[LINK] Range of topical items

[Jan Whitaker]

I just copied the whole section across today. 
There are several areas of interest to linkers.
Jan

Fwd: APO Weekly Briefing - 06 July 2009

>*** CREATIVE ECONOMY ***
>http://apo.org.au/creative-economy
>
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>THE ROLE OF DIGITAL IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN THE 
>INTERNET ECONOMY: A PRIMER FOR POLICY MAKERS
>http://apo.org.au/research/role-digital-identity-management-internet-economy-primer-policy-makers
>
>Katarina de Brisis | OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry
>02 July, 2009 | This report aims to provide 
>policy makers with a broad-brush understanding 
>of the various dimensions of digital identity management.
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>E-READINESS RANKINGS 2009: THE USAGE IMPERATIVE
>http://apo.org.au/research/e-readiness-rankings-2009-usage-imperative
>
>Economist Intelligence Unit
>02 July, 2009 | The e–readiness scores of all 
>but nine of the 70 countries in the study have declined in 2009.
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>OPEN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF WEB 
>MEASUREMENT TOOLS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEB SITES
>http://apo.org.au/research/open-recommendations-use-web-measurement-tools-federal-government-web-sites
>
>Brock N. Meeks | Center for Democracy and Technology
>02 July, 2009 | The Internet is an ideal medium 
>for citizen engagement in government, and US 
>Federal agency web sites will have a key role to 
>play in making government more transparent, 
>accountable and participatory.  To succeed, 
>the operation and improvement of Federal agency 
>web sites must be done through the lens of 
>protecting citizen privacy.  
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>ARTS CONTENT FOR THE DIGITAL ERA
>http://apo.org.au/research/arts-content-digital-era
>
>Australia Council for the Arts
>02 July, 2009 | Developed in response to the 
>current and anticipated future impact of digital 
>technologies on the arts sector, artists and 
>arts audiences, this is the Australia 
>Council’s blueprint  for supporting arts 
>content and its creators in the digital era.
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>WEB 2.0 COLLABORATION TOOLS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE
>http://apo.org.au/research/web-20-collaboration-tools-next-generation-public-service
>
>Greg Parston | Accenture
>03 July, 2009 | Web 2.0 technologies and 
>services have spread around the world at an 
>amazing pace and are used by millions of people 
>every day. Many public service organizations are 
>also adopting Web 2.0 applications as a means of 
>improving their ability to collaborate and serve citizens more effectively.
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>THE STATE OF MUSIC ONLINE: TEN YEARS AFTER NAPSTER
>http://apo.org.au/research/state-music-online-ten-years-after-napster
>
>Mary Madden | Pew Internet & American Life Project
>02 July, 2009 | In the decade since Napster’s 
>launch, selling recorded music has become as 
>much of an art as making the music itself.
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>STORYTELLING IN NEW MEDIA: THE CASE OF ALTERNATE REALITY GAMES, 2001–2009
>http://apo.org.au/research/storytelling-new-media-case-alternate-reality-games-2001%E2%80%932009
>
>Jeffrey Kim | First Monday Volume 14, Number 6
>02 July, 2009 | This paper presents five 
>Alternate Reality Game (ARG) case studies which 
>reveal common features and mechanisms used to 
>attract and retain diverse players, to create 
>task-focused communities and to solve problems collectively.
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>A SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR REMOTE WORKERS
>http://apo.org.au/research/support-framework-remote-workers
>
>Marieke Guy | Ariadne
>02 July, 2009 | The central    thrust of this 
>article is that improvements in remote 
>working    will not occur consistently without 
>some form of structured process and that more 
>strategic benefits evolve as the increased 
>profile of remote    workers is acknowledged in organisational policy.
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>THE EDGELESS UNIVERSITY
>http://apo.org.au/research/edgeless-university
>
>Peter Bradwell | Demos
>02 July, 2009 | British universities have 
>world-class reputations and they are vital to 
>the country’s social and economic future, yet 
>they are under siege. This report argues that this can be a moment of rebirth.
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>SUMMARY OF IT USE AND INNOVATION IN AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 2007-08
>http://apo.org.au/research/summary-it-use-and-innovation-australian-business-2007-08
>
>  Australian Bureau of Statistics | Australian Bureau of Statistics
>02 July, 2009 | Nearly half of all Australian 
>businesses (45%) undertook some form of 
>innovative activity - including the development 
>or introduction of new or significantly improved 
>goods, services, processes or methods - last 
>financial year, according to this report.


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