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Joint Information Systems Committee
Supporting UK Further and Higher Education
JISC Information Environment and Architecture, part 1
Alicia Wise and Andy Powell
Joint Information Systems Committee
Supporting UK Further and Higher Education
Outline
• Intro to the JISC
• Collections
• Services
• Development Activities
– Authentication and Security
– Digital Preservation
– Networking
– Information Environment
Joint Information Systems Committee
Supporting UK Further and Higher Education
The JISC is...
• The Joint Information Systems Committee
• Funded by the further and higher education funding bodies for FE and HE in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales through top-sliced money
• Not a single committee, but a nested committee structure responsible for stimulating the innovative use of IT in learning, teaching, and research
Joint Information Systems Committee
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The JISC….
• Provides the network to all colleges and universities in the UK
• Provides electronic materials and services essential for learning, teaching, and research
• Funds research and development programmes
• Raises awareness, and provides support and training
• SuperJANET
• Up until now known as the “Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER)”. Includes collections and services under a variety of names and guises.
• Information Environment development, eLib, DNER development
• To senior managers and staff and, through some services, to students
Joint Information Systems Committee
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JISC Collections
MultimediaMultimedia
Moving ImagesMoving Images
JournalsJournals
Bibliographic Bibliographic databasesdatabases
SoundsSounds
ImagesImages
Indexed Indexed websiteswebsites
MapsMaps
AbstractsAbstracts
Learning MaterialsLearning Materials
CataloguesCatalogues
Research Data
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14 Regional Support Centres
14 Regional Support Centres
Digitisation Service
JISCmail
Training
Digitisation Service
JISCmail
Training
Mirror Service
Mirror Service
Data ArchiveData Archive
Mirror Service
Mirror Service
Arts and Humanities Data Service
Arts and Humanities Data Service
ATHENSData centreSoftware Neg. Team
UKOLN
ATHENSData centreSoftware Neg. Team
UKOLN
Data CentreCache Service
Data CentreCache Service
JISC ServicesJISC Services
Data Centre
Data Centre
IMS Centre
IMS Centre
Disability Support Service
Disability Support Service
Network Mgmt Service
Network Mgmt Service
TechLearnTechLearn
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JISC Development Activities
1. Authentication and Security
– Deploying the ATHENS system
– Rolling out single sign-on functionality
– Piloting the use of digital certificates in institutions during the next academic year
2. Digital Preservation
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Why do we need digital preservation?
If purchasing digital content:
•electronic publications are transient - to maintain access to holdings/subscriptions requires action
•doing nothing means maintaining both electronic and paper with static or declining funding
If digitising:
•maximise the useful life of the content and the investment made by funding bodies and institutions
•not preserving costs staff resources and money to re-create content (and may damage originals)
•may be a requirement of funding bodies and increase likelihood of proposals being funded
•Build cultural heritage and the knowledge base
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Digital Preservation Coalition•Aim of Coalition is to develop the UK digital preservation agenda within an international context •Core of 19 member organisations•Plus associate members and allies
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JISC Development Activities, cont.
3. Networking
– GRID – a researcher-driven international programme to create a specially designed software environment for facilitating collaboration, controlling remote experiments, and managing vast quantities of data.
– Internet 2
– SuperJANET 4 developments
4. Information Environment
– Informed by digital library developments
– Informed by enterprise portal developments for educational institutions
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Challenge 1 – changing ways in which researchers work and collaborate
Authoring Reading
Discover
Locate
Access
Registration Awareness
Certification Preservation
Analysis
Writing
Visualisation
Processing
Secure, High-Quality Network
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Web Web Web Web Web
Challenge 2 - Standalone ContentContent(local andremote)
End-user
• Many different services
• Each has own user interface
• Each has a learning curve
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Web Web Web Web Web
Information Environment:Functional View
Content(local andremote)
End-user
Use
Access
Discovery