Our quarterly newsletter, Newsline, is aimed at support staff, end-users and others with an interest in EDINA. It contains updates on services, projects and other developments.

• Newsline 17.2, June 2012

In this issue:

• 2012: A good year for repositories
  The Open Repositories 2012 Conference will be a showcase for several repository initiatives at EDINA.
• Cartogrammar maps help display data
  The Cartogrammar project attempts to break down some of the barriers in the creation and use of cartograms.
• Tools and enhancements for Digimap for Schools
  National grid lines overlay and a larger, full-screen map view makes the schools mapping application even more useful.
• EDINA in team for English place names exploration
  The Digital Exposure of English Place-Names project will provide a gazetteer for the Unlock web service.
• Keepers Registry extends
  The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC) has joined other leading archiving organisations in the Keepers Registry.
• Research data service offers new online training course
  MANTRA, the research data management course, has recently moved from project to service status.
• EDINA impact videos: introduction to key services
  Statistical Accounts of Scotland, UKLOCKSS, and Unlock now all have video introductions.
• Latest EDINA documents
  Community Report March 2012, Digimap Newsletter, UKLA Roundup, SUNCAT - Benefits and impact survey report
• Will's World: There's an app for that!
  A fun mobile game using Shakespeare data provided by EDINA won top honours at Culture Hack Scotland this year.
• New Staff
  Sandy Buchanan, Matt Cuthbert, Dorothy Graves McEwan and Muriel Mewissen join the crew at EDINA.