EDINA newsline
September 2011: Volume 16 Issue 3
On 1 August 2011, JISC Collections and EDINA took over management of the UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research (the federation). The two organisations are working together to deliver the operation and support of the UK federation: JISC Collections acts as the federation operator, managing member enrolment, training, reporting and promotion and EDINA continues to provide the federation’s technical and operational support.
The new Centralized Discovery Service was launched on 15 August. This replaces the old WAYF with a cleaner, simpler white page with a search box. Logos of the service provider and preferred identity providers also appear to provide continuity and improve the login process.