[LINK] range of issues from APO this week

[Jan Whitaker]

Fwd: APO Weekly Briefing - 8 October 2009
>*** CREATIVE ECONOMY ***
>http://apo.org.au/creative-economy
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>LITTLE BOOK OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
>http://apo.org.au/research/little-book-public-libraries
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>Australian Library and Information Association
>05 October, 2009 | The Little Book of Public 
>Libraries is for people who love libraries and 
>want to share their passion with others.
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>DIGITAL QUALITY OF LIFE: UNDERSTANDING THE 
>PERSONAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION
>http://apo.org.au/research/digital-quality-life-understanding-personal-and-social-benefits-information-technology-revo
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>Robert D. Atkinson, Daniel D. Castro | 
>Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
>05 October, 2009 | This report argues that IT is 
>the key enabler of many, if not most, of 
>today’s key innovations and improvements in 
>our lives and society -- from better education 
>and health care, to a cleaner and more 
>energy-efficient environment, to safer and more secure communities and nations.
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>IDENTITY IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES: SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND LANGUAGE LEARNING
>http://apo.org.au/research/identity-online-communities-social-networking-sites-and-language-learning
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>Michael Thomas, Richard Harrison | International 
>Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society
>05 October, 2009 | Since their emergence in 
>2005, Web 2.0 technologies have been advanced as 
>potentially transformative in the area of 
>education in general and foreign language learning in particular.
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>HORIZON REPORT: 2009 AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND EDITION
>http://apo.org.au/research/horizon-report-2009-australia-new-zealand-edition
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>New Media Consortium
>05 October, 2009 | Technology such as mobile 
>internet devices and virtual realities will have 
>a profound impact on educational institutions 
>over the next three years, according to this report.
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>HOW ARTS TRAINING IMPROVES ATTENTION AND COGNITION
>http://apo.org.au/research/how-arts-training-improves-attention-and-cognition
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>Brenda Patoine, Michael I. Posner | The Dana Foundation
>02 October, 2009 | Does education in the arts 
>transfer to seemingly unrelated cognitive 
>abilities? Researchers in the US are finding evidence that it does.
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>AUSTRALIAN MOBILE PHONE LIFESTYLE INDEX
>http://apo.org.au/research/australian-mobile-phone-lifestyle-index
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>Australian Interactive Media Industry Association
>07 October, 2009 | Using mobiles for just calls 
>and texting is a thing of the past, as a third 
>of  Australians now check emails on their 
>handsets and more than 70 per cent 
>access  mobile entertainment and information services.
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>ADULT DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY NEEDS
>http://apo.org.au/research/adult-digital-media-literacy-needs
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>Australian Communications and Media Authority
>05 October, 2009 | This qualitative research 
>report focuses on non-use and limited use of 
>internet and mobile phones by adult Australians.


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Our truest response to the irrationality of the 
world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.
~Madeline L'Engle, writer

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