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The Eduserv Software Messenger 27 March 2008
Contents:
Uniras Agreement to be extended for further five years
Free data management & analytical software from SAS
Invitation to Eduserv seminars – more dates available
Invitation to talk onabout bibliographic software from Adept Scientific
ESRI Agreement update
The popular agreement for ESRI GIS software has been renewed for a further 3 year and 5 month term until 31 July 2011 following significant effort on the part of ESRI, ESRIUK, the ESRI Focus Group and Eduserv.
The Agreement is open to institutions of Higher and Further Education, and Research Councils in the
Eduserv will continue to represent the interests of universities and colleges with regard to a number of issues that have been raised. Currently these will be pursued in the following ways;
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With the support of the ESRI Focus Group, we will seek the guidance of appropriate government departments on best practice in dealing with the apparent conflict between
· We are engaged with ESRI to establish whether there is a technical solution to lock down the source code.
· We anticipate confirmation that the problems relating to delivery of licence keycodes have been resolved.
There is an additional benefit to institutions subscribing to this agreement. ESRI has agreed to provide one complimentary registration to each participating site to the annual ESRI Education User Conference (EdUC) and the ESRI International User Conference (UC) that takes place in the
Details about the Chest Agreement with ESRI can be found here .
If you want to subscribe, then please complete;
· Two copies of the Licence Schedule 4 Part 1 http://www.eduserv.org.uk/upload/chest/agreements/esri_2008/(f)%20schedule%204%20part%201.doc
· One copy of the Product Order Form http://www.eduserv.org.uk/upload/chest/agreements/esri_2008/addendum%20a%20to%20schedule%204%20-%20amended.doc> .
· To speed your renewal you can fax copies of these documents to 01225 333084 or by email to chesthelp@eduserv.org.uk.
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The originals must then be sent by mail to Eduserv, Queen Anne House,
SAS Agreement renewal news
The Eduserv Chest SAS Agreement for analytical software is scheduled for renewal from 1st August 2008. Discussion with SAS has started and there is a meeting between Eduserv and the supplier scheduled on 10th April. We expect to send an announcement with details of the renewal proposal and the arrangements for completing licence paperwork and receiving licence codes to current subscribing sites in May. If there is anything that you think should be raised at the meeting then please contact johanna.fyfe@eduserv.org.uk with details.
Uniras Agreement to be extended for further five years
The Eduserv agreement for the application and graphics building package Uniras from AVS is to be extended for a further 5 years from 1st April 2008. Prices will be maintained at the current level and sites renewing their licences will receive an early bird discount. Current licensed sites have been contacted by Eduserv with more details but if you would like more information then please contact johanna.fyfe@eduserv.org.uk
Free data management & analytical software from SAS
SAS is offering SAS Learning Edition 4.1 and teaching resources free of charge making it easy for academic staff to start using the software for teaching. This will be of interest to staff in a wide variety of disciplines; Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Environment, Electronics, Computing Science, Engineering Sciences, Geography, Mathematics, Statistics, Ocean & Earth Sciences, Physics, Astronomy, Education, Archaeology, Anthropology, Management/Business School, Economics, Finance, Social Statistics, Psychology, Biological Sciences, Life Sciences, Plant Sciences, Zoology, Medicine - all branches, Dentistry, Genetics, Healthcare research.
To order a free copy of SAS Learning Edition 4.1, data management and statistical software, click here.
PLUS two free textbooks. The free software includes a tutorial.
More information here:
- Point-and-click SAS
- About SAS Learning Edition 4.1
- For free SAS teaching resources, click here
SAS can also be licensed departmentally via Eduserv Chest, or individually via SAS.
Click here to visit the new SAS Academic Website
Invitation to Eduserv seminars – more dates available
Eduserv has been running a successful series of one day seminars and has three more dates for your diaries.
The purpose of the seminars is to help institutions to understand the services offered by Eduserv and to help us to understand how we can support your access management strategy and other purchasing decisions. The programme will be of interest to a range of people involved in access management, learning resources and licence management. The dates are:-
Tuesday, 22nd April,
Tuesday, 13th May, Institute of Science,
Tuesday, 20th May, West of
Wednesday, 21st May, Novotel Hotel,
Details of the programme, dates, venues and the booking form are available on the web site. Your place will be confirmed by email and you will be sent details of the programme nearer the time.
Invitation to talk on about bibliographic software from Adept Scientific
(The following is published on behalf of Adept Scientific)
You are invited to come and talk to Jason Rollins (Director of Product Development at Thomson ResearchSoft) and Jim Pringle (Vice President of Product Development for Thomson Scientific) senior executives for the developers of EndNote, Reference Manager and EndNote Web. The aim is to set up a two-way information exchange whereby you share your experience and knowledge of bibliographic software requirements in education, while the software experts let you in on future plans for upcoming versions and future software directions. The ultimate goal is to enable Thomson ResearchSoft to improve their offering for future releases to ensure the software better fits academic requirements.
Whether it's a morning or afternoon session, in
Please select your preferred date, time and venue. Each meeting will last approximately 3 hours.
Choose from a morning session at 9.30am or an afternoon session starting at 2.00pm on
Thursday 3rd April 2008 - The York Science Park,
or
Friday 4th April 2008 - The Edinburgh Training Centre,
To make sure delegates get optimum discussion time with the developers, we have to keep attendance numbers low. That means places are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis - so you need to reserve your place quickly to be sure of securing your seat.
Book your place now by emailing our events coordinator mail to:
events@adeptscience.co.uk . Please remember to indicate which meeting you are able to attend.
Alternatively, if you can't make these times, please call Stephanie Marshall, Account Manager - Bibliographic Products, on 01462
489142 or send an email to stephanie.marshall@adeptscience.co.uk
Your software wishes
If you would like Eduserv Chest to investigate an agreement for software that would benefit your institution, why not make a wish? Wishes are the best way for you to tell us which products we should be negotiating on your behalf.
If you would like to make a new wish please update our online Wishform
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