EDINA Newsline http://edina.ac.uk/news/newsline16-1/ The latest edition of the EDINA newsletter, Volume 16, Issue 1 7 Mar 2011 15:36:51 GMT en-gb Copyright 2011, EDINA (edina.ac.uk) http://edina.ac.uk/images/weeedina.gif EDINA Newsline http://edina.ac.uk/news/newsline16-1/ http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/01-federation.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/01-federation.html JISC Collections and EDINA to run UK federation JISC Collections and EDINA will manage the UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research (the federation) from 1st August 2011. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/02-surveys.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/02-surveys.html User satisfaction surveys give services thumbs-up A large majority of the respondents of recent user satisfaction surveys found our services easy to use, saved them time and would recommend them to others. Jorum News: http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/03-widgets.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/03-widgets.html Resource discovery - direct from your website The Jorum team at EDINA and Mimas has been developing a set of widgets for embedding in web pages to view and find relevant learning and teaching resources. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/04-jorumlicences.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/04-jorumlicences.html Which licence is best for my Jorum contribution? The licencing regime at Jorum is being simplified, from three options to two. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/05-socialmedia.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/05-socialmedia.html EDINA social media summary and guidelines An update on EDINA's recent social media activity. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/06-gogeo.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/06-gogeo.html Popular geospatial article features Go-Geo! Go-Geo! features in recent research published by BioMed Central,and is ranked among the most viewed articles. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/07-suncat.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/07-suncat.html Open University joins SUNCAT contributing libraries The Open University is the first new SUNCAT contributing library of 2011. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/08-ukborders.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/08-ukborders.html UKBORDERS funded to July 2012 UKBORDERS has received funding for an additional year from August 2011-July 2012. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/09-geoprojects.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/09-geoprojects.html Two new EDINA geo-projects Work has begun on two new JISC-funded geo-spatial projects at EDINA. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/10-sharegeoplugin.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/10-sharegeoplugin.html ShareGeo ArcGIS depositor plugin EDINA has developed a plugin that makes sharing geospatial data even easier: the ShareGeo plugin is an extension for ESRI ArcCatalog. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/11-digimapforschools.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/11-digimapforschools.html Digimap for Schools at the BETT Show EDINA’s Digimap for Schools service was featured at the Ordnance Survey stand during the BETT Show in January at London’s Olympia Exhibition Centre. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/12-lockss.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/12-lockss.html UK LOCKSS Alliance website to be relaunched The UK LOCKSS Alliance website is being relaunched in March 2011. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/14-openurl.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/14-openurl.html Using OpenURL activity data EDINA is currently undertaking a project funded by JISC to explore how OpenURL Router activity data could be made available as an aggregation on which services could be built for the good of the academic community. http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/13-staffnews.html http://edina.ac.uk//news/newsline16-1/13-staffnews.html Staff News Robin Taylor joins EDINA. http://edina.ac.uk/events/ http://edina.ac.uk/events/ Forthcoming Events Upcoming conferences, exhibitions, and training events.