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This paper investigates the customer service and library staff benefits of using Vocera badges (www.vocera.com), a portable wireless technology (WiFi), to facilitate roving reference service. Use of portable voice communication devices allows help to be taken to the people and away from service desks. These communication technologies allow library staff to easily access the expertise of other staff. There is now an Australian library using this technology. The State Library of Victoria, after trialling Vocera in 2008, went live with a system for all reading rooms in January 2009. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In late 2008 the State of Victoria, in Australia, released 'Freight Futures: The Victorian Freight Network Strategy' (DoT, 2008). This was the first major Australian State Freight Strategy that recommended the implementation of an information communication technology (ICT) public domain portal that would enable small and medium enterprises (SMEs) within the freight transport sector to achieve higher levels of productivity and efficiency through access to, and use of, an internet based e-freight portal, utilising software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. This was a planning initiative that may be seen as a next step compared to the Tsinghua University e-freight software applications that were listed on a 'public domain' marketplace, or even wider in application than the Port community efreight portals that Singapore and other major ports have already built. Efficiencies for the target user groups using these e-freight applications are identified as delivering significant productivity benefits to the user communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

interorganizational systems (lOS) play a critical role in today's e-commerce environment. These systems are introduced by different organizations following different adoption processes. Existing literature on IOS adoption, however, does not explain the variations in the lOS adoption processes initiated by different organizations. A theory of IOS adoption known as IOS Motivation Model (IMM) has recently been developed by the authors that explains the differences in IOS adoption processes in terms of differences in organizations' adoption motivations for any given lOS project. This paper reports an application of the model in the Australian automotive industry. The findings provide support for the model and are useful for IT managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Keys are traditionally created from data gathered from real observations, which can be a complex and time-consuming process. With a large number of texts containing written descriptions of species, data needed for the creation of a key are already available. A number of published works on Drosera were chosen and the data in these were used to create an interactive, web-based key. The types of data used were evaluated for ease of use and accuracy and the effectiveness of purely literature-based data was tested. The resulting key highlighted a number of problems of using characters and states which have not been observed, as well as showing that literature-based research can lead to a workable key. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Ensuring the longevity of web-based information is a significant preservation issue with wide implications for the future of scholarship. This paper describes a longitudinal study of fifty websites through which the determination of survival rates of Australian web publications is attempted. It suggests that the Internet Archive may be serving Australia better than PANDORA in preserving the web component of its documentary heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Libraries need to find their place in a network environment where individuals can access information content freely through the web. This paper looks at how the National Library of Australia is addressing this challenge through its website and through the planned new Kinetica search service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article features the Australian Institute of Family Studies web site on various worldwide family research and family policy resources. Australia is one of the top ten countries for Internet use, making the World Wide Web an effective medium to disseminate research and policy information on Australian family issues. There are a number of new features on the Australian institute of Family Studies Web site--all part of this year's planned improvements and new developments. A new page to record presentations and conference papers by Institute staff gives a more informal view of the Institute's research activity before published reports are available. The Family Court site has an extensive collection of information for clients, lawyers and students of family law.

This article identifies various worldwide family research web sites. The Australian Institute of Family Studies' web site continues to grow to the extent that a review, redesign and revamp of its structure have been underway over the last few months. All pages now have a consistent look with navigational headers and footers and colour coding for key areas to assist movement between main pages such as Research, Information, Publications and Conferences. They have introduced a Media Releases page that records formal media releases to the press. The Institute's Publications page has been redesigned for easier use. The main page now lists all publications in chronological order, with the most recent first, and whether the title is available in hard copy or online. The Institute's Australian Family & Society Abstracts data base, which records the literature of family and social issues in Australia via citations and abstracts, now offers direct access to many documents available in full text on the World Wide Web. For example, Institute publications, many government documents, conference papers and journal articles. When an online document is available, an active Internet link will appear after the citation leading database users directly to the online document. INSET: Adolescent relationships and wellbeing study.

The article discusses archival strategies in contemporary Australian art and visual culture. Topics discussed include strategies for collecting and retrieving contemporary art, Australian artists who use photography to construct their archives, and archival art in relation to national archives. Other topics discussed include Australian Indigenous artists, the archival art of Canberra artist David Wills, and archival photographs.