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[Dean Woodbeck <>]

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

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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.internet2.edu/x/9AGp

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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

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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

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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.internet2.edu/x/eoag

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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.internet2.edu/x/LgGp

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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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