https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/ Latest news from JISC Collections 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 accounted. 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/rilm-new-agreement/ We are pleased to announce a new agreement with ProQuest to offer access to the RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. This resource provides a comprehensive and regularly updated guide to all types of publications on music from all over the world – including books, journals, online resources, research-based sound recordings and films, dissertations, and conference proceedings.  It contains over... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/rilm-new-agreement/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:48:44 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/fam2bce/ JISC Collections invites proposals to create a package of materials and strategies based on Identity Management activity taking place at the bidding / partner institutions so as to enable other institutions to extend current identity management (IdM) to Business and Community Engagement (BCE) groups.  The successful bidder should produce the following deliverable: An online “how to manual”... https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/News/fam2bce/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:44:35 GMT News 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 subscriptionshelp@jisc.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