We have a long history of providing access to census aggregate statistics for the academic community, but making the data available has, traditionally, been a long and complex process.

Our Census Dissemination Unit is developing services that make it easier for researchers to find the census data they need, and we’re working with the Office for National Statistics to find better ways of disseminating the 2011 Census.

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Meaning-based search offers a new approach to search and discovery.

Together with our partners at JISC Collections, the British Library and Autonomy, we’re developing ground-breaking services that use meaning-based search to unlock significant research material, including previously inaccessible digitised editions of more than 65,000 books from the British Library’s 19th century collection.

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2010/11 has been a busy year for Mimas. From Linked Data to meaning-based search, we’ve worked on a range of research and development activities - exploiting new technologies to meet the ever-changing needs of higher and further education.

Our Annual Review gives us an opportunity to reflect, and highlight how our services and projects are bringing real efficiencies and benefits to the community.

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Together with JISC Collections we’re launching two major new resources that offer UK researchers an easy way to discover valuable content across what were previously separate archives.

Part of the new JISC eCollections service, JISC Historic Books and JISC Journal Archives bring together over 350,000 books, and 600 journals, using meaning based search to help users serendipitously find related materials through simple, integrated interfaces.

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