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The Eduserv Software Messenger 5th June 2008

Contents:

1. Eduserv Saves Institutions £500,000 on Microsoft Licences

2. Digital Signage Software
3. June webinars from Adept Scientific introducing software to help manage references & write essays
4. The Eduserv Chest Agreement with SAS has been renewed until July 2011
5. Invitation to join the Eduserv Chest Mathematical and Statistical working group

6. OpenAthens subscription rates confirmed
7. Your software wishes

1. Eduserv Saves Institutions £500,000 on Microsoft Licences

The take up of the Chest Microsoft Campus Agreement since it started last November has been phenomenal – especially considering that most sites’ existing Microsoft Campus Agreements don’t come up for renewal until the summer.

Based on the staff numbers of the sites already signed up, Chest will save these institutions over £500,000 during the term of the agreement. These savings are just on the preferential pricing obtained from Microsoft and don’t include reduced procurement costs and additional discounts obtained from the resellers as part of our tender exercise.

With the majority of sites’ Campus renewals due in the next six months, we expect to increase these savings to well in to seven figures.

For further details please follow this link:

http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/agreements/software/existing/mscampus/overview

2. Digital Signage Software

If any site is currently using Digital Signage Software on a campus wide basis or is considering implementing it, we would be most interested in hearing from you. Please e-mail howard.moody@eduserv.org.uk

3 . June webinars from Adept Scientific introducing software to help manage references and write essays

UK technical software specialists Adept Scientific are running a series of free 1/2-hour webinars to demonstrate just how much time and effort EndNote, EndNote Web and Reference Manager could save users when it comes to finding and storing useful references, citing authors and creating bibliographies. These events make an ideal introduction to reference management software; need-to-know information for anyone involved in research, especially for staff and students enrolled at sites with a relevant Chest licence. Please pass on this information to anyone who would benefit from a software overview.

Please note, these webinars are not designed to act as software training sessions. To improve your knowledge of using our bibliographic tools, please refer to Adept’s range of public courses at http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/training/

- Find out about EndNote X1 at 2.30pm on 12th June

- Find out about Reference Manager 11 at 2.30pm on 19th June

- Find out about EndNote Web at 2.30pm on 26th June

View the upcoming webinar schedule and enroll http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/training/index.html?cat=online_seminars

If you'd like more information about Adept's web seminars or would like to set up a session solely for your institution, please email Stephanie Marshall on biblio@adeptscience.co.uk

4 . The Eduserv Chest Agreement with SAS has been renewed until July 2011.

Eduserv and SAS are pleased to announce that the Agreement has been renewed for a further 3 years until July 2011 with fixed pricing for that period. Changes to the agreement are listed below with full agreement details on the Chest SAS Web Pages here: http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/agreements/software/existing/sas

* The base SAS package 'SAS Education Analytic Suite' has been enhanced with extra products included at no extra cost .

* No price increase for the base packages .

* A small price increase for the additional SAS products in the 'Advanced Analytics Group' and 'Business Intelligence Technologies Group' from £765 to £800 ex. VAT per product .

* The Chest Fee has increased from £250 to £300 ex. VAT per licence per annum .

* A Research Only Start-up licence is now available for a maximum of 2 named users .

Otherwise, the details of the agreement remain the same.

If you would like to sign up – licence paperwork can be found at: http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/agreements/software/existing/sas/Licence%20Information

5 . Invitation to join the Eduserv Chest Mathematical and Statistical working group

The group is meeting on 2 ^ndJuly at Manchester University. This is the third meeting of the group which meets 2-3 times a year.

If you would like to contribute to our understanding of your licensing needs for mathematical and statistical software then you would be welcome to come along. Please contact Jenny Carroll at: jenny.carroll@eduserv.org.uk for details.

6 . OpenAthens subscription rates confirmed

Thank you to everyone that returned an OpenAthens commitment form by 30 ^thMay. So far, 233 universities and colleges in the UK have committed to subscribe to OpenAthens from the 1 ^stAug 2008 and we are now able to confirm the final discounted annual subscription rates by JISC band from Aug 2008. See table below.

JISC Band        Annual subscription rate
A        £8,075
B        £7,225
C        £6,375
D        £5,525
E        £4,675
F        £3,825
G        £2,975
H        £2,125
I        £1,275
J        £680

Institutions that have already returned a commitment form for OpenAthens will receive an invoice and welcome pack for the service after the 30 ^thJune.

Institutions that wish to subscribe to OpenAthens should complete a commitment form (see http://www.athensams.net/federations/openathens/benefits_of_openathens_subscriptions ) before the end of July to ensure that the service is available from the 1 ^stAug 2008 , enabling you to participate in the UK Access Management federation and maintain access to your Athens resources.

If you have not already joined the UK Access Management federation please see our guidelines at http://www.athensams.net/federations/join_ukfederation to help you through this simple process.

If you are still considering your options and have any questions regarding OpenAthens and the UK Access Management federation feel free to contact our help desk at 01225 474380 or email openathens@eduserv.org.uk .

7 . 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 wish for a new products then please complete our online Wishform: http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/future_agreements/add_a_new_wish

To view the complete software wish list: http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/future_agreements/wishes?productType=S

Ansys - engineering simulation solutions

http://www.ansys.com/

9 wishes

Mathematica - a numeric and symbolic computational engine, graphics system, programming language, documentation system, and advanced connectivity to other applications

http://www.wolfram.com/

23 wishes

Final Cut Pro - Real-time editing for DV, SD, HD, and film

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/

10 wishes

Camtasia Studio - screen capture and recording software

http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

33 wishes

Turnitin - online plagiarism prevention

http://turnitin.com/static/plagiarism.html

10 wishes

Softrack - enterprise software audit and control platform