Access to information
Report
Measuring Australia's digital divide: the Australian digital inclusion index 2017
The 2017 Australian Digital Inclusion Index provides the most comprehensive picture of Australia’s online participation to date.
Report
Development and access to information 2017
This is the first DA2I report, which sets the baseline to measure progress on a range of indicators of access to information and its relation to sustainable development.
Guide
Southgate digital equity tool
The Southgate Digital Equity Tool has been developed to assist policy makers and practitioners in making informed decisions about the way they engage consumers in services and programs in the digital era. Initially developed for use by health organisations, the tool can be adapted for use by any organisation to guide thinking around the impact...
Strategy
Joint Statement by IFLA and the IPA on the First International Day for Universal Access to Information, on 28 September 2016
Libraries have always been about preserving and giving access to information. In recent years, governments and others have made increasingly frequent statements stressing the contribution that allowing citizens to obtain and make use of knowledge on an equitable basis can make to a range of policy objectives.
Report
The state of broadband 2016: broadband catalyzing sustainable development
This report explores the role that broadband plays in underpinning inclusive and sustainable development, and the necessary framework conditions to enable affordable, universal and available Internet access to be achieved.