The British Library is showcasing a range of innovative new tools and features that will help researchers access and exploit the scientific knowledge held by UK PubMed Central, the UK's largest free online resource for the Life Sciences.

Mimas is part of a collaborative partnership improving and enhancing the new Open Access UKPMC.

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We successfully launched our new brand identity this past October after scores of meetings and workshops, many discussions and brainstorming sessions, and hours of just plain hard work. Our mission was to get across the message that Mimas is an organisation of experts doing quality work that is of measurable value to the wider academic community and beyond.

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Mimas experts are placing their feet firmly back on the ground after several months of international travel and talks. A key part of our digital information work requires in-depth engagement with our colleagues overseas. Highlights from the last few months include presentations and workshops in Australia, Greece and South Korea. We think it's important to discuss this work and debate its implications for the rapidly evolving information landscape.

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Capturing and collating UK census data, the Census Dissemination Unit (CDU) connects researchers, analysts and decision-makers with high-quality statistical outputs. This real-world data is also of great value in learning and teaching – as students and teachers in human geography at the University of Leeds have discovered.

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