Rachel Bruce, Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, Jisc
Force2016 is being held this April from 17th -19th in Portland Oregon, it’s the latest Force11 meeting where the future of research communications and digital scholarship will be discussed. Force11 is a vibrant and international open community that discusses and develops new ways for knowledge creation, sharing and dissemination. It’s all about taking advantage of […]
Happy new year! Back in early December we launched a tender opportunity for the Jisc Research Data Management shared service. The notice has been circulated widely but just as a final announcement to try and reach those that may have missed it before, here is a reminder about the scope of the tender and the […]
Over the past year or so the UK Open Research Data Forum has been meeting with the aim of facilitating stakeholders to work together to help to drive the open research data agenda and related practice and policy in the UK forward. The Forum includes representatives from universities, funders, publishers and other bodies such as […]
We’re delighted to welcome the announcement that OpenAIRE2020 will start in January next year, and to say that Jisc is a significant partner in this project. OpenAIRE provides an important infrastructure for open research at a European level, complementing many of the services that Jisc offers to UK institutions, and adding value to those services. […]
Here is a post from David Kernohan to report on a workshop we recently held with ARMA, RLUK, RUGIT, SCONUL and UCISA in early November, on 6th and 7th. Over two days in the Moller Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge, delegates debated the key barriers standing in the way of our fully realising the benefits […]
Welcome back to the Jisc research data management blog. I wanted to update you on the activities that are underway and the plans that are emerging for new work. This is a bit of long post so thanks for bearing with me! Clearly research data, its management and re-use remains an important issue for the […]