https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/ Latest news from JISC Collections https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UK-Scholarly-Reading/ JISC Collections has published a report on ‘ UK Scholarly Reading and the Value of Library Resources ’ based on research carried out by Professor Carol Tenopir from the Center for Information and Communication Studies at the University of Tennessee. The report examines how valuable scholarly reading has become for academics, especially in terms of access to journal articles. It surveyed academi... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UK-Scholarly-Reading/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:02 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/IOS-Press-NESLi2-SMP-offer-2012/ IOS is an international STM publisher of books and journals in many scientific areas. Its portfolio of journals has increased to nearly 80 titles, all of which are available online. Subject areas covered range from biomedicine and chemistry, computer and communications science to mathematics, social sciences, economics, policy, and management. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/IOS-Press-NESLi2-SMP-offer-2012/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:12:09 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Karger-eBooks-Collection/ The Karger eBooks are grouped in 2007-9, 2010-12 and 2012-only collections, and these collections are available separately or in combination. Karger has held the price of the 2012 collection at the 2011 rate. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Karger-eBooks-Collection/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:16:19 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Karger-Journal-Archive-Collection/ The Journal Archive Collection comprises all digitized Karger journal issues from 1997 back to each title's very first publication. Structured in 5 subject packages, the collection consists of 64 titles covering a total of 2,217 publication years. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Karger-Journal-Archive-Collection/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:40:34 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Electronic-Enlightenment-2012-agreement-now-available/ Electronic Enlightenment is an interdisciplinary scholarly research project of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, and is available exclusively from Oxford University Press. The resource offers the user the opportunity to cross-search letters from over 6,500 correspondents including: Addison, Bentham, Boswell, Boyle, Catherine the Great, Mme du Châtelet, Defoe, Descartes, Ferguson,... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Electronic-Enlightenment-2012-agreement-now-available/ Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:51:51 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Edinburgh-University-Press-NESLi2-SMP-offer-2012/ Edinburgh University Press (EUP) is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, and one of the leading university presses in the UK. EUP publishes 39 journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Full details of the titles and the pricing of the offer are available from the JISC Collections EUP catalogue page . https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Edinburgh-University-Press-NESLi2-SMP-offer-2012/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:19:03 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/JISC-Collections-2011-Conference/ On Thursday 24 November 2011 we held our annual conference and AGM at the National Railway Museum in York. We had a great day, it was wonderful to catch up with our members and publishing colleagues and the venue was superb. Here are the presentations from the day: Lorraine Estelle , CEO, JISC Collections highlighted some of the achievements of JISC Collections and its members during the 2010 –... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/JISC-Collections-2011-Conference/ Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:17:15 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/British-Online-Archives-agreements-now-available/ Colonial and Missionary Records This collection offers a wealth of primary material relating to Britain’s global presence from the eighteenth century onwards in countries such as colonial America, South America, India, parts of Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition, there is a strong emphasis on the slave trade.   British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 A collection of archive... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/British-Online-Archives-agreements-now-available/ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:41:00 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Reaxys-2011-Renewal/ A three year agreement is available with annual opt out and total price increases  for Years 1-3 of 3%, 3%, 4%. Reaxys is a web based search and retrieval system for chemical compounds, chemical reactions, related property data and bibliographic information. It is built to support chemists in their daily work with focused and relevant information in chemistry. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Reaxys-2011-Renewal/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:50:49 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-agreements-for-museums-and-galleries-from-Oxford-University-Press/ Benezit Dictionary of Artists   Available online for the first time via Oxford Art Online, Benezit is one of the most comprehensive and definitive resources on artists in the English language. I tfeatures over 190,000 entries on artists from antiquity to the present day, with regular updates, and thousands of auction records, museum holdings, and bibliographies. In addition to its scope and... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-agreements-for-museums-and-galleries-from-Oxford-University-Press/ Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:04:35 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Journals-Usage-Statistics-Portal-November-Newsletter/ https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Journals-Usage-Statistics-Portal-November-Newsletter/ Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:02:30 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Times-Digital-Archive/ The Times Digital Archive (1785-2006 and rolling) is now available to JISC Collections subscribers complete with a modern interface and 20 years of additional content. Gale, part of Cengage Learning previously took the decision to move the launch date from August to November to ensure that the newly digitised content - approx. 6,500 issues and over 3.5 million articles - met Cengage Learning's... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Times-Digital-Archive/ Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:04:41 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Elsevier-NESLi2-press-release/ JISC Collections announced today that they have agreed the terms of a license to renew access for the next five years to Elsevier’s journal content, via their SciVerse ScienceDirect platform .  The vast majority of researchers at UK academic institutions will have online access to all 2,000+ Elsevier journals. Furthermore, the agreement also offers institutions multiple access options, dependin... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Elsevier-NESLi2-press-release/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:37:54 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/announcingjiscecollections/ A new community-owned content service for UK HE and FE institutions JISC Collections, the membership organisation that supports the provision of digital content for education and research in the UK, is formally launching a new service to consolidate and host a broad range of content including journal archives, historic books and multimedia items. The JISC eCollections service has been funded by... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/announcingjiscecollections/ Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:16:58 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/19th-Century-HCPP/ Over the years, JISC Collections has licensed in perpetuity a number of digital archives from ProQuest for higher and further education and the research councils. These are as follows: 18th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 20th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers British Periodicals Collections I and II Periodicals Archiv... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/19th-Century-HCPP/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:14:25 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ASX-Collection/ With a minimum of 125 titles available by the end of 2013, the Arts & Sciences X Archive Collection features broad coverage in Business and the Social Sciences . Sociology, Education, Public Policy & Administration, History of Science, Technology & Medicine are all represented in this collection, and titles that are cross-listed in the Business III Collection contribute scholarship in the field... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ASX-Collection/ Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:44:54 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/OAPEN-UK-explores-the-challenges-of-open-access-scholarly-monograph-/ The academic monograph is under threat. Increased costs and lower print runs are impacting on the principle means by which researchers share their knowledge and disseminate their findings. The gold standard for academic excellence in many disciplines, the effective dissemination of the monograph has major implications for the UK’s research base and its international standing. JISC Collections i... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/OAPEN-UK-explores-the-challenges-of-open-access-scholarly-monograph-/ Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:38:51 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Open-Access-Fees-Project/ JISC Collections has undertaken a number of practical projects related to the emergence of gold open access as an alternative business model for scholarly journals. This work has been focused on the challenges associated with managing open access fees and the perceived transparency issues based on concerns expressed by librarians that they are potentially paying twice, via subscription and OA... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Open-Access-Fees-Project/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:32:13 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Briefing-paper-on-partner-organisations/ Providing access to electronic resources for students and staff in partnership organisations can be both challenging and complex. JISC Collections has produced the attached briefing document for institutions to use internally to explain why it is not always possible to provide immediate access for users in other organisations both in and outside the UK. The briefing document also provides answe... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Briefing-paper-on-partner-organisations/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:29:31 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Journal-of-Visualized-Experiments-a-new-NESLi2-SMP-agreement/ Founded in 2006, JoVE is the first online journal devoted to video publication of biological research. It publishes video demonstrations of biological experiments filmed in research laboratories at leading academic institutions, including Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, NIH, Yale and others. This enables visualisation of experimental studies, offering an alternative to traditional... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Journal-of-Visualized-Experiments-a-new-NESLi2-SMP-agreement/ Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:21:09 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/journal-transfer-guide/ Each year significant numbers of journal titles are transferred to different publishers and often this is as a result of learned and professional societies making decisions to switch from one publishing partner to another, or to relinquish their in-house publishing arrangements. A frequent unintended consequence of these transfers however, is a range of practical problems for both libraries and... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/journal-transfer-guide/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:44:01 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Wiley-2012/ The  Wiley Online Library NESLi2 2012-2014 offer is now available for renewal. You can specify on the order page which agent you nominate to make the payment to Wiley and this information will be forwarded to agents. If you opt to order directly with Wiley these too will be forwarded to the publisher. To place your order online you will need to add the resource to your basket. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Wiley-2012/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:01:29 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Elsevier-2012/ The Elsevier NESLi2 2012-2016 offer is now available for renewal. You can specify on the order page which agent you nominate to make the payment to Elsevier and this information will be forwarded to agents. If you opt to order directly with Elsevier these too will be forwarded to the publisher. To place your order online you will need to add the resource to your basket. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Elsevier-2012/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:56:53 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Annual-Reviews-2012/ The Annual Reviews 2012 to 2014 agreement is now available for renewal.  Annual Reviews offer NESLi2 discounted packaged pricing for the 2012 Sciences Collection, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Economics Collection.   Annual Reviews also offers the one-off purchase of the Electronic Back Volume Collection (EBVC).  Annual Reviews is now a single payment publisher.  https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Annual-Reviews-2012/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:49:35 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/A-new-NESLi2-SMP-agreement-for-BioOne/ BioOne is an aggregated collection of 171 high-quality, industry-leading research publications in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences, of which 70% are ISI linked. It features timely content on a wide-array of today's most pressing topics, including global warming, stem cell research, and ecological and biodiversity conservation. Among the most widely used titles are: AMBIO : ... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/A-new-NESLi2-SMP-agreement-for-BioOne/ Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:44:10 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/TheScientificWorldJOURNAL-is-now-Open-Access/ TheScientificWorldJOURNAL has moved to an open access publishing model, which means its entire content (both current and archive) is now freely available to everyone without registration. JISC Collections is pleased to have supported TheScientificWorldJOURNAL over the last three years, through a national deal that has made it available to all higher and further education institutions across the... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/TheScientificWorldJOURNAL-is-now-Open-Access/ Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:08:44 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Oxford-Journals-Archive-Upgrade/ The Oxford University Press Archive Upgrade is now available. This Archive includes the following titles: American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Social Sciences Archive) Analysis (Humanities Archive) Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (Social Sciences Archive) Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (Medicine Archive) Cardiovascular Research (Medicine Archive) Christian bioethics... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Oxford-Journals-Archive-Upgrade/ Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:02:27 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Cambridge-Journals-Digital-Archive/ 67 additional titles are now available to subscribers as part of the Cambridge Digital Journals Archive, covering the following subject areas: Anthropology and Archaeology Asian Studies Classics Music Drama Language and Linguistics Philosophy Religion A full list of all the titles available can be found here . https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Cambridge-Journals-Digital-Archive/ Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:39:51 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/WAYF-changes/ Changes to the user interface of the UK federation WAYF on 15 th August 2011 Further details can be found here: http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/News/2011-06-29-NWUItd Essentially however; The WAYF becomes a much cleaner, simpler white page incorporating a search box with screen space for the logo of the service the user is trying to log in to. Because of this, you may wish to consider... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/WAYF-changes/ Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:36:10 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/JORUM/ Since the August 1st 2011, Jorum, JISC's national learning and teaching repository service, has been providing access to content available under Creative Commons (CC) licences only. Please visit the link below for further information: http://jorumnews.blogspot.com/2011/06/re-licensing-jorums-resources-to-be.html https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/JORUM/ Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:37:35 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Berg-Fashion-Library/ The Berg Fashion Library is an online resource to provide access to interdisciplinary and integrated text, image, and journal content on world dress and fashion. The resource offers users cross-searchable access to an expanding range of essential resources in this discipline of growing importance and relevance and will be of use to anyone working in, researching, or  studying fashion,... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Berg-Fashion-Library/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:34:52 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/PathCAL-Renewal1/ PathCAL is a set of web based tutorials designed to help students understand the basic pathological principles of disease by exploiting techniques in learning psychology. Delivered online via a specially developed platform, PathCAL is an invaluable resource for medical students. The new agreement is available for subscription to on the JISC Collections website  for a period of three years with ... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/PathCAL-Renewal1/ Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:14:27 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/De-Gruyter-Online-Journal-Archive-now-available-for-outright-purchase/ The De Gruyter Online  Journal Archive offers the full text content of 155 academic journals, published  between 1826 and 2010. It constitutes a valuable complementary resource to the De Gruyter NESLi2 SMP package of current content. It is offered to institutions as an outright perpetual purchase, with no additional access fees, either as a Complete Collection or in the following separate... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/De-Gruyter-Online-Journal-Archive-now-available-for-outright-purchase/ Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:23:57 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UKSG-one-day-conference/ A Problem Shared? Understanding shared services and the drive for efficiency in scholarly communications The one-day UKSG conference is this year focussing on "Shared Services", a concept that is increasingly talked about in the scholarly communications sector, where prominent examples include centralised or consortial procurement (e.g. NESLi2) and collaborative cataloguing (e.g. OCLC). Shared... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UKSG-one-day-conference/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:48:49 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Web-of-Knowledge/ The Web of Knowledge renewal in 2010 made it possible for your institution to subscribe to Web of Knowledge based on an annual commitment from October 1 st 2010. For those subscribers signed up to the annual commitment action is now required if you choose to maintain your subscription beyond 1st October 2011. Please select from links below to order a continuation of your current subscription (N... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Web-of-Knowledge/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:43:23 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-content-and-further-discounts-for-UKPressOnline/ JISC Collections is pleased to announce that levels of uptake of the UKPressOnline agreement have triggered an additional 2.5% discount on prices for our members. UKPressOnline is a newspaper archive that features the complete as-published content of the Daily Mirror, the Daily and Sunday Express, The Star and the Star on Sunday. It is available on subscription or as an outright purchase, in... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-content-and-further-discounts-for-UKPressOnline/ Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:55:56 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/e-books-framework-agreement-Call-for-proposals--/ This tender (OJEU reference number: 2011/S 127-21126) invites e-book publishers and e-book aggregators to submit proposals under a national e-books framework agreement open to all UK higher and further education institutions and research councils. Submissions will be marked against the defined criteria by a sub-group of the JISC Collections Electronic Information Resources Working Group .... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/e-books-framework-agreement-Call-for-proposals--/ Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:12:41 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ACLS-Humanities-E-Book-Renewal/ https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ACLS-Humanities-E-Book-Renewal/ Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:51:51 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/BEI-AEI-and-ERIC-renewal/ BEI, AEI and ERIC is a complete and integrated suite of bibliographic databases of education and training periodicals from the three principal producing English-language agencies. ERIC is produced by the Education Resources Information Center from the US Department of Education. British Education Index is produced by the BEI office within Leeds University and Australian Education Index is... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/BEI-AEI-and-ERIC-renewal/ Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:46:12 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-agreement-for-Cans-Legal-Information-live-/ www.cans.org.uk is a summary of legislation published with the accompaning authorities (ie the legal sources) as a springboard for further research. The law Cans summarises includes: European law, primary legislation (statutes), secondary legislation (statutory instruments) and codes of practice. The summaries are updated constantly to include the most recent legislative amendments. Students... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-agreement-for-Cans-Legal-Information-live-/ Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:20:50 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Portico-e-archiving-agreement-/ Portico will offer tier 4 (lowest) pricing. To order online please visit the Portico catalogue pages . Tier 4 pricing is offered regardless of whether you opt for journals only, e-books only or journals and e-books. As pricing is subject to minimum levels of participation, we require a final decision on participation by the end of September.  We are in the process of finalizing the licence, and... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Portico-e-archiving-agreement-/ Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:57:34 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Brill-Journal-Archive-Online--Part-2-now-available/ In 2008 JISC Collections published a perpetual licence to the entire content of the Brill Journal Archive Online up to 1999, on behalf of the UK's higher and further education institutions. This archive  comprises articles from over 80 journals, and is available free of charge to institutions through the JISC Collections national agreement . It is also included in the Journal Archives platform ... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Brill-Journal-Archive-Online--Part-2-now-available/ Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:24:01 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Historic-Digimap-renewal/ The maps are digital scans of Ordnance Survey paper map sheets including: all available County Series maps at 1:2,500 and 1:10560 scales published between 1843 and 1939 all available National Grid maps at 1:1,250, 1:2,500 and 1:10560/10,000 scales published from 1945 and before the introduction of the Ordnance Survey's digital Land-Line product in the 1990s all available Town Plans at 1:500,... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Historic-Digimap-renewal/ Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:06:28 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Taylor--Francis-Journals-Agreement/ For full details please see https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/Overview/Index/1102 https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Taylor--Francis-Journals-Agreement/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:45:24 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ADAT-Suppliers/ We are pleased to announce that new suppliers have recently been added to JISC's Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT). Social Care Online (in 'Compare Titles') Gale Virtual Reference Library (in 'eBook Platforms') Palgrave Connect (in 'eBook Platforms') In addition, the following database title lists have been recently updated: GEOBASE (13 Jun 2011) Compendex (13 Jun 2011) Wilson OmniFile... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ADAT-Suppliers/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:28:07 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Website-updates/ We have recently implemented a number of enhancements on our website - here's a preview of some of the latest features: View and download your subscription invoices You can now access the invoices we have raised for your subscriptions direct from your account (in addition to receiving them via email), when you view the details for each resource listed in the "My Collections" tab. If you click o... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Website-updates/ Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:15:10 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Call-for-interactive-content-to-enhance-Hairdressing-Trainingacuk-/ OJEU Tender ID: JUN069236     JISC Collections in collaboration with Mimas is seeking to acquire content to enhance its Hairdressing Training Service (www.hairdressing.ac.uk). JISC Collections has funding of up to GBP 30,000 inclusive of VAT to acquire engaging online content to address the gaps as identified in the enhancements call to map Hairdressing Training to the NVQ Hairdressing and... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Call-for-interactive-content-to-enhance-Hairdressing-Trainingacuk-/ Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:04:01 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-UK-Federation-Operator-Publisher-workshop/ From August 1st 2011 the UK Access Management Federation will be operated on behalf of JISC by a partnership of JISC Collections and EDINA, assuming the role of federation operator from JANET(UK). The workshop on 14th July will be an opportunity for publishers and service providers to hear about how JISC Collections and EDINA will operate the Federation.  The workshop will detail how publishers... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-UK-Federation-Operator-Publisher-workshop/ Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:22:14 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Britannica-Online-Academic-Edition---2011-to-2013-/ We are pleased to advise that the renewal of the Britannica Online Academic Edition agreement covering 1 st August 2011 to 31 st July 2013 (now a two year agreement) is now available for you to review and renew your order.  Please see the catalogue page  for more information. Image Quest is a new offering from Encyclopaedia Britannica for 2011 to 2013. Image Quest can be taken separately or in... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Britannica-Online-Academic-Edition---2011-to-2013-/ Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:37:20 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Mimas-and-Credo/ Credo Reference Topic Pages are designed to be an ideal starting point for students researching a new topic. They provide background information drawn from the 500+ reference titles on the Credo Reference platform, giving students context and vocabulary around a subject. They assemble on the same page top search results from the library catalogue and other subscribed resources, selected by the... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Mimas-and-Credo/ Thu, 26 May 2011 12:56:31 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/info4education-renewal/ Info4Education is the IHS education platform providing access to standards, regulatory, product and supplier information on construction, health & safety and engineering from organisations across the world. Info4education includes The Construction Information Service, The Occupational Health & Safety Information Service, Specify-It and Engineer-It. Institutions can subscribe to each resource... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/info4education-renewal/ Thu, 26 May 2011 11:27:09 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Childlinkcouk-and-Child-Protection-Hub-NSCPH---2011-to-2013---Agreement-now-available/ JISC Collections is pleased to advise that the renewal of the Childlink.co.uk agreement covering 1 st August 2011 to 31 st July 2013 is now available.  Please see https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/Overview/Index/1047  for more information. Child Protection Hub (NSCPH) is a new offering from Childlink for 2011 to 2013, with a HE focus. The Child Protection Hub (NSCPH) can be taken... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Childlinkcouk-and-Child-Protection-Hub-NSCPH---2011-to-2013---Agreement-now-available/ Tue, 24 May 2011 11:24:03 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/LOCKSS-2011-13/ UK Higher Education libraries are invited to join, or extend their existing membership, in the UK LOCKSS Alliance, with a membership fee set to ensure sustainability of procedures geared to address UK technical and collection development needs. Details of membership fees are now available for a further two years (until 31 July 2013) and these have been held at 2009-10 rates.  https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/LOCKSS-2011-13/ Mon, 23 May 2011 11:36:07 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/a-n-The-Artist-Information-Company-2011-renewal/ a-n The Artists Information Company is a not for profit company that highlights the role of visual artists in society and supports them and their employers by widening access to professional information. Covering applied art, art history, cultural policy, fine arts, and public art, this resource contains critical and practical resources which are well suited to both vocational and academic... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/a-n-The-Artist-Information-Company-2011-renewal/ Mon, 16 May 2011 09:39:55 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Times-Digital-Archive-Renewal-now-available/ Institutions have the option of continuing with their existing coverage through Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 or upgrading to Times Digital Archive 1785 - 2006 (and rolling) to receive access to more up to date content.  In the latter package the archive will continue to grow by one year each year.   https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Times-Digital-Archive-Renewal-now-available/ Fri, 13 May 2011 14:26:52 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/The-Shakespeare-Collection-renewal-offer-available/ Institutions are invited to renew their Shakespeare Collection licence for August 2011 to July 2014. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/The-Shakespeare-Collection-renewal-offer-available/ Fri, 13 May 2011 14:00:08 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Renewals-May-update/ We are currently finalising renewal agreement for Britannica Online Academic Edition - due to renew on the 1 August 2011 We have contacted all current subscribers to these resources to inform them that they are under negotiation. If you have not been contacted, please email our Subscription Helpdesk . https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Renewals-May-update/ Thu, 26 May 2011 11:38:08 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-e-book-titles-live/ The new e-book titles are now live (with the exception of the newest titles listed below). The new titles are available under the terms of the JISC model licence and are free of charge . The titles were selected by colleges through a consultation process and cover subjects from Beauty Therapy to Public Services. The only difference from previous rounds is that JISC Collections will pay ebrary o... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-e-book-titles-live/ Thu, 26 May 2011 11:27:24 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Embedded-Discovery-Service/ Service providers who are members of the UK Access Management Federation and would like to see their brand accompany users through the discovery experience are encouraged to look at the Embedded Discovery Service (EDS) . The Embedded Discovery Service (EDS) allows a Service Provider to run a discovery service (the point at which a user selects their home institution) within their own site,looki... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Embedded-Discovery-Service/ Thu, 26 May 2011 11:27:29 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/British-Standards-Online-/ British Standards Online (BSOL) includes technical and business content and covers a broad range of disciplines for all industry sectors. Updated daily, this growing resource is a bibliographic, citation and full text (PDFs) database of more than 55,000 standards and books accessible 24/7 directly from a desktop. The British Standards Online agreement is available as a subscription for three... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/British-Standards-Online-/ Thu, 26 May 2011 11:27:33 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Credo-Reference-enhanced/ Credo Reference now offers an enhanced package with Topic Pages offering a new approach to discovering, presenting and organising information resources. Every Topic Page assembles topical material from resources within and outside the library. You choose which resources will be displayed on your own customised version of Credo Topic Pages. A number of resources are currently available: CQ Press... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Credo-Reference-enhanced/ Thu, 26 May 2011 11:27:39 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Credo-Reference-renewal/ Credo Reference is an online reference resource that provides access to the full text of subject-specific reference titles, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopaedias, quotations and atlases from a wide variety of publishers using visualisation tools and extensive cross referencing. Subscribers can now choose between the following standard packages: Credo Reference 100 -... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Credo-Reference-renewal/ Thu, 26 May 2011 11:27:45 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/JISC-Banding-Review/ JISC Collections has commissioned Hugh Look, Senior Consultant at Rightscom Ltd, to review the JISC Collections banding scheme in the light of changes in the way universities are being funded. It is clear that the major changes in the way teaching and research are going to be funded will have significant implications for the way HEIs purchase information resources. The JISC Collections banding... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/JISC-Banding-Review/ Fri, 06 May 2011 16:21:40 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-OUP-Agreements/ The following resources are available for subscription: Grove Art Online Grove Music Online   Grove Art Online & Grove Music Online joint offer   Oxford Biblical Studies Online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online   Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online and Who's Who & Who Was Who joint offer Oxford English Dictionary Online Oxford Handbooks Online Oxford Islamic Studies Onli... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-OUP-Agreements/ Wed, 04 May 2011 11:35:34 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Cengage-and-JSTOR-for-museums/ The Cengage Learning Collection includes Times Digital Archive , The Burney Collection and 19th Century British Library Newspapers . Prices have risen by 5% this year (the first rise in three years), but will incur no further rises over the course of the three year agreement. JSTOR have agreed not to increase their subscription rates for museums and galleries, continuing to offer substantial... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Cengage-and-JSTOR-for-museums/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:16:18 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/E-books-for-FE-project-update/ Over 13 million pages have been viewed to date with 60 new e-book titles due to launch in May 2011. New support and promotional materials are planned to coincide with the launch of the new collection. To receive project updates or for further information please contact Anna Vernon . https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/E-books-for-FE-project-update/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:14:35 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Richard-parsons-interview/ Last November, Richard joined the JISC Collections Board as an Institutional Director. Paul Harwood caught-up with him at a recent Board meeting and found time to get to know him a bit better. Here is what they spoke about: 1: You are Director of the Library and Learning Centre at the University of Dundee. How long have you been in post and by what route did you get to where you are now? Yes,... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Richard-parsons-interview/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:14:32 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-april-update/ The following NESli2 agreements have been concluded for 2011 and are available on our website: AAAS Science Online American Institute of Physics British Psychological Society (BPS) / Wiley Blackwell BMJ Publishing Group IOP Publishing Nature PG (and Palgrave) Oxford University Press Royal Society of Chemistry SAGE Springer + Science & Business Media: Closed Consortium Option Springer + Science ... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-april-update/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:14:37 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Response-to-Satisfaction-survey/ The responses and comments were reviewed by JISC Collections' staff and Board of Management at its annual planning meeting recently and the main issues arising from the surveys and how these will be addressed will be detailed in a separate report and sent to members shortly.  https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Response-to-Satisfaction-survey/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:14:44 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Refeds-launch/ The REFEDS (Research and Education Federations) website is now up and running. REFEDS is funded by a collection of countries operating national access management federations and is an excellent source of information for publishers looking to make the most of access management in a variety of geographical areas. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Refeds-launch/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:14:48 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/SHEDL-award/ Sheila Cannell, Director of Library Services of Edinburgh University, accepted on behalf of SCURL a Library Excellence award for SHEDL as a Shared Services initiative supporting Higher Education in Scotland. The ceremony was held in the Scottish Parliament and the award was presented by Christine May, Chair of the Scottish Library and Information Council, and also MSP Peter Peacock.  SHEDL... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/SHEDL-award/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:14:51 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Bridgeman-Education--a-new-agreement-for-HE-and-FE/ A subscription to Bridgeman Education offers unlimited access to over 355,000 images, all copyright cleared for educational use by institutions, teachers, lecturers, librarians and students. Bridgeman Art Library represents over 17,000 museums, galleries and private collections, and over 30,000 artists. The comprehensive and eclectic range of images spans the curriculum, providing invaluable... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Bridgeman-Education--a-new-agreement-for-HE-and-FE/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:25:06 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Elsevier-JUSP/ "The JISC-usage statistics portal will help inform digital management decisions, and we’re pleased to have the opportunity to help make the process of journal usage analysis and evaluation quicker, easier and more transparent. This fits completely in our philosophy of partnerships with customers and our mission statement" says Jay Katzen, Managing Director of Elsevier’s Academic and Government... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Elsevier-JUSP/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:16:13 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Bioline-International--available-free-to-UK-HE-and-FE-for-a-further-year/ A year’s consortial membership of Bioline International has been purchased by JISC Collections on behalf of the UK HE and FE community.   Bioline International is a non-profit online publishing initiative dedicated to supporting the open dissemination of quality peer-review journals from developing countries. Its goal is to facilitate a truly global exchange of ideas by improving the flow of... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Bioline-International--available-free-to-UK-HE-and-FE-for-a-further-year/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:32:24 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Google-Scholar-links/ As we all know, Google Scholar has become one of the discovery and access routes for users to academic content, but there has been a concern that users don’t see the content that their own institution has licensed on their behalf. With Google Scholar’s Library Links program there is an opportunity for users to be shown links to articles in their library’s own collection. Google Scholar and JISC... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Google-Scholar-links/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:01:11 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jusp-brochures/ In order to evaluate the usage of their NESLi2 journal agreements, librarians have to remember multiple usernames and passwords, visit each publisher site and download the statistics and then visit their intermediaries sites and do the same. They then have to cross reference and normalise the data before they can even commence the task of working out the usage and the value of each deal. This... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jusp-brochures/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:01:07 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/OA-Fees-workshop/ Most major journal publishers now offer a hybrid business model including some form of Gold OA (where authors are charged to make a particular article open access). For example, in  April 2010 Nature Publishing Group introduced Nature Communications , an online-only, multidisciplinary 'hybrid' journal, with subscription and open access options and by December that year there had been a 40% take... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/OA-Fees-workshop/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:01:04 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/website-fam-adopters/ In our January 2011 newsletter we announced our joining of the of the UK Access Management Federation enabling members to log into our website using federated access management. This gives our members two choices of log-in, either through the current username and password system, or following a brief account linking process, through their institutional username and password. Since we launched... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/website-fam-adopters/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:00:57 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/elcat-beta/ For the last 8 months we have been working with Red Sage Consulting, EDItEUR and DataSalon to develop the Electronic Licence Comparison & Analysis Tool where librarians can view, compare and download electronic machine readable versions of their institution's licence agreements. We’re now at the point where we’re ready to start offering a beta version of the Electronic Licence Comparison and... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/elcat-beta/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:00:52 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NFO-update/ In August 2011, JISC Collections together with EDINA will launch JISC MediaHub, part of the JISC eCollections service , which will provide a single point of access to three major multimedia archives purchased on behalf of members. It enables cross searching and exploration of over 3,500 hours of film and 50,000 images from the following archives: JISC MediaHub will aggregate all the media conte... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NFO-update/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:00:46 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/EIG-update/ The current agreement for Education Image Gallery (EIG) providing access to the image content purchased as part of the Digital Images for Education project ends on the 31 July 2011. In August 2011, JISC Collections together with EDINA will launch JISC Mediahub , a new multimedia platform offering a single point of access to a wealth of digital image, film and sound content.  JISC Mediahub will... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/EIG-update/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:00:35 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/FASO-update/ The current agreement for Film & Sound Online (FSOL) ends on the 31 March 2011. In August 2011, JISC Collections together with EDINA will launch JISC Mediahub , a new multimedia platform offering a single point of access to a wealth of digital image, film and sound content.  JISC Mediahub will aggregate all the media content that has been purchased by JISC on behalf of the education community:... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/FASO-update/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:59:52 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-Feb-update/ The following agreements have been renewed and are available on our website: AAAS Science Online American Institute of Physics British Psychological Society (BPS) / Wiley Blackwell BMJ Publishing Group IOP Publishing Nature PG (and Palgrave) Oxford University Press Royal Society of Chemistry SAGE Springer + Science & Business Media: Closed Consortium Option Springer + Science & Business Media:... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-Feb-update/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:59:30 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Digimap-OS-renewal/ Digimap , hosted at the EDINA national data centre, delivers Ordnance Survey maps and map data, available either via download facilities for use with appropriate application software such as GIS or CAD, or as maps generated by Digimap online. The current agreement comes up for renewal on the 31 July 2011 and we are in discussions with Ordnance Survey regarding the 2011 - 2012 pricing. Subject t... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Digimap-OS-renewal/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:59:25 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Renewals-Feb-update/ We are currently negotiating renewal agreements for: Scopus - due to renew on the 1 April 2011 Credo Reference - due to renew on the 1 June 2011 British Standards Online - due to renew on the 1 June 2010 info4education - due to renew on 1 June 2011 We have contacted all current subscribers to these resources to inform them that they are under negotiation. If you have not been contacted, please... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Renewals-Feb-update/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:59:21 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Agreement-requirements/ In November last year we created a new area on the JISC Collections website where you could let us know which online resources you wanted us to explore possible agreements for. The idea is that you submit the name of a resource and we then go away and investigate the resource and then contact the publisher to commence discussions. We will keep you updated on progress on the requirements page... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Agreement-requirements/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:59:16 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Journal-transfer-update/ We would like to that those of you that completed the survey about Journals transferring between publishers and the impact on libraries and users. Representatives of 44 institutions completed the survey and it is clear from the responses that there are strong feelings about the problems caused for both librarians and users as a result of titles transferring between publishers and these are... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Journal-transfer-update/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:59:10 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/EIRWG-plan/ Our Electronic Information Resources Working Group was formed in 2010 to provide advice on collection and development priorites and to give clear direction on negotiations based on the real needs of librarians and the community they support. Chaired by Hazel Woodward, University Librarian at Cranfield University, EIRWG (which we pronounce earwig!) membership includes representatives from a rang... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/EIRWG-plan/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:59:04 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Sat-Survey-winners/ We would like to thank you for completing our 2011 HE and FE satisfaction surveys. We were really pleased with the response to the survey, we had 89 reponses from HE and 142 from FE colleges. We are now in the process of analysing the responses and benchmarking your satisfaction against 2010. Your feedback is extremely valuable to us in setting our priorities for the coming year and we will be... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Sat-Survey-winners/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:59:01 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/2011-workshop-registrations/ The time has come again for us to get on the "JISC Collections bus" (aka the train), get on the road and come and visit you. We didn't manage to get out much last year but with so many things going on, not least critical negotiations, we think it's really important that we meet up with you as much as possible this year to keep you informed of licensing developments, new services and projects. W... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/2011-workshop-registrations/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:58:56 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-pilot-project-looks-to-develop-licensing-models-for-Academic-Health-Science-Centres/ A year long pilot programme jointly established between JISC Collections, Academic Health Science Centres and major STM publishers and database suppliers will seek to develop sustainable models for enhanced provision of access to high quality e-content across NHS and academic staff. What are Academic Health Science Centres? Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs) are formal partnerships between... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-pilot-project-looks-to-develop-licensing-models-for-Academic-Health-Science-Centres/ Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:17:01 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UK-Access-Management-Federation-operator-change-from-August-1st-2011-/ From 1 August 2011 the UK Access Management Federation will be operated on behalf of JISC by a partnership of JISC Collections and EDINA, assuming the role of federation operator from JANET(UK). Until 31 July 2011 JANET(UK) will continue in the role of managing operator, with the support from EDINA in its role as technical operator. As the new operator from 1 August 2011, JISC Collections will ... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UK-Access-Management-Federation-operator-change-from-August-1st-2011-/ Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:41:28 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/BioOne-40-discounts-through-the-Knowledge-Exchange/ BioOne is an aggregated collection of 166 high-quality, industry-leading research publications in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences, featuring timely content on a wide-array of today's most pressing topics, including global warming, stem cell research, and ecological and biodiversity conservation. It is a resource which is: Of the highest academic standard – 70% ISI ranked... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/BioOne-40-discounts-through-the-Knowledge-Exchange/ Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:51:19 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/what-do-we-want/ In these challenging economic times, our streets have once again been resounding to the familiar refrain of the protester seeking to redress the cuts heaped on them, and demanding action now. In our part of the squeezed public sector we are preparing for major journal contract re-negotiations on behalf of the UK academic community and the messages coming from our members is that now is the time... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/what-do-we-want/ Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:43:34 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/BEI-platform/ We’re pleased to be able to say that in the next couple of months British Education Index, Australian Education Index and ERIC will be moving from Dialog DataStar to the new  ProQuest platform . The new platform will offer institutions a more intuitive search experience than is currently the case with DataStar and we hope will be more attuned to the needs of these databases users. It’s intended... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/BEI-platform/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:14:39 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NewsUK-Newsstand-platform/ Proquest’s NewsUK contains 100 newspapers and magazines including both regional and all the major national UK newspapers. In order to provide a single consolidated service for news within the UK, ProQuest will be migrating NewsUK into their UK Newsstand platform. With ProQuest UK Newsstand, users will have access to a wider range of leading British Newspapers, including 60 more titles than... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NewsUK-Newsstand-platform/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:11:50 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/CAIRN-Collections-renewal/ The new agreement for the CAIRN Collections commenced on the 1 January 2011 and will run for three years. This resource offers a comprehensive collection of French language journals and e-books online. The complete collection contains over 230 journals and around 1,500 e-books in the humanities and social sciences. The journal titles go back to 2001 and new titles are added as released without ... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/CAIRN-Collections-renewal/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:07:30 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Nesli2-2011-agreements/ The following agreements have been renewed and are available on our website: AAAS Science Online American Institute of Physics British Psychological Society (BPS) / Wiley Blackwell BMJ Publishing Group IOP Publishing Nature PG (and Palgrave) Oxford University Press Royal Society of Chemistry SAGE Springer + Science & Business Media: Closed Consortium Option Springer + Science & Business Media:... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Nesli2-2011-agreements/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:04:00 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/E-books-for-FE-thanks-60-new-titles/ The e-Books for FE project got off to an excellent start and there are now over 360 colleges taking advantage of free access to the 3,000 e-books currently available. Last year, in view of this success, JISC provided funding to procure additional e-textbooks to extend the range of subjects and levels covered in the collection. In May 2010, 18 e-textbooks in key vocational areas, including title... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/E-books-for-FE-thanks-60-new-titles/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:55:41 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UKAMF-new-JISC-brochure/ JISC has released a new brochure entitled  Access unlimited, access protected - Improving and extending service delivery through federated access management . The brochure explores the wider possibilities of delivering services through federated access management and ‘single sign-on’. It showcases some of the innovative ways institutions have been using federated access management for the benef... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UKAMF-new-JISC-brochure/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:51:30 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/MERIT-using-RAE2008-data/ The MERIT project collated every UK institution's submissions to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. In 2010 we made available the MERIT database , which as well as including all the articles included in the RAE2008, includes other outputs such as book chapters, conference papers, and multimedia. Since we made the MERIT database available on the 28 October 2010, 3482 searches have been made... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/MERIT-using-RAE2008-data/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:47:31 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jisc-collections-federated-access/ We are pleased to announce that JISC Collections has joined the UK Access Management Federation and members can now log into the JISC Collections website using federated access management. This means that our members can log into their institutional representative accounts using their current username and password or using their federated access account. If you wish to use federated access to l... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jisc-collections-federated-access/ Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:20:28 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/JUSP-new-publishers1/ The JISC Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP) provides a single point of access for usage statistics, meaning that each University can quickly and easily compare usage across various publishers, years and NESLi2 journals.  This service, built in response to demand from the UK higher education community provides universities with central and easy to use tools to collate empirical evidence to... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/JUSP-new-publishers1/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:40:31 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/knovel-federated-access/ We are pleased to announce that Knovel has joined the UK Access Management Federation. Subscribers that are members of the Federation, can now access Knovel using Shibboleth authentication. Accessing Knovel using Shibboleth authentication will enable users to take full advantage of personalisation features available to registered Knovel users, including the ability to save frequently used title... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/knovel-federated-access/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:36:31 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/journal-transfer-survey/ We are very aware of the problems that arise when journal titles are transferred from one publisher to another, particularly where a learned society or association is involved. As many of you will be aware this issue has been highlighted recently in emails to lis-e-resources and is one that is far from uncommon. A brief review that we undertook recently of a number of announcements from... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/journal-transfer-survey/ Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:28:37 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/The-World-Bank-e-Library/ We are pleased to announce a new agreement with World Bank to offer access to the World Bank e-Library . This resource brings together, in a fully-indexed and cross-searchable database, over 5,500 titles in PDF format published by the World Bank since 2000, as well as every new title as it becomes available in print.   Core subject areas covered include: Global Economics; International Business... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/The-World-Bank-e-Library/ Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:06:03 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ESO-Renewal/ The renewal agreement for European Sources Online is available online. The publisher agreed to a one month grace period to allow institutions time to renew, this period ends on the 31 January 2011. Commencing on the 1 January 2011 for three years with an annual opt out available to subscribers. A single source of full text information on Europe with a primary focus on the European Union, Europe... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ESO-Renewal/ Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:35:30 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/19th-Century-British-Library-Newspapers/ We are pleased to announce that the renewal agreement for free access to the 19th Century British Library Newspapers through Cengage is now available. Commencing on the 1 January 2011, the agreement has been extended a further three years until 31 July 2013. Part of the JISC Digitisation Programme , this resource provides access to national, regional and local 19th century British newspapers. I... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/19th-Century-British-Library-Newspapers/ Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:05:31 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/TheScientificWorldJOURNAL/ Has your institution taken advantage of free access to TheScientificWorldJOURNAL (TSWJ) ? As part of the Knowledge Exchange project we purchased three years of access to make it free of charge to all UK higher and further education institutions. A highly innovative scientific journal, TSWJ serves the research community providing  a forum for original research and reviews.  Peer-review is rigoro... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/TheScientificWorldJOURNAL/ Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:39:20 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/RSC-Journal-Archive/ New sub-licences for the Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Archive are now available. We're pleased to say that the RSC Journals Archive access fee has been frozen for next three years at the current level. Institutions that subscribe to the current RSC NESLi2 Agreement don't have to pay the access fee at all. The RSC Journals Archive was purchased by JISC Collections in 2004 and provides... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/RSC-Journal-Archive/ Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:32:45 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jisc-collections-board-of-management-/ JISC Collections would like to extend our thanks to Deborah Shorley,  Director of Library Services, Imperial College London and Dr Hazel Woodward, University Librarian and Director of Cranfield University Press, Cranfield Unversity. Hazel and Deborah have served as members of the JISC Collections Board since the formation of the company in 2006 and provided invaluable governance and expertise.... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jisc-collections-board-of-management-/ Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:11:21 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/agm-2010-report/ On Monday we held our annual conference and AGM. The conference kicked off with David House, Chair of JISC Collections highlighting the challenges our members face in light of the funding cuts and the impending increase in student fees. The need to work collaboratively and demonstrate value is more acute than ever before. Lorraine Estelle, in her Directors Report , presented the work of JISC... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/agm-2010-report/ Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:08:32 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/bho-federated-access/ Institutions can now access British History Online via the UK Access Management Federation. British History Online - Premium Content is a digital library of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and early modern history of Britain made up of 122 volumes of the Calendar of State Papers, Domestic and the Calendars of State Papers for Scotland and Ireland, the Parliament... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/bho-federated-access/ Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:43:20 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/online-information-2010/ Members of JISC Collections will be at Online Information . If you would like to arrange a meeting please contact the relevant member of staff. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/online-information-2010/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:15:06 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jc-agm-2010/ We are looking forward to seeing you next Monday 22 November for our annual conference and AGM. The twitter tag for the conference is #jcc10 . Registration is at 09.30 and the conference commences at 10.00 am and will close at 15.00. Conference Venue: The conference is taking place at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, SW1H 9JJ. Getting to the venue:... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jc-agm-2010/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 17:11:50 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/access-management-tender-won/ JISC Collections is leading a JISC funded project to create a package of materials and strategies to enable other institutions to extend current identity management (IdM) to Business and Community Engagement (BCE) groups. Following the recent invitation to tender, we are pleased to announce that the London School of Economics will be taking forward the Extending Access Management to Business an... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/access-management-tender-won/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:47:25 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/fam-technical-issues/ Earlier in the year we ran a workshop for publishers to discuss the challenges users face in terms of discovering, logging into and using online resources. Librarians at the workshop commented that it is difficult to prepare for the floods of complaints that come in from users about changes to platforms, technology and log-ins as they are not always made aware that these changes are taking plac... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/fam-technical-issues/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:32:19 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/dlls-launch/ The ten new agreements licensed especially for English public libraries by the Digital Library Licensing Service were launched last month at the Public Library Authorities conference in Leeds. The resources have been selected in consultation with public librarians to offer high quality content that will promote public library use and support lifelong learning. All are offered at discounted,... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/dlls-launch/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:19:25 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/mlag-two-new-agreements/ We are pleased to announce two new agreements now available to Museum Libraries under our MLAG initiative. Arts Sales Catalogues Online Produced by Brill, Arts Sales Catalogues Online is the online edition of the Répetoire des Catalogues de Ventes Publiques by Frits Lugt, a listing of art sales catalogue from 1600 to 1925. Many recently discovered catalogues have been added and corrections to t... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/mlag-two-new-agreements/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:59:02 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jusp-new-publishers/ The JUSP consortium is pleased to announce that Oxford University Press, Project MUSE/The Johns Hopkins University Press and Swets have confirmed their participation in the JISC Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP). Alongside the ability to view their use of titles in a current NESLi2 deal separately from use of titles in a backfile or archive collection libraries will soon be able to get a... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jusp-new-publishers/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:27:41 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/oapen-uk-itt-revised/ JISC Collections Invitation to Tender: OAPEN-UK - Revised version following Publisher Briefing Event In October JISC Collections released the OAPEN-UK ITT. This tender invites publishers of scholarly monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) to participate in the OAPEN-UK project and to submit titles for inclusion in the Noah experiment. On the 27 October, JISC Collections invited... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/oapen-uk-itt-revised/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:14:21 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/change-of-email/ Just to let you know that we have changed our email address. The new format is: "firsnameinitial.surname@jisc-collections.ac.uk", e.g. c.milloy@jisc-collections.ac.uk or l.earney@jisc-collections.ac.uk In addition, we have changed the main contact emails for JISC Collections: The JISC Collections helpdesk email is now help@jisc-collections.ac.uk . This replaces subscriptionshelp@jisc.ac.uk The... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/change-of-email/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:36:30 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/lorraine-estelle-charleston-conference/ I recently attended the 30th Annual Charleston Conference.  The conference ran from Wednesday to Saturday with hundreds of sessions of every conceivable subject of interest to academic librarians and vendors. With so many sessions and speakers, it is difficult to define an overall theme, but the subject of Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) was the focus of many of the presentations.  Rick Anderso... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/lorraine-estelle-charleston-conference/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:18:24 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/nesli2-SMP-offers-november-2010/ Two new NESLi2 SMP offers are now available: Earthscan The 2011 offer includes a saving of between 11% and 20% off Earthscan's 2010 NESLi2 SMP pricing To subscribe please visit the Earthscan Catalogue Page Royal Society of Medicine Press 2011 The 2011 offer consists of a 3% increase on 2010 pricing with 3 new titles To subscribe please visit the Royal Society of Medicine Press Catalogue Page... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/nesli2-SMP-offers-november-2010/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:53:36 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/nesli2-offers-november-2010/ The most recent 2011 NESLi2 journal offers available are: SAGE SAGE Publications publishes more than 570 journals in the social sciences, humanities, and life sciences. Access is via SAGE Journals Online, hosted by HighWire. Institutions need to confirm their orders with the publisher or can do so via their subscription agent. For further information on the offer please visit the SAGE NESLi2 20... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/nesli2-offers-november-2010/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:21:08 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/cairn-renewal/ We are pleased to announce a new agreement for the CAIRN Collections commencing on the 1 January 2011 for three years. This resource offers a comprehensive collection of French language journals and e-books online. The complete collection contains over 230 journals and around 1,500 e-books in the humanities and social sciences. The journal titles go back to 2001 and new titles are added as... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/cairn-renewal/ Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:32:32 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-SAGE-2011-Offer/ We are pleased to announce that the NESLi2 2011 renewal agreement for  SAGE Publications is now available to order.  https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-SAGE-2011-Offer/ Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:40:30 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Value-of-HEIs-to-publishing/ Press Release: The value of UK HEIs contribution to the publishing process Vice‐Chancellors from several leading UK universities have expressed concern that their universities are trapped in a cycle of rising costs as they participate in the scholarly communications process costs that help some large publishers make increasingly large profits. They have to deal at the same time with both an... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Value-of-HEIs-to-publishing/ Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:56:33 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/merit-db/ The MERIT project collated every UK institution’s submissions to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. We are pleased to announce that the resulting database is now available free of charge on our website. Submissions can be viewed by: Institution, which enables users for example to assess which publishers accepted and published work by that institution Unit of Assessment, which allows users t... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/merit-db/ Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:22:27 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/OAPENUKITT/   JISC Collections invites publishers of scholarly monographs in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) to tender to participate in a new project entitled OAPEN-UK.   The aim of OAPEN-UK is to experiment with scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences to find out if open access as a model is feasible, and what impacts open access scholarly monographs have on print and e-book... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/OAPENUKITT/ Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:22:25 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Ten-new-agreements-for-English-public-libraries/ The Digital Library Licensing Service - a joint initiative between MLA and JISC Collections - has negotiated and licensed a package of ten online resources for English public libraries. The resources have been selected in consultation with public librarians, to offer high quality content that will promote public library use and support lifelong learning. All are offered at discounted, banded... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Ten-new-agreements-for-English-public-libraries/ Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:11:10 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-SMP-2011-offer-from-GSA-now-available/ We are pleased to announce that the Geological Society of America has followed the lead of other NESLi2 SMP particpating publishers by agreeing to freeze their prices for 2011. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-SMP-2011-offer-from-GSA-now-available/ Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:33:25 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-AAAS-Science-2011-12-Offer/ We are pleased to announce that the renewal agreement for AAAS Science covering 2011 to 2012 is now available to order.  Please note that this is a single payment agreement and orders must be received before 15th November to ensure that correct consortial discounts can be applied. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-AAAS-Science-2011-12-Offer/ Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:04:20 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jstor-as-ix/ Highlights of Arts & Sciences IX Archive Collection JSTOR Content Development, in developing its Arts and Sciences collections, incorporates the regular feedback they receive from their user and library communities. In response to this feedback, their emphasis for Arts and Sciences IX was to offer a more international representation of titles in content, language, and origin of publication,... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jstor-as-ix/ Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:16:11 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/2010-institutional-member-election/ Following the recent call for nominations, we are pleased to confirm that it will be necessary to hold an election for the two places available for Institutional Member Directors on our Board of Management. Emails have today been sent to the designated representative at each member institution describing the procedure and providing details of each of the seven candidates who are standing. Each... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/2010-institutional-member-election/ Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:02:19 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-2011-OUP-agreement-available/ We are pleased to announce that the renewal agreement for NESLi2 Oxford University Press 2011 is now available.  https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-2011-OUP-agreement-available/ Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:48:14 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/web-of-science-new-agreement/ JISC Collections is pleased to announce that it has finalised a new agreement with Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Inc. for Web of Science. We would like to thank you all for your feedback during these negotiations and for your patience while we worked with Thomson Reuters to put in place the best possible agreement. Now the the negotiations are complete, please visit the Web of Science catalogue... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/web-of-science-new-agreement/ Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:06:05 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/eresources-fe-event/ 6th December 2010: JISC Collections offices, London This seminar will focus specifically on the Further Education sector, and will address the issues and practicalities of providing and managing effective high quality e-resources collections within Further Education libraries, providing an informative day for anyone involved in the provision of e-resources in FE libraries.  Topics include:... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/eresources-fe-event/ Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:55:38 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jisccfam-10/ Members of JISC Collections will be attending the JISCCFAM 10 Federated Access Management Conference in Cardiff on the 5 and 6 of October. The event, which discusses federated identity and access management within the UK, is now full but please follow on Twitter using the #FAM10 tag . Video from all the key presentations (including the RAPTOR usage statistics project) will be available shortly... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jisccfam-10/ Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:56:11 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/dlls-new-agreements/ The Digital Library Licensing Service is pleased to announce the agreements that it will be offering to English public libraries at the beginning of October. These are the resources submitted to our invitation to tender to publishers earlier this year that received the highest scores from our marking panel of public librarians. All will be offered at banded subscription rates, with considerable... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/dlls-new-agreements/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:31:56 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/licence-comparison-tool/ JISC Collections is currently working with DataSalon, EDItEUR and Red Sage Consulting to develop a tool that will allow institutions to compare and contrast different licence agreements for electronic resources. When it is completed the tool will allow institutions to analyse around 80 JISC Collections licence agreements. It is intended that the tool will allow institutions to: Easily see what... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/licence-comparison-tool/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:20:35 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/oapen-uk/ OAPEN-UK is a new JISC Collections project focusing on open access scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences (HSS).  The aim of OAPEN-UK is to experiment with scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences to find out if open access as a model is sustainable, and if as a consequence, the readership and reach of scholarly monographs is increased. OAPEN-UK will partne... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/oapen-uk/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:28:36 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/meet-vicky-legge/ Q: You’re just back from a holiday in France. Do you think if we said: "Can we have a lower price cap" in French, we would get a better response from our publishers in these challenging times? A: I think we are all having to learn the new language of the age of austerity Q: Seriously, how was France and did you indulge yourself with fine cuisine and wine? A: I’m pretty sure the lorry is... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/meet-vicky-legge/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:09:57 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/newsuk-new-platform/ ProQuest has announced that with the launch of a new platform all Further Education subscribers to NewsUK will be transitioned to UK Newsstand by the start of 2011. Not only will the new product and platform give users an enhanced search experience but an additional 30 titles will be added at no extra cost. ProQuest will be in touch with all customers during October with additional details. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/newsuk-new-platform/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:00:16 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/shibboleth-upgrade-training-materials/ If you are one of the 29 UK FE institutions that have yet to migrate to Shibboleth 2.1, JANET training materials are available to help you upgrade. If you expect difficulty conducting the upgrade, please contact us as soon as possible, as we may be able to help with the migration for a small number of institutions. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/shibboleth-upgrade-training-materials/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:50:46 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/dup-access-management-federation/ Duke University Press Journals covered under the current JISC Collections Licence are now accessible via the UK Access Management Federation. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/dup-access-management-federation/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:22:52 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/nesli2-smp-renewals/ The first eight of our NESLi2 SMP offers for 2011 are now available on the JISC Collections website. Six of them have frozen their prices at 2010 levels: Brill Expert Reviews Institution of Mechanical Engineers MultiScience IOS SPIE In addition, Maney have decided to reduce their planned price increases. We are also pleased to announce that after a break in 2011, Liverpool University Press will... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/nesli2-smp-renewals/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:10:39 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/pio-renewal/ The renewal agreement for Public Information Online is now available. Commencing on the 1 November 2010 for three years, prices remain as before and there will be no annual price increases during the agreement. An annual opt out is available to subscribers. Public Information Online is a complete collection of parliamentary papers from the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/pio-renewal/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:02:57 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/marine-digimap-renewal-2010/ The renewal agreement for Marine Digimap is now available. The agreement runs from 1 August 2010 until 31 July 2016. There will be no price increase for 2010 -2011 and the subscription fees will remain as before. Marine Digimap is part of the Digimap suite of on-line mapping services. Providing marine and coastal zone mapping from SeaZone Ltd, the service includes raster marine maps of various... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/marine-digimap-renewal-2010/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:58:14 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/iop-2011-2012-renewal/ The renewal agreement for NESLi2 Institute of Physics, covering the 2011-2012 period, is now available to view on the JISC Collections website . Institutions will need to log in to view the full offer details. This product can be ordered online as with other JISC Collections resources.  The offer can be ordered via the website by adding the resource to your basket. This is a single payment... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/iop-2011-2012-renewal/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:52:40 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/cco-renewal/ The renewal agreement for Cambridge Companions Online: Complete Collection is now available. Commencing on the 9 January 2011 for three years, there will be no annual price increases during 2011 or 2012. An annual opt out is available to subscribers. Updated twice a month, Cambridge Companions Online is the electronic version of the Cambridge Companions book series, and provides introductions t... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/cco-renewal/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:45:04 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/british-history-online-renewal/ The renewal agreement for British History Online: Premium Content is now available. Commencing on the 1 November 2010 for three years, there will be no annual price increases during 2010 or 2011. An annual opt out is available to subscribers. A digital library of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and early modern history of Britain, British History Online is made u... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/british-history-online-renewal/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:37:02 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/brill-linguistic-bibliography-new-agreement/ We are pleased to announce a new agreement with Brill to offer access to the Linguistic Bibliography Online. This resource is the annual bibliography of linguistics published by the Permanent International Committee of Linguists under the auspices of the International Council of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies of UNESCO. First published in 1976, it covers all branches of linguistics, both... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/brill-linguistic-bibliography-new-agreement/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:31:15 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/brockelmann-online-new-agreement/ We are pleased to announce a new agreement with Brill to offer access to Brockelmann Online. This reference resource covers the original volumes of the Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur which provides bio-bibliographic information about works written in Arabic and their authors.  The multi-volume reference work is a research tool for those working on the Islamic world in general and the Midd... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/brockelmann-online-new-agreement/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:24:15 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/brill-arabic-language-new-agreement/ We are pleased to announce a new agreement with Brill to offer access to the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online (EALL Online). Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online covers all aspects of Arabic languages and linguistics and deals with all levels of the language (pre-Classical Arabic, Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic vernaculars, mixed varieti... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/brill-arabic-language-new-agreement/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:06:01 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/brill-arabic-new-agreement/ We are pleased to announce a new agreement with Brill to offer access to the Bibliography of Arabic Books Online. This resource provides a comprehensive bibliography and catalogue of books printed in Arabic script from the earliest printing activities in Arabic (c. 1730) until 1960.  The records are based on Arab characters, with full authority control of romanised forms of names and places, as... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/brill-arabic-new-agreement/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:57:44 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jisc-content-new-widgets/ In last month's news we told you about JISC Content , a new online site designed to provide a user-friendly and engaging introduction to the many digital collections JISC and JISC Collections have digitised and licensed and which are available free of charge to the UK academic community. Since the launch of JISC Content, institutions across the UK have been signing up and taking advantage of... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jisc-content-new-widgets/ Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:48:21 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Resource-requirements/ Let us know your requirements for additional resources As a shared service, consultation and collaboration is at the heart of what we do. We actively engage and consult with librarians and members of our advisory groups to identify content that will add value to their collections. We select and endorse only those publishers who agree to our licensing and pricing terms. To help ensure that we... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Resource-requirements/ Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:42:09 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/hairdressing-training-now-open-to-all/ Thanks to JISC funding, learners worldwide are able to benefit from a wide range of openly available vocational learning materials via Hairdressing Training . Previously available behind authentication only for use by the Further Education community, these resources are now available under an open licence and therefore available to all. Helping to develop skills, Hairdressing Training provides... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/hairdressing-training-now-open-to-all/ Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:54:43 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Head-of-Finance/ JISC Collections is seeking to appoint a new Head of Finance. This is a demanding role in a small organisation, requiring both "hands on" involvement and a strategic view. The successful applicant will be educated to degree level and will be a qualified accountant. They will have the ability to use Sage, communicate well and work independently, while being a team player. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Head-of-Finance/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:52:57 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-Institute-of-Physics-2011-12-now-available/ The NESLi2 Institute of Physics 2011-12 offer is now available to view and order online.  Please note that this is offered under the single payment mechanism and orders must be received before 31st October 2010.  Two options are available: IOP Publishing Package comprising 42 titles IOPscience extra Package comprising 60 titles https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/NESLi2-Institute-of-Physics-2011-12-now-available/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:15:51 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/call-for-nominations/ The JISC Collections Board of Management invites Institutional Members to identify qualified and motivated nominees for the office of Institutional Member Director. Successful nominees will thereby become directors of The JISC Content Procurement Company Ltd, trading as JISC Collections. Two positions are available on the Board of Management as a result of the current term of office of existing... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/call-for-nominations/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:12:54 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/meet-david-scott/ Since the formation of JISC Collections in 2006, we have been guided by our Board of Management. The Board, which meets four times a year, includes representatives from our key stakeholders. Two positions are available to representatives from our institutional members and, early in September, we will issue a call for nominations. Institutional member directors are elected to the Board by the... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/meet-david-scott/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:11:15 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/new-wb-platform-fam/ The new Wiley-Blackwell platform now offers access through the UK Federation via Shibboleth or Open Athens. Institutions wishing to set up access should contact their Wiley-Blackwell representative.  You will need to provide your institutional entity ID. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/new-wb-platform-fam/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:11:18 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jcs-continuing/ We are pleased to announce that our landmark initiative in the schools sector – JISC Collections for Schools – is continuing despite the closure of Becta and the premature loss of funding. We have reached an agreement with Joyce Martin (Programme Director for the initiative since it was launched in 2008) to run JISC Collections for Schools (JCS) as a chargeable service. This means that schools... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/jcs-continuing/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:44:50 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/new-website-recap/ After many months of requirements gathering and development work, we launched our new website in June 2010.  As well as offering a fresh 'look and feel' and better navigation, we hope that the new functionality will result in efficiency gains for our members. Feedback has been very positive so far, but we continue to welcome your comments and ideas for improvements as this will feed into the ne... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/new-website-recap/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:50:01 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/open-access-fees-help-requested/ Most major journal publishers now offer a hybrid business model including some form of Gold OA (where authors are charged to make a particular article open access). However, there are concerns about the transparency of the hybrid business model (for example that access fees are being paid twice, through subscriptions and through publication fees) and that publishers may not be lowering their... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/open-access-fees-help-requested/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:48:07 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/lockss-2010-2011-call/ Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) is an international initiative to ensure libraries remain central to the process of scholarly information management. It provides libraries with the tools and support to easily and inexpensively take custody of the assets for which they have paid i.e. to build – not simply lease - local collections of the scholarly material their readers care most about.... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/lockss-2010-2011-call/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:15:56 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ethos-feedback-requested/ The EThOS initiative , funded by JISC and now managed by the British Library, has digitised theses from institutions throughout the UK, and made them freely available online. The project has been very successful but, with the aim of ensuring long-term sustainability, we would like to get feedback from the community about how the service should be managed and funded in the future. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ethos-feedback-requested/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:53:08 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/bloc-payments-new-report/ Better pricing and increased access to content can be achieved by institutions operating as a single bloc at a national or UK-wide level. However, bloc purchasing also presents many challenges - for example, how should the total costs be shared between participating institutions? Our bloc payment project, managed by John Cox and Albert Prior, has researched the metrics and models for the... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/bloc-payments-new-report/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:32:57 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/bce-new-itt/ We are keen to support institutions in extending Identity Management to Business and Community Engagement (BCE) groups by providing best practice examples and case studies. To achieve this, we have issued an ITT inviting proposals from institutions actively engaged in BCE activity to create a package of materials and strategies providing clear and applicable guidance, illustrated by “real world... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/bce-new-itt/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:57:49 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/august-2010-meet-and-tweet/ Q: You hail from Australia originally. How long have you been in the UK and what brought you to these shores? A : I arrived in London in October 2008 hoping to see more of the world. Q: How hard was it to endure the last Ashes series and what is your prediction for the forthcoming clash? A: Extremely hard, trying to erase from memory. Aussie's to win on home soil later this year! Q: Accountants... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/august-2010-meet-and-tweet/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:48:37 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ecco-renewal/ The renewal agreement for Eighteenth Century Collections Online is now available. Eighteenth Century Collections Online Parts 1 and 2 (ECCO) have been purchased by JISC and JISC Collections. The content is free in perpetuity to UK Higher and Further Education institutions and Research Councils, but a fee applies for access via the publisher's server. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ecco-renewal/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:39:55 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/film-and-sound-online-renewal/ Free access to Film & Sound Online will be automatically extended for subscribing institutions until we launch our new platform in early 2011. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/film-and-sound-online-renewal/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:30:38 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/academic-onefile-renewal/ The renewal agreement for Academic OneFile is now available for Higher Education institutions. There will be no annual price increases during the term of the agreement, and there is an annual opt out clause. Updated daily, this comprehensive and multidisciplinary collection includes peer-reviewed journals plus reference information, newspapers, magazines, and audio content. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/academic-onefile-renewal/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:24:15 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/lion-colleges-renewal/ The renewal agreement for Literature Online Reference Edition for Colleges is now available. There will be no annual price increases during the term of the agreement, and there is an annual opt out clause. This database provides users with today’s most studied works and authors, including JRR Tolkien, Sherman Alexie, Mark Twain, J.K. Rowling, Virginia Woolf, and many more. Users can also find... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/lion-colleges-renewal/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:06:05 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/planex-renewal/ We are pleased to announce that a renewal agreement for Planex, the IDOX Information Service is now available, and that prices will not increase over the term of the agreement. The new agreement commences on 1 August and will run until 31 July 2013. We have also negotiated an annual opt out clause. Planex provides online access to the most comprehensive collection of bibliographic abstracts on... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/planex-renewal/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:02:34 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/eig-renewal/ The renewal agreement for Education Image Gallery is now available and subscription fees have been reduced. From 1 October, a new collection of 56,000 photos from the Digital Images for Education Project will replace existing images from the Hulton, Photodisc and Getty Images' archives. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/eig-renewal/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:58:47 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/geology-digimap-reduced-rates/ The new agreement for Geology Digimap is now available and subscription rates have been reduced following the British Geographical Survey's decision to make their data available free for academic use. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/geology-digimap-reduced-rates/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:27:48 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/cjda-now-free/ We are pleased to announce that we have procured the Cambridge Journals Digital Archive on behalf of UK Higher and Further Education institutions, and access is available free of charge on the Cambridge University Press platform until 30 June 2015. The Archive provides access to 171 journals published by Cambridge University Press from 1827 until 1996 - approximately 350,000 articles and over... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/cjda-now-free/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:35:45 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/hairdressing-training-open-to-all/ Thanks to JISC funding, learners worldwide will be able to benefit from a wide range of openly available vocational learning materials via Hairdressing Training from September. Previously available behind authentication only for use by the Further Education community, from September 2010 these resources will be available under an open licence and therefore available to all. Helping to develop... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/hairdressing-training-open-to-all/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:08:35 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/electronic-resources-information-group/ The final meeting of our Journals Working Group took place in July, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all members - both past and present - for their hard work and dedication. The Group has achieved a great deal since the early days of the UK Pilot National Site Licence Initiative for Academic Journals in the late 1990s, and has been instrumental in encouraging the adoption of... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/electronic-resources-information-group/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:08:31 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/introduction-to-jisc-content/ JISC Content – promoting awareness and usage Over the last decade JISC and JISC Collections have licensed and digitised a large number of collections across all subject areas which are now available free of charge to the UK academic community. However, it has been a challenge to present these collections in a way that promotes awareness and usage.  To address this issue, we have been developing... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/introduction-to-jisc-content/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:17:00 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/business-development-manager/ Freelance post up to £50K for 12 months In early 2011, JISC Collection will launch three new services that will provide UK higher and further education with a wide range of scholarly information to support education and research: Historic books and monographs (digitised books from the 16th to 19th centuries) UK Archives Platform (digital archive of peer reviewed journals) Mediahub (3000 hours o... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/business-development-manager/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:31:17 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/june-2010-meet-and-tweet/ Q: You have an enviable reputation as someone who is remarkably calm. If it's not genetic, what's your secret? A: I think it must be genetic.  My Dad is very similar. Q: As a follow-up, I can't resist asking what, if anything, ruffles that calm exterior? A: Rudeness.  Why anyone thinks they can get their own way by being rude baffles me. Q: You've handled training, customer service and licensin... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/june-2010-meet-and-tweet/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:49:21 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/lion-renewal-2010/ We are pleased to announce that a renewal agreement is now available for Literature Online: Reference Edition, and that prices will not increase over the term of the agreement. The new agreement commenced on the 1 June 2010 and will run until 31 May 2013. We have also negotiated an annual opt out clause. For further education colleges, ProQuest's resources (including Literature Online) have now... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/lion-renewal-2010/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:34:37 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/planex-renewal-2010/ We are pleased to announce that a renewal agreement for Planex, the IDOX Information Service is now available, and that prices will not increase over the term of the agreement. The new agreement commences on 1 August and will run until the 31 July 2013. We have also negotiated an annual opt out clause. Planex provides online access to the most comprehensive collection of bibliographic abstracts... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/planex-renewal-2010/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:29:55 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/gvrl-continued-access/ In 2004, the Higher Education Funding Council for England purchased the Gale Virtual Reference Library for the Further Education community. This collection consists of 21 electronic reference titles that are made available by Gale Cengage on their platform. The content is free and but an annual access fee of £65 is charged by Gale Cengage. The current sub-licence agreement comes to an end on th... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/gvrl-continued-access/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:20:11 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/academic-onefile-renewal-2010/ We are pleased to announce that a renewal agreement for Academic Onefile is now available and that prices will not increase over the term of the agreement. The new agreement will run from 1 August 2010 until 31 July 2013. We have also negotiated an annual opt out clause. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/academic-onefile-renewal-2010/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:42:19 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/onefile-infotrac-renewal-2010/ We are pleased to announce that a renewal agreement for General OneFile and InfoTrac Custom Newspapers is now available, and that prices will not increase over the term of the agreement. The new agreement will run from the 1 August 2010 until the 31 July 2013. We have also negotiated an annual opt out clause. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We are pleased to announce that ... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/onefile-infotrac-renewal-2010/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:21:56 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ecco-renewal-2010/ We are pleased to announce that a renewal agreement for Eighteenth Century Collections Online Parts 1 and 2 is now available, and that access fees will not increase over the term of the agreement. The new agreement runs from the 1 August 2010 to the 31 July 2013. The content will remain free. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/ecco-renewal-2010/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:11:28 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/film-and-sound-online-renewal-2010/ We have renewed the agreement for Film & Sound Online. The new agreement will start on 1 August 2010 and will run until the content of Film & Sound Online is moved onto the new platform which we are developing and which is due to launch in early 2011 . Subscribing institutions will continue to have free access to Film & Sound Online until we launch the new platform in 2011. To continue your... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/film-and-sound-online-renewal-2010/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:59:59 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/eig-future-plans/ In early 2011, JISC will launch a new multimedia platform offering a single point of access to a wealth of digital image, film and sound content.  While this platform is under development, we are offering current Education Image Gallery subscribers an interim service. The new platform will offer a wide range of benefits: All content will be free-at-the-point-of-use, and licensed for use in... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/eig-future-plans/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:49:13 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/federated-access-management-publisher-feedback/ Many recent studies have demonstrated the challenges users face in terms of discovering, logging into, and using online resources – find out more in the recent JISC briefing paper . To highlight and discuss the issues, we held a workshop for publishers.  Representatives from over 30 companies attended including Cengage, Elsevier Palgrave, Macmillan, Oxford University Press, the Royal Society of... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/federated-access-management-publisher-feedback/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:34:09 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/usage-statistics-portal-development-underway/ The development of the JISC Usage Statistics Portal service (JUSP) is now well underway. Over the last 3 months, work has concentrated on the establishment of a production-strength environment .  The user interface has also been redesigned to better accommodate the large number of reports and options for display.   The service is registered with the UK Access Management Federation and Shibbolet... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/usage-statistics-portal-development-underway/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:51:14 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Digital-Library-Licensing-Service---licensing-negotiations-in-progress/ Following our recent invitation to tender for the provision of online resources for English public libraries, resources have now been selected by our panel of public librarians. We are currently in negotiation with the vendors of these resources, and hope to have agreements in place by September 2010. Once licensing negotiations have been concluded, a full announcement will be made. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Digital-Library-Licensing-Service---licensing-negotiations-in-progress/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:04:15 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/5-million-pages-viewed/ The project has been extremely successful so far, and 5 million pages have been viewed since it started in September 2009.The most popular textbook is BTEC National Uniformed Public Services: Student Book, followed by BTEC National Health and Social Care Book 1.  In June 2010, North East Surrey College of Technology was the highest user of the e-books for FE collection. In April 2010 17 new... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/5-million-pages-viewed/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:00:58 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Ovid-arts-package/ Unfortunately we have been unable to renew the Ovid Arts Package agreement which has been running since 2003. However, we are pleased to say that many of the databases included in that agreement will now be available as part of a new agreement with ProQuest. From 1 August 2010, institutions will be able to subscribe to the ProQuest Arts Bundle which includes Répertoire International de... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Ovid-arts-package/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:52:30 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Our-new-website/ After many months of requirements’ gathering and development work, we launched our new website last month. As well as offering a fresh 'look and feel' and better navigation, we hope that the new functionality will prove to be more efficient for our members. We have been very pleased with the feedback so far but, as with the launch of any new website, there are a few issues that we need to... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Our-new-website/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:05:01 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Money-Money-Money/ I don't imagine for one minute that Messrs Gilmore, Waters, Andersson or Ulvaeus will have noticed the extra royalty payments landing in their bank accounts, as a host of television and radio programmes play the famous money songs of Pink Floyd and ABBA to promote the latest documentary on the sorry state of our economy.  By way of contrast, our members’ libraries will be only too aware of the... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Money-Money-Money/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:34:33 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/icolc-statement-2010/ JISC Collections supports the ICOLC s tatement on the Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Consortial Licenses : The ICOLC is reissuing its Statement on the Global Economic Crisis to update information providers on the state of library and library consortia budgets in 2010.  The updates below reinforce the ICOLC Statement in three substantial ways. ICOLC did not overestimate the severity of... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/icolc-statement-2010/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:02:54 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/digimap-pricing-2010/ Unfortunately the new sub-licences for Digimap Ordnance Survey® Collection, Marine Digimap and Geology Digimap are still unavailable. However, should your institution require an invoice before the end of July please let us know and we will be happy to provide one for you. Please contact the helpdesk at help@jisc-collections.ac.uk . Pricing for 2010 will be as follows: Digimap Ordnance Survey®... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/digimap-pricing-2010/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:37:39 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Geology-Digimap-Agreement/ https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Geology-Digimap-Agreement/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:18:25 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/digimap-geology-2010-renewal/ We are pleased to announce that subscription rates (see below) for Geology Digimap have been reduced following the British Geographical Survey's decision to make their data available free for academic use. JISC Band 1 Aug 2010 – 31 Jul 2011 A-B £1338 C-D £986 E-F £519 G-J £290 Geology Digimap is part of the Digimap Collection of online mapping and data delivery facilities. Delivered by EDINA, i... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/digimap-geology-2010-renewal/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:14:40 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UKPressOnline-/ UKPressOnline has announced that it is to cancel its proposed price rises for Year 2 of its JISC Collections agreement. From 1 August 2010 prices will be 2.5% lower than previously indicated. In addition, institutions who currently subscribe to UKPressOnline's Daily Express module will now be granted access to the entire Express Group package, which includes the Daily Express, Sunday Express,... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/UKPressOnline-/ Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:15:44 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/tda/ The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 provides convenient access to a library of back issues of this renowned newspaper online.  By taking the microfilm collection of The Times (London) and producing a high-resolution digital format with searchable images, The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 represents access to one of the most highly regarded resources for the study of 19th and 20th century... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/tda/ Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:34:10 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/e-Select-launch/ In addition to the c.3,000 centrally purchased e-books for FE collection, FE colleges can now supplement their e-book collection by purchasing additional titles, evaluated and approved by the FE community. JISC Collections and Further Education colleges evaluated e-books available from ebrary to create the e-Select Top 100 Collection. Titles were selected for their relevance to qualifications... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/e-Select-launch/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:20:26 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Childlink-redesign/ The Childlink Information Service has been redeveloped. A lot of new features and functions have been added to our service which your students may find beneficial including: Completely redeveloped advanced search engine making it possible to restrict searches by region, categories, types of content, use string matching, exclude words etc List of related content for every item on Childlink... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Childlink-redesign/ Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:47:29 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/E-books-Accessibility/ Disabled readers are already benefiting from using e-books - but according to a new report, publishers can do even more with the technology to improve access. Disabled users, for example, can benefit from a statement by the publisher setting out the accessibility options available to them, from how to magnify the screen to fully personalising the e-book. The project, funded by JISC TechDis, JIS... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/E-books-Accessibility/ Fri, 21 May 2010 14:09:18 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/PYMCA/ The recently launched Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive features thousands of images, videos and essays on youth culture. We are working with the PYMCA archive to allow colleges and universities to subscribe to this extensive lifestyle and music research collection. https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/PYMCA/ Wed, 12 May 2010 11:15:13 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Business-III/ Including a minimum of 50 titles by the end of 2012, JSTOR’s Business III Collection builds on the economics and business foundation of the Business I and II collections. The Business III Collection is a useful resource for those teaching, studying and researching in business, economics, management science, and related disciplines. About the Business III Collection Business III increases JSTOR'... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Business-III/ Wed, 12 May 2010 10:53:25 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/LOCKSS-fees-2010/ About LOCKSS LOCKSS is an international community-based archiving initiative led by Stanford University in the USA, with over 170 member libraries worldwide and archiving content from over 300 publishers. Libraries deploy open-source software in a geographically-distributed archive in order to enable longevity, giving them control over their own archived content. The emphasis is on low cost and... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/LOCKSS-fees-2010/ Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:59:19 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-IOP-interface/ The Institute of Physics' new IOPscience platform, which was launched in March, has received an Honorable Mention in the Best Website or Platform category in the 2009 PROSE awards. The awards are decided by a panel of publishing professionals, librarians and academics and recognise the very best in professional and scholarly publishing. The new platform includes improved functionality and... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/New-IOP-interface/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:49:27 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/OSO-update-Mar-2010/ Over 500 titles originally published in print prior to 2008 are now available in the Business and Management, Classical Studies, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Neuroscience, and Physics collections. New MARC21 records are now available for all titles in Oxford Scholarship Online, which can be downloaded update by update, module by module, or for the entire collection, from the... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/OSO-update-Mar-2010/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:32:42 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/fbis_review/ Dr Melodee Beals, Academic Coordinator for History at the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology reviews Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports, which we have recently licenced and made available free to the UK academic sector. In her review she outlines the relevance of this resource for academics, students and researchers in modern history.... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/fbis_review/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:30:49 GMT News https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Morbi-odio-lectus21/ We encourage you to participate in this survey and feedback your comments on different formats for mobile e-book devices. The more ways in which content can be found and used by students the better. ACLS are offering you free HEB titles when you participate in the survey . https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Morbi-odio-lectus21/ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:57:50 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Morbi-odio-lectus1/ The IOP Journal Archive 1874-1998 is available free to UK Higher and Further Education institutions, and Research Councils for a further five years . https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Morbi-odio-lectus1/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:28:17 GMT https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Morbi-odio-lectus3/ We have launched a new service for public and museum libraries in England and Scotland. The Digital Library Licensing Service is funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) for the English component and by the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) for the Scottish component. The service aims to provide public libraries, archives, and museum libraries with high quality... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/Morbi-odio-lectus3/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:20:53 GMT