Posted by: Chrissie Turkington on: October 14, 2009
In 2007/8 the RSCs were given funding for an Information Officers post whose role, for half of their time, is to seek and assist with authoring FE case studies for inclusion on the QIA Excellence Gateway. This work has resulted in a wealth of information being made available. Some of the library related case studies [...]
Posted by: Chrissie Turkington on: May 2, 2007
I know a number of Colleges have been requesting this for some time – particularly for Infotrac. Athens have now added the functionality to change the name and description of each subscription resource. See the email below.
Eduserv are pleased to announce the release of functionality allowing Athens administrators to tailor the resource names and descriptions that appear [...]
Posted by: Chrissie Turkington on: March 15, 2007
At the JISC Conference this week, a new animation detailing what advantages implementing Federated Access Management technology will provide universities and colleges. Although it doesn’t go into technical detail, it gives a good overview of why this technology is being promoted. Take a look at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/avfiles/themes/access_management/am.wmv
Posted by: Chrissie Turkington on: March 15, 2007
As I’m sure most of you are aware, the JISC funding for Athens will finish at the end of July 2008 from this point (see the previous post), there will be a charge for the standard Athens service. I’ve been asked a lot recently about information concerning what commonly became known as Shibboleth and, from [...]
Posted by: Chrissie Turkington on: March 15, 2007
The team from Eduserv Athens announced at the recent JISC Conference the pricing for Athens following the termination of the JISC funding on July 2008. I’ve attached the documents here.
Open Athens Flyer
Open Athens Pricing
Open Athens Introductory Letter
