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Administering Organisation: The Flinders University
Partner Organisations & Collaborating Organisations:
Summary of Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Proposals by State & Organisation to commence in 2007
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University of Wollongong
Dr JM Lo
Summary: AusStage provides an accessible information gateway for investigating live performance as a wealth-creating industry, a generator of social capital and an indicator of cultural vitality. Australia stages some of the most ambitious, innovative and socially signifi cant live events. Live interaction at communal events is essential to the cultural life of the nation and innovative live performances project images of Australian culture to audiences here and overseas. AusStage uses new technologies to monitor the evolution of Australian live performance, to track innovation and excellence in the live performance industry, and to develop new methods of collaborative e-research.
Building Australian Literary Knowledge Infrastructure
Funding Period: 2003
Investigators: Prof BH Bennett, Prof PR Eggert, Prof JA Hay, Mrs JB Schmidt, A/Prof DJ Carter, Mr JF Arnold, Prof EA Webby, Mr RH Coleman, Prof GR Worby, Dr W Ommundsen, Prof DJ Haskell, Dr TN Burrows, Prof BY Alderman
Partner Organisation(s):
Summary: The primary goal of AustLit: the Australian Literature Gateway is to facilitate and encourage research in, and teaching of, the nation’s creative and critical literature. AustLit’s innovative world class resource discovery service utilises best practice techniques in information management and knowledge sharing. In 2003, AustLit will develop new technical services and important new content to meet the defined needs of a wide range of education and information consumers in the area. AustLit provides the foundation for a subject specific digital library that will retain and expand its usefulness.
Austlit: The Australian Literature Gateway - Enhancement Stage Two
Funding Period: 2002
Investigators Prof Bruce Bennett, Dr ML Ayres, Prof JA Hay, Mrs JB Schmidt, Mr JF Arnold, Mr RH Coleman, Prof GR Worby, Dr W Ommundsen, Prof DJ Haskell, Dr TN Burrows
Administering Organisation: The University of New South Wales
Partner Organisation(s):
Summary: The Austlit: The Australian Literature Gateway Enhancement Stage Two Project will deliver enhanced functionality for researchers using the integrated resource discovery service developed in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, the Gateway will add new bibliographic, biographical and full text sources to the service, and map rich literary relationships based on this data, supporting the development of new research questions on the place of the national literature in Australian culture. The Gateway?s technical infrastructure will be developed to offer a sophisticated browsing interface, customised services to support specific research, and broader interoperability with other services, including flexible education and portal services.