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Report
Internet activity, Australia, Mar 2007
This publication contains results from all ISPs operating in Australia with over 10,000 active subscribers as at 31 March 2007. Growth from September 2006 to March 2007 may be due to the movement of subscribers from smaller ISPs. The Internet Activity Survey (IAS) collects details on aspects of Internet access services provided by Internet Service...
Report
An Australian e-research strategy and implementation framework: final report
Just as in other facets of life, information and communication technologies (ICT) are radically transforming the way research communities across the world are operating. Distributed high-performance computing, digital data resources and high speed communications are just some of the developments improving the capacity of researchers to interact with their colleagues and share data worldwide in...
Report
ICTs and gender
This report provides an overview of the gender distribution of ICT and ICT-related employment in OECD countries, and ICT employment patterns are contrasted with overall employment to highlight how different ICT employment patterns are. The document then focuses on participation in ICT-related education and training, and differences in ICT access and use by gender.
Report
Public lending right committee: annual report
In May 2006, PLR payments totalling just over $7 million were made to 8923 eligible creators and publishers in respect of the 2005?06 fi nancial year. In addition, $10.408 million was distributed under the Educational Lending Right scheme for 2005?06. In this report there is also an article by Tania Paull on how the schemes...
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Federation fellowship review: Response from the Council of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The ARC Federation Fellowship scheme has produced positive outcomes for researchers from the humanities, arts and social sciences, but its value could be enhanced.