Jam Jar funding strategy in a potted economy : JISC

Jam Jar funding strategy in a potted economy

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Session presentation SCONUL access scheme Helen Workman (Director of Learning Resources) Oxford Brookes University and Chair of SCONUL Access Steering Group
Value and impact of JISC JISC is at the heart of UK further and higher education, driving the innovative use of technology to support the sector’s activity and its competitiveness globally. Our unique position enables us to act for the whole sector, in partnership with commercial, public and non-profit organisations both nationally and internationally. The sustained, managed and strategic nature of our activities means the resulting impacts far outweigh the initial investment.
JISC value for money studies It is central to JISC's mission to deliver value for money through economies of scale, to provide research and development into how technology can better support education and research, and to provide a range of services and resources that meets the needs of colleges and universities.	Publication
Shared services in UK further and higher education briefing paper This briefing paper is based on the findings of the first three of Duke & Jordan’s reports from the JISC Study of Shared Services in UK Further and Higher Education published in April 2008. JISC’s understanding of the term ‘shared services’ can be summarised as ‘institutions cooperating in the development and delivery of services, so sharing skills and knowledge, perhaps with commercial participation’.
What is flexible service delivery? Briefing paper Flexible Service Delivery is about UK colleges and universities making efficiency savings and improving institutional agility through business process improvement, effective integration and sharing of their information systems. This change initiative is also about streamlining service provision and considering new modes of delivery, such as shared services, while avoiding unpopular cuts in essential services.
Flexible service delivery and supplier engagement briefing paper The Flexible Service Delivery programme is JISC’s first attempt at engaging with suppliers on a more strategic level. It is anticipated that it will provide a template for similar programmes in other areas. Consistency in communication with suppliers is particularly important at a time when the further and higher education landscape is changing and when public sector expenditure is under increasing scrutiny.
Infokit - Shared services Apart from the political impetus, institutions are investigating the feasibility and benefits of engaging in shared services as part of their due diligence in delivering value for money, and their desire to provide the highest service standards at the lowest cost and to maximise resources to release back into the academic arena.	Infokit
JISC identity management toolkit Identity management, in a general sense, includes all the processes and systems that allow the creation, retrieval, update, verification and destruction of identities and information relating to identities including any rights / authority granted to the identities.	Toolkit
UCISA shared services UCISA has created a web area dedicated to shared services.
Sconul shared services feasibility study The SCONUL Steering Group, chaired by Anne Bell of the University of Warwick, has agreed that an initial scene setting survey will provide a valuable tool for SCONUL HE members to engage with the issues and opportunities at the start of the study project. The feasibility study blog will be the place where documents are published and where you can provide your feedback throughout the study period.

SCONUL Access SCONUL Access is your passport to over 170 higher education libraries in the UK and Ireland. SCONUL Access enables staff, students, and research students to borrow material from other libraries.
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Session abstract
'Universities will have to bid for small jam-jars of money which are currently part of their funding council grant. This will be more expensive and administratively inefficient, and is unlikely to improve the student experience.' Prof Les Ebdon, Chair of Million + JISC, UCISA and SCONUL have lead the UK educational community in thinking strategically about its IT infrastructure. Efforts such as the UCISA Security Toolkit, the upcoming Identity Management Toolkit and the SCONUL work on access schemes have focused on the need for planning and investment in key systems to support overall efficiencies. As funding becomes tighter within institutions, with only small 'jam-jars' of funding available, such strategic planning is threatened. This session will look at how institutions are managing to invest in areas such as identity management, repositories and licensing at a time of funding cuts. Topics to be covered include the JANET Value for Money Report and the UCISA Shared Services work. This session supports the themes of the 2010 UCISA conference, which will focus on ‘turning crisis into opportunity’.
Session Chair David Harrison, Senior Advisor, JISC Speakers Chris Cobb, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Roehampton University Peter Tinson, Executive Secretary, UCISA Helen Workman, Director of Learning Resources and University Librarian, Oxford Brookes University Dan Perry, Head, Strategy Business, JANET (UK)
What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session? Overview / Advice / Direction on IT strategy planning in times of economic recession.
Who should attend? Those responsible for IT Strategy within institutions
Room Rutherford, 4th floor

Session abstract

'Universities will have to bid for small jam-jars of money which are currently part of their funding council grant. This will be more expensive and administratively inefficient, and is unlikely to improve the student experience.' Prof Les Ebdon, Chair of Million +

JISC, UCISA and SCONUL have lead the UK educational community in thinking strategically about its IT infrastructure. Efforts such as the UCISA Security Toolkit, the upcoming Identity Management Toolkit and the SCONUL work on access schemes have focused on the need for planning and investment in key systems to support overall efficiencies. As funding becomes tighter within institutions, with only small 'jam-jars' of funding available, such strategic planning is threatened. This session will look at how institutions are managing to invest in areas such as identity management, repositories and licensing at a time of funding cuts.

Topics to be covered include the JANET Value for Money Report and the UCISA Shared Services work. This session supports the themes of the 2010 UCISA conference, which will focus on ‘turning crisis into opportunity’.

Session Chair

David Harrison, Senior Advisor, JISC

Speakers

Chris Cobb, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Roehampton University
Peter Tinson, Executive Secretary, UCISA
Helen Workman, Director of Learning Resources and University Librarian, Oxford Brookes University
Dan Perry, Head, Strategy Business, JANET (UK)

What can delegates expect to learn/gain/take away from the session?

Overview / Advice / Direction on IT strategy planning in times of economic recession.

Who should attend?

Those responsible for IT Strategy within institutions

Room

Rutherford, 4th floor

JISC