• The Virtual Museum of the Pacific: A Semantic Web-based Content Management System

    The Virtual Museum of the Pacific (VMP) is a Rich Internet Application with a Web Services architecture used to manage and navigate 400 objects from the Australian Museum’s (http://www.austmus.gov.au/) Pacific Island collections. This project tests a new means of facilitating access for Indigenous people and researchers to museum-based digital collections whose artefacts are physically distributed…

  • Redmond Barry 1854 fellowship

    The University of Melbourne solicits proposals for its Redmond Barry 1854 fellowship. The fellowship facilitates research by enabling scholars to access the collections of the State Library of Victoria and the University of Melbourne. This programme aims to: promote the library and its support for scholarly activity and research; support research that would benefit from…

  • Labor’s ‘deafening silence’ as web censorship trials delayed

    One of the largest ISPs signed up to participate in Labor’s ambitious internet censorship trials has said its application has been met with “deafening silence” from the Government, raising questions over the workability of the proposed scheme and the effectiveness of the trials. The Government originally planned to trial the mandatory internet filters before Christmas…

  • Report on the working group on Virtual Reseach Communities

    This report from the OSI (Office of Science and Innovatuion) e-Infrastructure Steering Group may be of interest to punters (link).

  • The convention on modern liberty

    A CALL TO ALL CONCERNED WITH ATTACKS ON OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS UNDER PRESSURE FROM COUNTER TERRORISM, FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN AND THE DATABASE STATE WHAT ARE THE THREATS? What can be done about them? Why should everyone care? (link)

  • Watch out Wikipedia, here comes Britannica 2.0

    In a move to take on Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica is inviting the hoi polloi to edit, enhance and contribute to its online version. New features enabling the inclusion of this user-generated content will be rolled out on the encyclopedia’s website over the next 24 hours, Britannica’s president, Jorge Cauz, said in an interview today (link)