JISC
blog: Great expectations of ICT: how HE institutions are measuring up (from JISC)
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Mon, 23/06/2008 - 14:33.12 June 2008. New research commissioned by JISC and carried out by Ipsos MORI suggests that students are starting to mix their social networking sites with their academic studies and inviting tutors and lecturers into their virtual space. [read more...]
blog: Launch of JISC/Times Higher award for outstanding ICT initiative
Submitted by Marina on Wed, 19/03/2008 - 12:44.For the second year running JISC is sponsoring an award which will showcase the most innovative and potentially far-reaching ICT initiatives across the UK. [read more...]
event: Developing International Collaboration for Digitisation: the JISC - National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) perspective
Submitted by Krasimir Krastev on Thu, 10/01/2008 - 11:51.In celebration of their transatlantic digitisation collaboration grants, JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) and the NEH (National Endowment for Humanities) are hosting an evening panel session looking at issues related to international digitisation. The evening will draw on the experiences of projects in the area and will also involve discussion to inform future directions. [read more...]
forum: How can we raise awareness of digital resources?
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Fri, 09/11/2007 - 12:43.JISC have recently published a briefing paper entitled Research in the arts and humanities: an overview of JISC activities. [read more...]
forum: After the AHDS: The End of National Support?
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Fri, 07/09/2007 - 10:17.With the planned end of the AHRC ICT Methods Network and the unplanned withdrawal of funding from the AHDS, the UK, from having an exceptionally strong system of national infrastructure support for ICT in Arts and Humanities research, will have almost none at all. [read more...]
blog: JISC inform highlights repositories and Web 2.0
Submitted by Torsten Reimer on Thu, 02/08/2007 - 15:59.The new JISC inform is published this week and highlights an interview with Professor Drummond Bone, President of Universities UK and Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, in which he gives his strong support to JISC’s work to encourage the development of repositories across the UK. [read more...]
