networking tools
The new University of the People, an online institution that promises to offer courses for minimal cost to students thanks to free online materials and social-networking tools, will most likely have more symbolic significance than practical impact on the higher-education landscape. Wired Campus, 27 January 2009
Research library’s role in digital repository services. Final report of the ARL digital repository issues task force
The report identifies key issues surrounding repository development, explores common strategies that libraries are using, analyses relevant environmental trends, discusses issues, and recommends actions for research libraries to take. ARL Press release, 3 February 2009
Sparky Award winners announced – Student videos offer unique views on information sharing
Four student productions are winners of the second annual Sparky Awards, a contest organised by SPARC that calls on entrants to creatively illustrate in a short video the value of sharing ideas.