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11 September 2003

 

DOI funding success good news for digital print industry

A new project assisting Australia’s digital print industry was launched in Canberra yesterday  by the Federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, The Hon Ian Macfarlane MP.

The project will trial a significant new enabling technology, called Digital Object Identifier (DOI), that will assist the digital print industry in developing its economic potential.

Coordinated by Copyright Agency Limited, this important endeavour has been made possible thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Federal Government’s Book Production – Enhanced Printing Industry Competitiveness Scheme (EPICS). The EPICS scheme funds projects that encourage the use of innovative technologies, improved business practices and training and skills development.

CAL’s Chief Executive, Mr Michael Fraser, explained that CAL and its industry partners (see below) believe that DOI will play a crucial role in the development of new content delivery methods such as ‘print on demand’ that will revolutionise digital publishing in Australia.

“DOI will assist in creating a seamless ‘whole of industry’ approach to digital publishing. As an enabling technology, DOI will allow different links in the industry chain to work together in a simple and cost-efficient manner to deliver valuable content to users.”

“Organisations such as publishers and content aggregators will be able to more effectively package and customise content,” said Mr Fraser. “Creators will enjoy increased revenues due to the wider exposure of their work and users will benefit from significantly improved access to content in a convenient form.”  

CAL and its partners have chosen the university sector to begin trials of DOI-enabled technology. Over the coming months a series of pilot programs will be undertaken with the aim of developing an online model for the delivery of coursepack material to students.

“Education is one of the key areas that will benefit from innovations within the printing industry. We’re hopeful this trial will enable universities to more effectively assemble valuable digital educational material in order to provide students with the best possible learning environment.”

“We look forward to the trials and hope that the next 12 months bring positive developments for Australia’s digital print industry,” said Mr Fraser.

 

 

 

 

 

 

From left: Michael Fraser, Chief Executive, CAL; The Hon Ian MacFarlane, Industry Minister; Gary Donnison, CEO, Printing Industries Association of Australia.

 

 

Media contact:

Dianne Speakman
Tel: 02 9394 7600

What is DOI?

DOI is an enabling technology used for identifying and communicating online digital content. This can include journal and newspaper articles, books, artistic works and many more. DOI numbers are unique and permanent. By attaching a DOI number to a piece of digital content it is traceable even if it changes location on the web. CAL is the Australian registration agency for DOI.

For more information on DOI contact pr@copyright.com.au; or visit www.doi.org.au

Who are the project partners?

CAL is proud to be trialing DOI enabled technology as part of an industry-wide coalition. CAL’s partners are PMP Limited, Wiley & Sons Publishing, University of Southern Queensland, Common Ground Publishing, Australian Publishers Association and Australian Society of Authors.

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