JISC Services Lounge 2: Promoting institutional effectiveness : JISC

JISC Services Lounge 2: Promoting institutional effectiveness

Monday 12 April

Time	Demo Pod 2	Surgery Area 2
18.10 - 18.25		Sustainability - The drivers and reasons to engage now Being a green or sustainability aware organisation involves more than recycling paper and switching off unused equipment; it includes most areas of organisational activity. This session provides a snappy introduction to the issues, identifies the drivers on learning providers to take action and provides references to resources and JISC-funded research. Evan Dickerson, Adviser, JISC Regional Support Centre for London
18.35 - 18.50	A collaborative approach to support for inclusivity In 2007, the RSCYH was approached by the local LSC to allocate £800,000 to the regions colleges, some 29 colleges were allocated sums from £56K to £11k. The Excellence in Inclusivity website displays the results of their work. We also hold termly sub-regional Camel forums and an annual Excellence in Inclusivity conference. The work continues with the allocation of a further £350,000 from the LSC Pathfinder Project. Chris Barber, Senior e-Learning Advisor, JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humberside	Supporting institutional change through structured methodologies JISC infoNet recommend a structured approach to the implementation of change. This surgery outlines a range of methodologies to assist with successful business change. Learn how the P3M infoKit - comprising of Portfolio, Programme and Project Management - together with the Risk, Change and Process Review infoKits, can provide you with a comprehensive guide to implementing change and engaging stakeholders. John Burke, Senior Adviser, JISC infoNet
19.00 - 19.15	Strategic communication The best Strategic communication is not developed in isolation. Inspiration comes in all forms and almost always from other people. Tap into this shared knowledge that JISCMail can offer on your own strategic requirements and if you cannot find what you want why not kick-start your own and inspire others. Penny Windebank, Director, JISCMail	Exploring the benefits of trained and skilled staff Drop-in and discuss the importance of training and developing staff to take efficient and effective advantage of innovative technology in education. JISC Netskills can provide advice, courses and resources to help develop skills in a range of areas including: information skills, e-learning, web 2.0 and social media. Helen Blanchett, Consultant Trainer and Will Allen, Consultant Trainer, JISC Netskills
19.30 - 19.45	Improving your online presence - The whole story! This session summarises the key messages presented as part of a series of workshops run in partnership with the Strategic Content Alliance. We describe simple techniques for search engine optimisation and the use of social media. We also consider the potential of the semantic web for promoting access to resources. George Munroe, Contract Consultant Trainer and Steve Boneham, Consultant Trainer, JISC Netskills	Embedding Business & Community Engagement The Embedding Business & Community Engagement infoKit is a permanent outcome of an 18-month project undertaken to discover both good practice and issues around the support of BCE activities by core business functions and support services within Further and Higher Education institutions. Discover how it can help you. John Burke, Senior Adviser, JISC infoNet

Tuesday 13 April

Time	Demo Pod 2	Surgery Area 2
09.00 - 09.15	Maximise investment in software development through open innovation/open source development In a world of widely distributed knowledge organisations cannot afford relying entirely on their own research. Open source development provides an excellent means for sharing outputs in a controlled and managed way in order to facilitate innovation. In this session we will show the practical steps required to maximise investments in software development through engagement with open source development methodologies. Gabriel Hanganu, Community Development Manager and Sander van der Waal, Development Officer, OSS Watch	External engagement the legal way for institutional effectiveness With a growing focus on institutions’ business and community engagement activity, it is time to ensure that your staff are tooled-up to take advantage of the legal opportunities and avoid the risks specific to such interaction. Issues involve contracts, intellectual property ownership and licensing, data and information sharing, and e-security. Jason Miles-Campbell, Service Manager and Kirsty McLaughlin, Legal Information Specialist, JISC Legal
11.55 - 12.10	Institutional Responses to mergent Technologies (IRET): What’s your institution’s response? Get an overview of tools and resources available to help you understand the true nature of emergent technologies and how institutions are responding to them. During this session we demonstrate the new JISC IRET guidance materials, developed to help institutions formulate a coordinated “institutional response”. Will Allen, Consultant Trainer and Steve Boneham, Consultant Trainer, JISC Netskills	Working with the community The JANET network provides uncontended, high-speed, highly reliable network connectivity, along with access to an extensive portfolio of computing services. Cloud computing, virtualisation and data centre services offer the promise of reduced costs and improved environmental performance; the JANET network provides a highly cost effective means of exploiting these opportunities. Shirley Wood, Head of Communications and Support and Mark Tysom, Middleware Operations Group Manager, JANET(UK)
13.25 - 13.40	No more known unknowns – Online accessibility self evaluation Following a series of successful online workshops, JISC TechDis has created a standalone resource to support HE/FE staff in improving accessibility and inclusion practice. This session looks at the impact the resource is having on staff from institutions and the various roles they undertake. Sal Cooke, Director and Sue Watson, Project Officer (Operations), JISC TechDis	eXchanging Course Related Information This informal talk will focus on the benefits for universities and colleges of adopting the XCRI specification, highlighting the efficiency savings that early adopter institutions are making as they streamline their institutional processes for describing and advertising courses. Scott Wilson, Assistant Director, JISC CETIS
13.50 - 14.05	Data Management Plan (DMP) Online Funding bodies increasingly require grant-holders to produce data management plans (DMPs). The DCC has created /DMP Online/, a web-based tool which draws upon an analysis of funders' requirements to enable researchers to create and export customisable DMPs, both at the grant application stage and during the project's lifetime. Martin Donnelly, Curation Reserach Officer and Sarah Jones, Preservation Researcher, Digital Curation Centre	The developer community supporting innovation The DevCSI project aims to create opportunities for developers in HEIs to network, gain skills, share knowledge and innovate through community activities. We will show HEIs how their developers are a valuable resource, especially when backed up by a wider community offering shared expertise and peer-support. Mahendra Mahey & Paul Walk, UKOLN
15.25 - 15.40	How much money and time have you saved your institution this year? Efficiency is one of the major challenges within the education sector. This session introduces "Measure", the HE sector’s, free web-based, efficiency measurement system. Measure provides you with a structured methodology in which to capture the value of your institution’s efficient and effective working. This free service will enable you to collect, collate and report cash savings and efficiency gains achieved over time. See how your institution Measures up. Laura Hay, Project & Marketing Manager, JISC Procureweb	Text mining workflows with U-Compare The NaCTeM demonstrations and surgery together show how text mining can automate semantic metadata extraction from large-scale document collections. NaCTeM has developed a number of exemplary search tools for special document collections. The NaCTeM demos and surgery also show examples of individual text mining analysis tools, and ways to combine them using the U-Compare workflow platform. William J Black, Project Manager, National Centre for Text Mining, University of Manchester and Professor Sophia Ananiadou, Director, National Centre for Text Mining, University of Manchester

Time

Demo Pod 2

Surgery Area 2

09.00 - 09.15

Maximise investment in software development through open innovation/open source development

In a world of widely distributed knowledge organisations cannot afford relying entirely on their own research. Open source development provides an excellent means for sharing outputs in a controlled and managed way in order to facilitate innovation. In this session we will show the practical steps required to maximise investments in software development through engagement with open source development methodologies.

Gabriel Hanganu, Community Development Manager and Sander van der Waal, Development Officer, OSS Watch

External engagement the legal way for institutional effectiveness

With a growing focus on institutions’ business and community engagement activity, it is time to ensure that your staff are tooled-up to take advantage of the legal opportunities and avoid the risks specific to such interaction. Issues involve contracts, intellectual property ownership and licensing, data and information sharing, and e-security.

Jason Miles-Campbell, Service Manager and Kirsty McLaughlin, Legal Information Specialist, JISC Legal

11.55 - 12.10

Institutional Responses to mergent Technologies (IRET): What’s your institution’s response?

Get an overview of tools and resources available to help you understand the true nature of emergent technologies and how institutions are responding to them. During this session we demonstrate the new JISC IRET guidance materials, developed to help institutions formulate a coordinated “institutional response”.

Will Allen, Consultant Trainer and Steve Boneham, Consultant Trainer, JISC Netskills

Working with the community

The JANET network provides uncontended, high-speed, highly reliable network connectivity, along with access to an extensive portfolio of computing services. Cloud computing, virtualisation and data centre services offer the promise of reduced costs and improved environmental performance; the JANET network provides a highly cost effective means of exploiting these opportunities.

Shirley Wood, Head of Communications and Support and Mark Tysom, Middleware Operations Group Manager, JANET(UK)

13.25 - 13.40

No more known unknowns – Online accessibility self evaluation

Following a series of successful online workshops, JISC TechDis has created a standalone resource to support HE/FE staff in improving accessibility and inclusion practice. This session looks at the impact the resource is having on staff from institutions and the various roles they undertake.

Sal Cooke, Director and Sue Watson, Project Officer (Operations), JISC TechDis

eXchanging Course Related Information

This informal talk will focus on the benefits for universities and colleges of adopting the XCRI specification, highlighting the efficiency savings that early adopter institutions are making as they streamline their institutional processes for describing and advertising courses.

Scott Wilson, Assistant Director, JISC CETIS

13.50 - 14.05

Data Management Plan (DMP) Online

Funding bodies increasingly require grant-holders to produce data management plans (DMPs). The DCC has created /DMP Online/, a web-based tool which draws upon an analysis of funders' requirements to enable researchers to create and export customisable DMPs, both at the grant application stage and during the project's lifetime.

Martin Donnelly, Curation Reserach Officer and Sarah Jones, Preservation Researcher, Digital Curation Centre

The developer community supporting innovation

The DevCSI project aims to create opportunities for developers in HEIs to network, gain skills, share knowledge and innovate through community activities. We will show HEIs how their developers are a valuable resource, especially when backed up by a wider community offering shared expertise and peer-support.

Mahendra Mahey & Paul Walk, UKOLN

15.25 - 15.40

How much money and time have you saved your institution this year?

Efficiency is one of the major challenges within the education sector. This session introduces "Measure", the HE sector’s, free web-based, efficiency measurement system. Measure provides you with a structured methodology in which to capture the value of your institution’s efficient and effective working. This free service will enable you to collect, collate and report cash savings and efficiency gains achieved over time. See how your institution Measures up.

Laura Hay, Project & Marketing Manager, JISC Procureweb

Text mining workflows with U-Compare

The NaCTeM demonstrations and surgery together show how text mining can automate semantic metadata extraction from large-scale document collections. NaCTeM has developed a number of exemplary search tools for special document collections. The NaCTeM demos and surgery also show examples of individual text mining analysis tools, and ways to combine them using the U-Compare workflow platform.

William J Black, Project Manager, National Centre for Text Mining, University of Manchester and Professor Sophia Ananiadou, Director, National Centre for Text Mining, University of Manchester

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