Dear Colleagues

The December 2015 edition of Newsline, EDINA's quarterly newsletter, is now available at - http://edina.ac.uk/news/newsline.html to read online or as a downloadable PDF file.

Newsline is aimed at user support staff, interested users and others with an interest in EDINA.  It carries information on EDINA services and developments and this issue is full of varied and relevant information.

In this Issue:

• Digimap for Schools – Five Years Young!
  Launched in 2010, Digimap for Schools wins a prestigious award as it goes from strength to strength.
• Location Beacon Trial – Doors Open Day at the Main Library
  EDINA has been doing research and development with location beacons for mobile phone computing.
• COBWEB: Co-Design, Field Testing, and Data Standards
  2015 saw developments in field testing and developing software with co-designers in the Dyfi biosphere.
• Edinburgh DataShare receives Data Seal of Approval
  DataShare received the Data Seal of Approval, a peer review certification for trusted digital repository status.
• OER16: Open Culture
  In April 2016 the University of Edinburgh will be hosting the international OER Conference, which is coming to Scotland for the first time in its 7-year history.
• The Future of MediaHub
  Announcement on the retiral of MediaHub as a Jisc service.
• New staff
  Charlie Farley and Robert Villa have joined the EDINA team.

If you have any comments or questions about anything EDINA please do get in touch.

Best wishes

Helen

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