Meraka, the African Institute for Advanced Computing, of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) recently hosted Larry Stillman to help develop research relationships in the development of social technologies for disadvantaged communities through their innovative Digital Doorways project.

The story can be seen on their website.

The Victorian Government presented the Community Leadership Award to the Women on Farms Gathering in late 2007. Emeritus Professor Don Schauder and PhD student Natalie Pang are part of this project.

See the Monash IT Faculty Research News

Funding Success for the Centre For Community Networking Research

The Centre for Community Networking Research (CCNR) and researchers from the School of IT at Monash South Africa have received funding from the Strategic Initiative Fund, administered by Professor Stephanie Fahey, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor International, to strengthen research into Development Informatics at Monash South Africa.

See the item in Monash News.

CCNR took a leading role in a recent South African workshop on development informatics for the continent.

See the recent article in Monash Memo

1 September 2006

Graeme Johanson's account of an international meeting on the impact of the internet on libraries in March 2006. From InCite, August 2006.

Monash is actively seeking research opportunities in Europe as part of the European Union 6th Framework Programme and the upcoming 7th Framework. A workshop was held on Aug 3, 2005.

From Left to Right Prof. Don Schauder, Chair, Centre for Community Networking Research, Faculty of Information Technology; Dr Neil T.M. Hamilton, Executive Director, Forum for European-Australian Science and Techn

Update 14 May, 2006: CCNR receives Monash University award.

CCNR is now part of a national tender to develop an Australian non-profit ICT coaltion to be an advocate to goverment, business, and the sector itself.

See Monash Memo.

1 May 2006

With the aim of assessing the impact of the Internet on libraries, a group of international educators met on 9 March at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. It was an appropriate context in which to chart new directions for information science education in networked societies. On the one hand, cultural traditions are extremely strong, while on the other, Japan is very advanced technologically. As the plum blossoms unfolded imperceptibly in the manicured public gardens near the university, the bullet train shot by between megalopolises.

Monash Memo

2 November 2005

Two Faculty of Information Technology staff will join the Australian government delegation to the United Nations Second World summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia, later this month.