Coalition for Networked Information http://www.cni.org en-us 0 0 0 European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) 2008 http://www.ecdl2008.org ECDL2008, the 12th conference in the series of European Digital Library conferences, will be held in Aarhus, Denmark from September 14 to September 19, 2008. Article by Clifford Lynch http://www.educause.edu/er An article by Clifford Lynch, CNI Executive Director, was published in the January/February 2008 issue of EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 1, as the Policy@edu column. "Repatriation, Reconstruction, and Cultural Diplomacy in the Digital World" is now available online. Program Announced for JISC/CNI Meeting http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/jisc-cni-2008/ The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) are proud to announce that the program for the 7th International Meeting is now available. Early Bird Registration is open until Monday 12th May. CNI Podcast: An Interview with Clifford Lynch http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/cnipodcastaninterviewwith/46573 An EDUCAUSE interview conducted at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, MN in April. 4th International Digital Curation Conference http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2008 The 4th International Digital Curation Conference, "Radical Sharing: Transforming Science" will be held on December 1-3, 2008 at the Hilton Grosvenor Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland. 2008 Sakai Community Conference http://sakai.educonference.com/conferences The Sakai Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2008 Sakai Community Conference will be held in Paris, France. The dates will be Tuesday-Thursday, 1-3 July, with pre- and post-conference sessions and activities on Monday, 30 June and Friday, 4 July. All meetings and conference sessions will be held at the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie. The ever popular Sakai technical demonstrations will take place on Wednesday evening, 2 July, at the Marriott hotel nearby. Report of the Section 108 Copyright Study Group http://www.section108.gov/ The full report of the Section 108 Copyright Study Group and an executive summary are now available from the group's page. Guide for Planning Higher Education Library Spaces http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/ACRL/LAMA_Guide_for_Architects The Association of College & Research Libraries and the Library Administration and Management Association have jointly produced a Guide for Planning Higher Education Library Spaces. TICER Summer School on the Digital Library at Tilburg U. http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/ticer/08carte/ Digital Libraries a la Carte: Modular, International Digital Library Course, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 25-29 August 2008. Internet2 IDEA Awards http://www.internet2.edu/idea/ Winners of the Annual Internet2 IDEA Awards were announced in conjunction with the 2008 Internet2 Spring Meeting. IDEA is a program set up by I2 to recognize innovative new applications of high-performance networking and networked information in research and education. Release of Shibboleth Version 2 http://www.internet2.edu/middleware/2008SMM-MW.html Internet2 announced on April 21, 2008 that it has released Shibboleth 2.0, the latest major version of the most widely-deployed federated authentication implementation. Developed by the Internet2 community and its partners around the world, the latest release greatly enhances several key elements of Shibboleth in an effort to ensure interoperability with other commercial and open-source federated identity solutions; to improve personalization and security; as well as to ease installation, management and operation processes. Program Announced for JISC/CNI Meeting http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/jisc-cni-2008/ The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) are proud to announce that the program for the 7th International Meeting is now available. Early Bird Registration is open until Monday 12th May.