Main Articles: 'Retrospective on the RDN', Ariadne Issue 47

RDN Timeline

January 1994 - ESRC funds SOSIG as a pilot project - return to text

June 1994 - SOSIG subject gateway demonstrator goes live with 300 records

Spring 1995 - EEVL, OMNI and SOSIG awarded funding under the eLib Programme: Access to Networked Resources. Also fund the development of ROADS (Resource Organisation And Discovery in Subject-based services) return to text

November 1995 - OMNI launches pilot service

September 1996 - EEVL launches pilot service

July 1998 - Launch of Internet Detective tutorial

August 1998 - JISC announce plan to develop a national Resource Discovery Network to build on the work of the eLib-funded projects - return to text

August 1999 - Humbul becomes part of the RDN

October 1999 - PSIgate service awarded funding from JISC - return to text

November 1999 - EEVL incorporated resources from AERADE (the gateway to quality aerospace and defence resources based at Cranfield University)

November 1999 - Launch of the RDN at the TUC Hall in central London - return to text

January 2000 - Virtual Training Suite awarded funding under the JISC Learning and Teaching (5/99) Programme

February 2000 - SOSIG (re-)launched at the National Institute of Social Work offices in London

July 2000 - Launch of first eleven Virtual Training Suite tutorial

August 2000 - Humbul officially launches production service

November 2000 - BIOME service launched at the Royal Society in London - return to text

August 2001 - Subject Portals Project begins

May 2001 - ALTIS and GEsource service awarded funding

May 2001 - 27 additional subject-based tutorials launched under the Virtual Training Suite

Autumn 2001 - EEVL (re-)launched as RDN gateway to engineering, maths and computing resources.

September 2001 - PSIgate launched at the Central Laboratory for the Research Councils at Daresbury, Cheshire

August 2002 - MedHist gateway provided by the Wellcome Trust added to BIOME

May 2002 - Eleven FE tutorials added to the Virtual Training Suite

August 2002 - Virtual Training Suite moves from project status to become part of the RDN service

September 2002 - Artifact service awarded funding

October 2002 - RDN Case Studies launched

Summer 2003 - BioEthicsWeb gateway provided by the Wellcome Trust added to BIOME

March 2003 - ALTIS service launched at the Sea Life Centre in Birmingham

August 2003 - JISC Review of RDN Completed

September 2003 - GEsource launched at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference

October 2003 - ADAM records incorporated into Artifact

November 2003 - Artifact dual launch at Manchester Art Gallery and London Institute Gallery

November 2003 - RDN Executive moves to University of Manchester

January 2004 - First meeting of new RDN Board of Management

Oct 2004 - Caroline Williams appointed as RDN Executive Director

June 2005 - RDN Virtual Training Suite launches five free tutorials for adult learners

February 2006 - RDN announce upcoming changes to the service - return to text

July 2006 - official launch of new Intute service

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