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JISC Collections ReviewWork in Progress

Dr. Hazel WoodwardLorraine Estelle

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JISC Collections Portfolio

• Comprises a wide range of high quality online resources to support research, teaching and learning in the FE and HE community

• Different approaches are needed for the procurement and management of this wide range of resources

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Policy and Finance

ServicesManagement

DevelopmentOutreach and

Institutional Support

Policy and Committee Support

Finance and Admin

Services Management

MiddlewareInformation Environment

Managed Learning Environment

Collections

Liaison

JISC Executive Structure

Executive Secretary

Communications

Institutional Support

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Collection Team Staff

Lorraine EstelleCollections Team Manager

Liam EarneyCollections Manager

Caren MilloyCollections Manager

Brian MitchellCollections Promotion

Manager

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Collecting Areas

• Journals• Ebooks• Geospatial Data• Moving Images

• Learning Materials

• Discovery Tools• Images

• …And potentially Primary Research Data

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The Collection Strategy Review

Brain storming the issues:

A) The acquisition and development of the JISC Collections Portfolio

B) Adding value for the community

C) Promotion, exploitation and communication

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Going Forward

• The proposals and the recommendations…

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Acquisition and Development

• E-content surveyThe findings of the survey will provide the JISC with the community’s priorities for the acquisition of new resourcesMapping across subject areas will ensure the JISC prioritise across the range of disciplines

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8 Virtual Subject Advisory Boards

• Engineering, Mathematics and Computing

• Geography and Environment

• Arts & Creative Industries

• Humanities

• Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism

• Physical Sciences• Social Science,

Business and Law• Health, Medicine

and Life Sciences

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Portfolio Segments

HERITAGE INNOVATION

NICHE MATURE

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Adding Value

• JISC setting the agenda through:– innovations and the development of

exemplars– driving the development of economic

models and exemplar agreements

…And evaluation and quality assurance …

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Promotion, exploitation and communication

• Annual reports from the Working Groups

• Two-Way communication – how do we continue to improve?