Author archives: Rachel Bruce

Rachel Bruce

About Rachel Bruce

My Staff Profile
Rachel is Jisc’s Innovation director for digital infrastructure. She oversees Jisc’s innovation and research programmes which relate to digital preservation, management of research data, resource discovery infrastructure, open access of scholarly communication, geospatial infrastructure and resources as well as open educational resources. This also includes activities which take place in partnership with Jisc’s services UKOLN, Jisc Observatory, Jorum and the Digital Curation. Rachel has a strong interest in the updating of infrastructure for the creation, sharing and managing of digital resources and related shared services, as well as the policy and practices required to improve their re-use and exploitation to enhance education and research. This also includes issues of sustainability and transferring Jisc’s research and development work into services for colleges and universities.

Ten years of digital preservation recognised

Rachel Bruce, 19 December 2012 Add a comment

On 3 December 2012 at the prestigious annual awards ceremony, the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) recognised initiatives from researchers around the world that have made an outstanding contribution to safeguarding digital resources for the future. The DPC is dedicated to developing … Read more

UK contributes to European Open Access progression

Rachel Bruce, 26 October 2012 2 comments

A workshop, held in Barcelona, demonstrated the level of interest in the issues of open access and preservation across Europe. Representatives from the UK, Germany, Estonia, Poland, Spain, Greece, Ireland, and many more gathered.

“Knowledge is the currency of the new economy” where research is “intelligently open”

Rachel Bruce, 17 July 2012 Add a comment

A flow of policy reports focusing on research and access to the outputs of research appeared over the past month.  Today the European Commission published two communications that respond to the way the “internet has fundamentally changed the world of … Read more

UUK efficiency and modernisation – JISC’s existing work

Rachel Bruce, 3 October 2011 Add a comment

On Friday I shared with you my thoughts on the recent UUK report and why it’s important for universities to engage with it at a strategic level. In the spirit of sharing work that JISC has undertaken or has underway … Read more

UUK efficiency and modernisation – sharing practice and solutions

Rachel Bruce, 30 September 2011 1 comment

Earlier this month Universities UK published its report on ‘Efficiency and Effectiveness in Higher Education’. Today and Monday I’ll be sharing my own views of the report – today, an overview of its strategic direction, and on Monday, a more detailed look at … Read more

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