News archive
A full archive of all Mimas news, successes and Mimas-related press releases
2011
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Annual Review 2010/11
12 December 2011 » Press
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.
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New resources for UK research
24 November 2011 » Press
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.
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Linked Data, Linking Lives
02 November 2011 » Press
Linked Data can open up new routes into information, giving researchers the opportunity to discover and use a range of valuable research collections.
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Special Collections in the age of the app
25 August 2011 » News
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…
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Commendation for ESDS International Teaching Tools
05 August 2011 » Press
The ESDS International Teaching Tools have been awarded an e-learning commendation in the Higher Education Academy Economics Network Learning and Teaching Awards.
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Looking to the future of collection management
05 July 2011 » News
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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Discovery: A metadata ecology for UK education & research
26 May 2011 » Press
The Resource Discovery Taskforce (RDTF) has entered a new phase with the launch of a new identity and website.
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Jorum listens: Towards a new vision and approach
11 May 2011 » News
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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Elsevier now participating in the JISC Journal Usage Statistics Portal
04 April 2011 » Press
Exciting news as Elsevier confirms its participation in the Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP). The well-known publisher is working with Mimas and other JUSP partners…
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Firepower: The flame burns on
30 March 2011 » News
In the mid-1990s, chemical information resources were scarce online. In 1997, Mimas introduced CrossFire, a chemical information service, covering more than 200 years…
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A journey of discovery
11 March 2011 » News
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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Surfacing the Academic Long Tail – Announcing new work with activity data
11 March 2011 » Press
Together with the John Rylands University Library (JRUL), we're investigating how we can better exploit circulation activity data to benefit libraries, national shared services and their users.
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Europe benefits from a Hair.Net
28 January 2011 » News
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…
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A framework for managing the implementation of the vision
05 January 2011 » Press
Over the next 8 months, we'll be working with JISC to design and implement a management framework for the Resource Discovery Taskforce (RDTF).
2010
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New Release of Kaia Client
13 December 2010 » Press
Landmap, our spatial data service, is finding new ways to benefit the UK academic community with the launch of their new Kaia Client.
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Helping to build statistical capacities
26 November 2010 » News
World Statistics Day this October saw the launch of the Royal Statistical Society's getstats campaign, which aims to improve people's know-how and skills in using data and statistics…
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Keeping researchers one step ahead
05 October 2010 » News
To stay ahead of the game, it's essential that researchers keep up to date with new publications. That's why, over the last decade, we've been working with JISC and the British Library…
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Award-winning Hairdressing Training Service – now open to all
28 September 2010 » Press
Hairdressing Training, our online resource of vocational learning and teaching materials, continues to help hairdressing students and teachers in their training.
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Mimas becomes Global Correspondent
23 September 2010 » News
Traditionally, economic growth has been used to measure societal progress. Increasingly, however, experts are asking whether growth in GDP really does improve a society's well-being…
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Jorum reveals a new visual identity
10 September 2010 » Press
The Jorum team launches a new visual identity and website to showcase their varied collection of rich, ready-made learning and teaching resources.
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ICT and e-Knowledge for the Developing World
10 August 2010 » News
In the developing world, digital technologies have the potential to transform lives. Mimas, with RCUK China and other Chinese and UK partners, hosted an international workshop to tackle these issues.
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A simpler way to analyse usage
27 July 2010 » News
Libraries spend millions on electronic journal licences every year, but it has never been easy to gather statistics about how these resources are used. We're working with JISC Collections, Evidence Base and Cranfield University…
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Bringing meaning to search
23 July 2010 » News
Together with our partners, we're investigating new ways to 'mine' the UK's richest information assets.
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The power of connections: unlocking the Web of data
14 July 2010 » Press
Mimas is collaborating with UKOLN on the Linked Open Copac and Archives Hub (LOCAH) Project to investigate new ways of opening up data for our users.
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New services to support UK research
21 June 2010 » Press
JISC is investing in Mimas to develop new content services for the UK academic community. Recent funding successes highlight our strong relationship with JISC…
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2001 Census Boundary Data
04 June 2010 » Press
The Census Dissemination Unit (CDU) has released a major addition to its Casweb service – speeding up map making and simplifying spatial analyses.
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Sorting out the Smiths
27 May 2010 » News
Names identify us, but not always very effectively … That's where the JISC-funded Names Project comes in…
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Reinventing the wheel: the new Hub website
16 April 2010 » Press
Our Archives Hub team have really outdone themselves this month – launching an extremely usable, intuitive and engaging new website.
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Conversations with researchers of the future
26 March 2010 » News
The key to developing easy-to-use applications is to listen to the people that use them. As technology and users change, Mimas is responding by enhancing our services…
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Over 150,000 historic books catalogued online for the first time
22 March 2010 » Press
We're working with RLUK and The National Trust to make historic resources more widely known to the UK research community.
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New Landmap Website
10 February 2010 » Press
The UK academic community is set to benefit from the newly-launched Landmap website.
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Innovative new web interface improves access to UK's largest free online life sciences resource
11 January 2010 » Press
Mimas is part of a collaborative partnership improving and enhancing the new Open Access UK PubMed Central.
2009
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Making fresh tracks – the new Mimas
18 December 2009 » News
We successfully launched our new brand identity this past October after scores of meetings and workshops, many discussions and brainstorming sessions…
Talking globally – Mimas at international events
18 December 2009 » News
Mimas experts are placing their feet firmly back on the ground after several months of international travel and talks…
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Mimas powers ahead with new brand identity
15 October 2009 » Press
Mimas formally unveils a new brand identity this week, representing a critical milestone in the organisation's history…
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Census data – from the real world, for the real world
15 October 2009 » News
Capturing and collating UK census data, the Census Dissemination Unit (CDU) connects researchers, analysts and decision-makers with high-quality statistical outputs…
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Helping economics students 'keep it real'
15 October 2009 » News
ESDS International provides real-world economic data for a wide range of researchers, analysts and decision-makers…
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Mobile learning moves forward at Mimas
15 October 2009 » News
The New Media Consortium's 2009 Horizon Report puts mobiles' time-to-adoption horizon at one year or less…
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A new search for UK research libraries
15 October 2009 » News
As Copac has expanded its database to over 34 million records, and now averages over 2 million searches a month, we need to make big changes to the service…
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Satellite images to the rescue at Morecambe Bay
15 October 2009 » News
Spatial data service, Landmap, can be put to many uses…
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Humans or machines? Looking to the future of metadata generation
15 October 2009 » News
With more and more information hitting the web every day, there's a growing need for high-quality metadata to support effective search and retrieval…
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Mimas Selects Wimba to Enhance Services to UK Academic and Research Community
01 September 2009 » Press
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Leading National Data Centre at The University of Manchester Chooses Autonomy to Power Pioneering Research Portal
10 February 2009 » Press
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