Intute launch 13th July 2006

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Intute launch13th July 2006

• A JISC service with support from ESRC and
  AHRC

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Welcome

• Professor Mark Clark
• Director of Manchester Computing
• A JISC service with support from ESRC and
  AHRC

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Intute launch13th July 2006

• Dr Malcolm Read
• Executive Secretary of the JISC
• A JISC service with support from ESRC and
  AHRC

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Intute launch13th July 2006

• Caroline Williams
• Executive Director of Intute
• A JISC service with support from ESRC and
  AHRC

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Overview
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Overview

• Structures

• Building Intute
• Arts and Humanities
• Health and Life Sciences
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Geography
• Social Sciences

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The Foundation
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The Foundation

• 7.38 million searches in 2005
• 123.7 million page accesses in 2005
• 34 million browses in 2005
• 114,000 descriptions in the Intute database
• 18,500 in the Arts and Humanities
• 31,500 in the Health and Life Sciences
• 34,000 in Science, Engineering and Technology
• 30,000 in the Social Sciences

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The Foundation

• "GEsource World Guide is worthy of bookmarking
  as a quick statistical reference for anyone
  interested in world geography and the
  environment" Librarian, Princeton University
• "clear and concise ... has the feel of successful
  consumer websites such as Yahoo" Information
  World Review, March 2004
• "A very useful tool producing high quality
  materials and well targeted hits!" Lecturer in
  FE

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The distance travelled
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The distance travelled

• 1 database
• 1 organisation
• 1 name
• 1 framework

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The distance travelled

• Easier to use
• Better searching
• More value added services
• More opportunities to solve the frustrations of
  the Internet

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The Future
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The future

• Potential limitless
• The best of the web
• By the community for the community
• Exciting minds

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A quick guide to Intute
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Key messages

• Intute is built on strong foundations
• Easier to use and better
• Potential limitless
• The best of the web
• By the community for the community
• Intute exists to advance education and research
  by promoting the best of the Web, through
  evaluation and collaboration.

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Intute launch13th July 2006

• Professor Sir Ron Cooke
• Chair of the JISC
• A JISC service with support from ESRC and
  AHRC

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