April 2005: Volume 10.1
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In this Issue:
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SUNCAT steps into the light
- The launch of SUNCAT as a 'pilot service' was celebrated by the JISC and a grand array of Library on 15 February at a symposium in central London. The mood was upbeat, with the number of serial records in SUNCAT topping 4 million, contributed by 22 of the UK's largest university and research libraries, the scope of SUNCAT expanded to include the British Library, National Library of Wales and National Library of Scotland and data from the CONSER database and the ISSN Register.
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EMOL news roundup
- News and developments in the Education Media OnLine
(EMOL) service.
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IASSIST comes to Edinburgh
- IASSIST, the International Association of Social Science Information Service & Technology, will bring together data professionals, data producers and data analysts from around the world, in Edinburgh from 25th to 27th May 2005.
- Image albums in EIG
- A new feature is being added to the Education Image Gallery (EIG) service hosted at EDINA that will enable individual users to create and organise their own personal collections of EIG images.
- New Shibboleth Federation to aid authentication switch-over control
- EDINA announces the launch of the SDSS Development Federation, which provides an infrastructure that enables institutions to investigate the use of Shibboleth technology for authentication and authorisation.
- GetRef V.2
- A new version of the GetRef cross searching (federated search) tool will be released this summer.
- Opening the JORUM
- Plans are under way to open up the JORUM, the JISC-funded national repository for learning and teaching materials, that will be provided as a free online service.
- Statistical Accounts changes
- Changes are in the works for the Statistical Accounts of Scotland service.
- Access to European maps and data
- Users can view and download for free Europe-wide data provided by EuroGeographics, an organisation representing the majority of Europe's national mapping agencies.
- Access to British historic maps
- Digimap to deliver historical maps.
- Z39.50 fix for Athens group accounts
- Problems using EDINA Z39.50 targets have been overcome.
- Forthcoming Events
- EDINA training events, times and venues
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