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Showcasing Mimas news and successes – and sharing our expert viewpoints and opinions
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.
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?
Thanks to funding from the Discovery programme, we’re working with RLUK and the White Rose Consortium to develop and test a new web-based service through the Copac Collections Management Tool project.
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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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A journey of discovery
Archives are a window into the past – documents and materials generated during day-to-day life, business and leisure activities, offering a unique perspective on our history and culture.
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Europe benefits from a Hair.Net
We recently established a relationship with the EU, winning funding through the prestigious Leonardo da Vinci Programme for Hair.Net, a project bringing Mimas together with four partners from three EU member states (Bulgaria, Slovakia and Romania).
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Latest press release
Annual Review 2010/11 (12 Dec 2011)
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