Eduserv Foundation
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The Eduserv Foundation was a United Kingdom nonprofit educational charity that worked to realise the benefits of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for learners, researchers and the institutions that serve them.{{cite web| url=http://www.slideshare.net/eduservfoundation | title=Eduserv Foundation | publisher=SlideShare | accessdate=5 December 2016 }}
The Foundation operated between July 2003 until 2008, during which period it launched a number of programmes of activity including: Eduserv Research Grants; Assistive Technology Licences; Tutor Guides for Vocational Education; and Information Literacy initiatives.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
The Foundation primarily funded work in the areas of:{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
- repositories, metadata and open access;
- access and identity management;
- service architectures;
- effective elearning.
The Foundation was part of Eduserv, which is based in Bath, UK, and which continues to carry out research and innovation projects that build on the Foundation's work{{cite web|url=http://www.eduserv.org.uk/|title=Eduserv|last=|first=|date=|website=|location=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010907060125/http://www.eduserv.org.uk:80/ |archive-date=2001-09-07 |accessdate=5 December 2016}} and maintains CHEST agreements for software procurement.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090919112727/http://www.eduserv.org.uk/research/ Eduserv Research and Innovation page]
- [http://efoundations.typepad.com/ eFoundations blog]
Category:2003 establishments in England
Category:2008 disestablishments in England
Category:Educational charities based in the United Kingdom
Category:Educational foundations based in the United Kingdom
Category:Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom
Category:Organisations based in Bath, Somerset
Category:Organizations established in 2003
Category:Organizations disestablished in 2008
Category:Science and technology in Somerset
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