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New advances for census data delivery
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.
Meaning based search unlocks hidden collections
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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Special Collections in the age of the app
For students accustomed to an information-rich, online world, working with rare books and manuscripts can be an unfamiliar experience. Together with colleagues at The University of Manchester, we’re using Augmented Reality to bring special collections to life by surrounding original materials with digital online content.
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Looking to the future of collection management
With demands on budgets and space at a premium, libraries need to make sure that their research collections are effectively used and managed. But how do they make informed decisions about the retention, conservation, and disposal of materials?
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Jorum listens: Towards a new vision and approach
Jorum has been listening to its users and stakeholders and is changing to respond to the rapidly evolving Higher Education and technological environment that we inhabit.
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Firepower: The flame burns on
In the mid-1990s, chemical information resources were scarce online. In 1997, Mimas introduced CrossFire, a chemical information service, covering more than 200 years of literature and connecting researchers to important chemical databases.
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Annual Review 2010/11 (12 Dec 2011)
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