July 2005: Volume 10.2

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In this Issue:

Go-Geo! going strong

New resources are under development for Go-Geo!, the JISC-funded UK academic spatial data portal. These resources include support for metadata creation, a new series of metadata workshops, and a metadata coordinator, available to assist in the support of metadata creation.

Ovid Technologies and EDINA - Changes to Customer Services

EDINA announces changes in their relationship with OVID technologies, altering the customer relationship for subscribers to Ovid's CAB abstracts, PAIS and EconLit databases.

EDINA CAB still available

The EDINA interface for CAB abstracts is still in operation and new subscription rates have been set for 2005/06.

Music comes to EMOL

The Culverhouse Collection of Classical music files and scores is now available on Educational Media OnLine (EMOL).

Update becomes "Land Life Leisure"

UPDATE, the agricultural and other land-based periodicals service, has changed its name to "Land Life Leisure" to reflect the wider content of the database.

7,000 new images at EIG

New images covering diverse subjects such as architecture, archaeology, arts, culture and entertainment, environmental issues, politics and transportation have been added to the Educational Image Gallery (EIG) collection.

IASSIST comes to Edinburgh

The annual conference of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) was held in Edinburgh on 25-27 May 2005, in collaboration with the International Federation of Data Organisations (IFDO).

Digimap News

An update on developments in the Digimap service.

agcensus News

New agricultural census data available for Scotland, England and Wales.

Forthcoming Events

Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers International Conference.

Twenty years in the Data Library world.

Edinburgh University Data Library's Alison Bayley reflects on the development of data libraries over her 20 years in the field.