Age is the most significant driver of internet use in the home, according to an new Australian Communications and Media Authority report. The report indicates that nearly three out of four people (specifically, 73 per cent) have a home internet connection and 87 per cent of the population have used the internet. In contrast, only...

Huge economic losses are being sustained due to large-scale unauthorised downloading, generated by widespread confusion about copyright law in the online world. This UK report examines online consumer behaviour in the UK and its potential impact on business and government policy. It is the first piece of research to look at evidence from across the...

This is the report of a workshop examining the research challenges that will use the new media to advance the analysis and interpretations of text, images and other sources of interest to the humanities and social sciences and, in so doing, to pose interesting problems for ongoing computational research. White papers were commissioned to help...

Libraries are making diverse contributions to the development of many types of digital repositories, particularly those housing locally created digital content - including new digital objects or digitized versions of locally held works.Digital repositories are developing rapidly as a key element of research cyberinfrastructure. Even when research institutions are grappling with difficult budget decisions in...

This article argues that humanists need to replace the silo model of digital scholarship with collaborative ventures based on interoperability and critical comparison of content.