An ever increasing proportion of the information we produce is created and stored in a digital form. However, preserving digital information so that it can be accessed in the future presents many challenges.
This POSTnote will discuss the issues people with disabilities face in using ICT and the prospects of attaining an equivalent level of service between disabled and other users of ICT systems.
This POSTnote looks at the issues of giving easy access to public sector data along with how to maintain its quality and security.
This POSTnote will compare open source and proprietary software; give case studies of current use; describe legal issues surrounding OSS; and discuss OSS in relation to Open Standards and open document formats.
Chandy worked at the British Antarctic Survey before joining POST, and has a PhD in high energy physics from Oxford University. She has a particular interest in international development and heads up POST's Africa programme.
Martin has a PhD in experimental particle physics from the University of Liverpool. He has worked as a section editor at Physics World magazine and was seconded to the Royal Statistical Society for a year to co-ordinate science training for journalists.