InCommon News - December 3, 2009
In This Issue:
- InCommon Reaches 4 Million End Users
- Library Collaboration Seeks Library Information
- Reminder - New Fee Structure Slated for January 1
- EDUCAUSE Joins InCommon
- University of Texas system joins InCommon
- New Participants
InCommon Reaches 4 Million End Users
The InCommon Federation has achieved another milestone - the community now includes more than 4 million end users. The federation also has almost 200 participating organizations, including colleges and universities, research labs, agencies of the U.S. government, and private companies that offer web-based resources and services. Read the entire story at: https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/9AGp
Library Collaboration Seeks Survey Information
The InCommon Library Collaboration has identified 17 resource providers that are
members of the UK access management federation, but are not members of
InCommon. The group has developed a survey to help identify universities that may have contracts with these providers and/or be interested in federating. If you have a contact at your library, please forward the link to the survey.http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=wGlEYsyiVnJgw01abx28xQ_3d_3d
Reminder - New Fee Structure Slated for January 1
InCommon will implement its new fee structure on January 1. The new InCommon business plan includes an interim, tiered fee structure for the 2010 calendar year, tailored to Carnegie classifications. This fee structure was unanimously approved by the InCommon Steering Committee in September 2009. Details are available here: http://www.incommonfederation.org/fees2010.html
EDUCAUSE Joins InCommon
EDUCAUSE, the association for information technology in higher education, announced that it has joined the InCommon Federation. "As the trusted leadership organization for higher education IT broadly, EDUCAUSE is signaling to institutions of all sizes and types - from small private colleges to large research universities - the importance of building an identity and access management infrastructure that can be leveraged through federations such as InCommon," according to Peter M. Siegel, CIO and vice provost for informational and educational technology at the University of California, Davis, and co-chair of the Higher Education Information Security Council. The press release is available here: https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/eoag
University of Texas System Joins InCommon
Citing the opportunities for increased security, collaboration and single sign-on convenience, The University of Texas System has announced that its nine campuses, six medical centers and system office have all joined the InCommon Federation. Read the full story here: https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/LgGp
New Participants
Since November 1, these identity providers and services providers have joined InCommon:
Identity Providers:
- University of Delaware
- San Diego State University
- University of Texas at Arlington
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Texas at Brownsville
- University of Texas at Dallas
- University of Texas at El Paso
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- University of Texas at Tyler
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- University of Texas Health Science Center At Tyler
- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- University of Texas of the Permian Basin
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- University of Texas System
- University of Texas-Pan American
Service Providers:
- EDUCAUSE
- Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
About EDUCAUSE (www.educause.edu)
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. EDUCAUSE helps those who lead, manage, and use information resources to shape strategic decisions at every level. The current membership comprises more than 2,200 colleges, universities, and educational organizations, including 250 corporations, with more than 17,000 active members.
About The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (www.coalliance.org)
Commonly referred to as "the Alliance", this is a consortium of 10 academic and public institutions representing 13 major libraries located in Colorado and Wyoming. Founded in 1974 to consider ways of sharing resources, the consortium's latest initiative is the Alliance Digital Repository (ADR) service (http://adr.coalliance.org). Begun in late 2006, the ADR offers institutional repository services ranging from digital asset management and preservation to discovery and access-focused portals to support and guidance in digital content and metadata preparation.
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