Dear Colleagues,
The JISC and TSO (The Stationery Office) are currently half way through a
consultation for UKOP, which is running until the end of August. The JISC
would like to invite members of the Social Policy Association to comment
on this consultation and to provide us with feedback by filling out the
form which can be found at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=form&formid=104608984.
Before we can move forward with negotiations, the JISC needs to establish
the number of further and higher education institutions that would be
interested in subscribing, an indication of when subscriptions would be
taken up, as well as any other relevant information that will inform
discussions.
The Offer
UKOP is the sole official catalogue of UK official publications,
authorised by HMSO and exclusively published by TSO.
UKOP offers comprehensive coverage of official publications from
parliamentary groups, over 2,000+ government departments, agencies and
other official bodies as well as the publications of international bodies
such as the European Union, United Nations and World Health Organisation.
Trial Access
Trial access is by available from 1 - 31 August at www.ukop.co.uk.
The user name is "customer" and the password for the consultation
is "canada".
UKOP online training manual is available at
http://www.ukop.co.uk/members/training_manual_a.aspx
Next Steps
Trial UKOP
* Forward the details to your colleagues to evaluate UKOP online -
all feedback is important
* Please inform us whether your institution would be interested in
taking up a subscription to this by clicking
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=form&formid=104608984
* Existing TSO UKOP subscribers should also complete the evaluation
form http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=form&formid=104608984 to confirm
their interest in subscribing to UKOP via JISC
* You are not committed to purchasing this product at this stage
Please note responses are required by 31st August 2003.
Further Information
For further information on the consultation (including pricing) for UKOP
please visit http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=coll_consultationukop.
Further information on this offer can be obtained from: Liam Earney, JISC
Collections Manager (tel. 020 7848 1716) mailto:[log in to unmask]
Further information about UKOP can be obtained from: Richard Hollis, Sales
Director, Information Services, TSO, 51 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5DR
(tel. 020 7873 8461) mailto:[log in to unmask]
Thank you for your time and kind assistance.
Regards,
Liam Earney
Collections Manager
Joint Information Systems Committee
King's College London
Strand Bridge House
3rd Floor
138-142 Strand
London WC2R 1HH
Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 1716
Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 2939
www.jisc.ac.uk/collections/
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