Research and scholarship lead to the generation of new knowledge. The dissemination of this knowledge has a fundamental impact on the ways in which society develops and progresses, and at the same time it feeds back to improve subsequent research and scholarship. Here, as in so many other areas of human activity, the internet is...

Public policy observatories are an initiative that some public administrations in the US and Europe have implemented to manage knowledge. The use of observatories enables public administrators to have greater information to design, develop, implement, and evaluate their public policies. This publication aims to foster the creation of public policy observatories by making information available...

This ALIA report gives educators, employers and students greater clarity about the education and employment landscape in Australia in 2014. Key points:

This report responds to the request by the Danish eInfrastructure Cooperation (DeIC), in partnership with Denmark’s Electronic Research Library (DEFF), for a document to provide an overview of best practices for research data management.

There are fewer barriers than ever before for those who wish to build something on the web, whether an online journal, a website with tools for teaching, or a digitised collection of rare and unique materials. Today’s builders may be individuals, institutions or social enterprises, in addition to more traditional ‘publishers’ of digital resources. Recent...