Access to information
Report
When online content disappears
The internet is an unimaginably vast repository of modern life, with hundreds of billions of indexed webpages. However, this analysis from the Pew Research Center shows just how fleeting online content actually is.
Report
Better acknowledging and resourcing the information accessibility sector in Australia: final report
This research aims to understand the situation for organisations who make accessible information, and provide recommendations for improvements, so that people with disability will have better access to accessible crisis information in future.
Working paper
Australian households and the affordability of telecommunications
This paper uses Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) data to examine telecommunications spending by Australian households. It does so with an aim to better identify vulnerable households who are most at risk of potential digital exclusion.
Research Summary
Summary of research: findings from the Building a National Archival Finding Aid Network Project
Researchers face significant challenges to finding and using archival collections relevant to their interests. For this project, OCLC was responsible for conducting research to illuminate the needs of both archival researchers and cultural heritage institutions regarding finding aid aggregation and evaluating the quality of existing finding aid data at scale.
Briefing paper
Shrouded in secrecy
In this briefing paper, the Centre for Public Integrity recommends the establishment of an Independent Transparency Monitor to promote access to information by providing a disincentive to secrecy and an independent review mechanism for the Australian Parliament’s requests for documents.