A reminder to all KAREN members to submit your applications to the Capability Build Project Fund by 30 November.

New Zealand researchers can now access and share their research with peers both in New Zealand and overseas through the Kiwi Research Information Service.

The JISC-funded DISC-UK DataShare project has recently released information New Zealand social scientists with an interest in digital repositories may find valuable.

University of Auckland eResearch Director and KAREN champion Paul Bonnington is crossing the ditch to take up the Directorship of Monash University eResearch Centre.

Registrations are now open for the second of two technical workshops on advanced video conferencing and collaboration over KAREN - 23 November, 9:00am - 5:00pm, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.

Get up with the play on the Creative Commons approach to copyright licensing at this free event: Expanding Expanding Copyright Horizons - Creative Commons Seminar, 27 October, Wellington.

Grid Camp 2007, WLCG Tier-2 and EU-IndiaGrid Workshop will be held at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan from 28 October to 2 November, 2007.

KAREN Identity and Access Management Workshops

The Advanced Network Capability Build Fund is supporting two workshops, one in Auckland on Monday 5th November and the other in Christchurch on Tuesday 6th of November, to assist members of the KAREN community to prepare their identity and access management infrastructure for membership of IT trust federations. The workshops are free to attend and funding is available from the Capability Build Fund to provide travel assistance for up to two attendees from each organisation.

Design and Second Life at Victoria University's School of Design was big news on TVNZ's Breakfast show last Friday.

New Zealand academics, researchers and repository managers are invited to take part in a short survey to develop a framework in the UK for the identification of versions of objects in digital repositories.