***Apologies for cross posting***
Publisher workshop: The new UK Federation operator
Thursday 14th July, 11am – 2.30pm, Brettenham House London
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 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 can engage with the Federation to improve discovery and use of their resources. JISC Collections and EDINA staff will be on hand to provide an opportunity for feedback to JISC Collections on Federation and access management issues.
The workshop is free to attend, will include lunch and is aimed at all publishers and service providers regardless of whether they are currently members of the UK Access Management Federation or have JISC Collections agreements.
To sign up for the workshop please enter you details here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UKAMFbriefing
For further information on the workshop please contact Mark Williams:
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More information on the Embedded Discovery Service (EDS) which aims to provide a consistent user experience for the discovery part of Single Sign On (SSO) can be found here:
https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/EDS10/Embedded+Discovery+Service
Mark
Mark Williams
Access Management Coordinator
JISC Collections
Brettenham House
5 Lancaster Place
London
WC2E 7EN
T: 02030066042
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