apologies for cross-posting,
please circulate widely in FE and HE
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JISC Content Programme -- forthcoming agreements for
inclusion in the DNER in time for the 2000/2001 academic
year
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Dear Colleagues,
On 17 May the JISC's Committee for Electronic Information
met and approved various content agreements recommended by
its Content Working Group. Staff here at the JISC are now
busy finalising agreements with suppliers, and arranging
for CHEST to begin managing the agreements and
subscriptions on our behalf.
I'm writing to you today with a list of agreements about
which you can expect to here more in the forthcoming weeks.
We hope to have each of these services launched in time for
the start of the next academic year, and thought some
advanced warning would help you with local planning.
AMICO - a collection of digital art images from American
Museums. More information is available at
http://www.amico.org/home.html
KnowUK - a collection of high-quality digital reference
materials about people and organisations in the UK. See
http://www.chadwyck.com/ for more information, or
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub00/c03_00.html
McGrawhill AccessScience - though this product has not
successfully obtained badging from the JISC's Content
Working Group, the JISC may be in a position to facilitate
lower cost subscriptions for those thinking of
subscribing any way. This is as the result of an
international negotiation by the International Coalition of
Library Consortia in which the JISC has participated. If
you are interested in more information about this, please
contact me at [log in to unmask] a.s.a.p. Thanks!
Oxford English Dictionary Online - details promised on 18
May have been held up due to a last minute VAT question,
and some problems with the CHEST web server. We are hoping
to circulate details tomorrow! More information available
at http://www.oed.com/, at
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub00/c01_00.html,
and at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub00/c02_00.html
PCI Full Text - A collection of finding aids plus full-text
access to historical journals for the arts and humanities.
See http://pcift.chadwyck.co.uk/ for more information, or
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub00/c03_00.html
PsycInfo - the creme de la creme of electronic information
for psychology and related disciplines. More information
is currently circulating to chief librarians un UKHEIs via
lis-sconul. More information to follow shortly.
SCRAN - a collection of images, moving images, and sound
resources about culture and history. More information is
available at http://www.scran.ac.uk/
Full details will be circulated just as soon as they are
ready, but if you have any urgent inquiries please do not
hesitate to let me know. My contact details are below.
You can also contact Catherine Grout, JISC Image
Co-ordinator at [log in to unmask]
Cheers,
Alicia
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Dr. Alicia Wise
JISC Collections Manager
Old Library
King's College London
Strand, London WC2R 2LS
[log in to unmask]
(020) 7848 2938 office
(020) 7848 2556 direct line
(020) 7848 2939 fax
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