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Jisc infoNet has been showcased as part of a series of Web TV programmes made for this year's AoC conference. The short films, shown at the AoC conference, are now available to view on the AoCtv website.

The guidelines, issued by Jisc and UCISA (Universities and Colleges
Information Systems Association), are aimed at helping educational
institutions reap the benefits of Information and Communications Technology

An agreement between Jisc and Channel 4 Learning makes available a new collection of films which bring to life Shakespeare’s plays and shed light on staging Shakespeare productions for screen and stage.

Launching the new HE area of its educ @ guardian section, the Guardian
yesterday explored the issue of digital curation and in particular the work
of the Digital Curation
Centre (DCC). Funded by Jisc and the e-Science core programme and

It is often said that open source software begins and ends with the licence. That may be true. But with more than 50 Open Source Initiative (OSI) approved licences that meet the 10 criteria of the open source definition, how do you decide which licence to use? 

Jisc is providing funding to scope and build a demonstrator for a national Visual and Sound Material (VSM) Portal. The portal will access material licensed for the Jisc community, those available ‘free’ on the internet, and those generated within the academic and publicly-funded community. 

The recent concerns about the possibility of a 'Bird Flu' pandemic has led to an unprecedented level of interest in a resource held by the History branch of the Arts and Humanities Data Service.

The UK’s first dedicated optical network for research will be put to the test at SC05 (SuperComputing 2005) by e-Science projects in astronomy, particle physics and molecular biology.

This month’s issue of the online journal Ariadne features an article by Jisc’s Balviar Notay and Catherine Grout – ‘Looking for More than Text?’- on developments in the provision of online images and time-based media.

1 November, 2005. Access to entire back runs of electronic journals could be lost to educational institutions when subscriptions are cancelled or when journals cease publication.