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EDINA () is the UK national academic data centre based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland....

EDINA () is the UK national academic data centre based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Designated by JISC on behalf of the UK funding bodies for research and education, EDINA has the mission "to enhance research, learning and teaching" by developing and delivering online services that are 'free at the point of use' by students and staff at UK universities in universities and colleges. It is nationally and internationally recognised for the services it provides and the high quality applied research it undertakes in ICT. It was designated in 1995, based upon Edinburgh University Data Library which itself was established in 1983. (This article was originally written by Gavin Inglis of EDINA on the occasion of EDINA's 7th birthday in 2003. Updates are invited.) 1983 was a significant year in the history of computing. A full switchover to TCP/IP saw the Internet enter its modern age. Lotus 1-2-3 introduced pie charts and bar graphs to the IBM PC, newly launched in Europe. And MS-DOS version 2.0 "also supported hard disks and subdirectories". At that time the University of Edinburgh had a Program Library Unit (PLU), based in 18 Buccleuch Place. Its function was to convert