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Released
Sept 2009 Funding
£30,000 Duration
Nov 09
Mar 10
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To conduct a study of JISC project software outputs which have been or are being used by suppliers (either commercial or not for profit). The purpose of undertaking this study is to support JISCs’ industry liaison programme and in particular the development of a framework to support JISC’s engagement with software suppliers. Programme areaIndustry Liaison |
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Released
Sep 09 Funding
£20,000 Duration
Jan 10 -
June 10
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A study to explore the metrics that could be used for the redistribution of costs between all of the libraries particpating in bloc purchase, and to create a model that demonstrates the cost benefits of participating in a bloc purchase. (In this context a 'bloc' could be all of the higher education institutions in a country, Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland, or any combination of institutions in those countries, or indeed all of the higher education institutions in the UK). Programme Areae-Content |
Released November 09 Funding £75,000 Duration Dec 09 - Jul 10 |
Business Modelling/SustainabilityTo build on existing tactical tools to assist in sustainability planning for online content and collections. This Invitation to Tender will aim to develop evidence of 'best-practice' among funding agencies and recipients of grant funding. Main areas of work covered by this ITT are: - To undertake a case study of a number of digital project funders internationally and assess strategy and syntheses of their approaches to the ongoing sustainability of funded projects.
- To improve outputs already produced according to the results of the Alliance's 'acceptance testing' workshops, as well as to review developments with featured case studies over the intervening years.
- To develop 'best practice' guidance for funders and practitoners in terms of sustainability planning and implementation.
Programme areaStrategic Content Alliance |
Released Jan 10 Funding £75,000-£85,000 Duration April 10-Mar 11 |
Digipedia is a prototype moderated wiki which has been designed to bring together in one place authoritative resources (standards, policies, good practice, case studies and links to expertise) on all aspects of the digital content life-cycle. This ITT aims to develop Digipedia into a pilot demonstrator in 2010 and fully established from 2011. This will require clear and concise workflows by which grant funders can contribute documentation ad hoc. Main areas of work covered by this ITT will be: - Scope, develop and deploy the Digipedia pilot demonstrator based on wiki technology
- Develop a 'fit-for-purpose' service model based on wiki technology.
Programme area:Strategic Content Alliance |
Released Nov 09 Funding £50,000 - £60,000 Duration Jan 10 -May 10 |
A synthesis study outlining the benefits of digitised resources to Higher and Further Education. The work will include: - Drawing on evidence related to JISC Digitisation projects , associated reports commissioned by JISC and other non-JISC reports.
- Outline the benefits of digitised resources.
Programme area:e-Content |
Released Nov 09 Funding £100,000 Duration Jan 10 - July 10 |
The scope of the project is the communication and promotion of research expertise from within UK HEIs to external users of that expertise, expertise being understood in terms of both human and intellectual capital combined rather than soley in terms of research outputs. This will include promotion of the researchers themselves as well as promotion of their research. The principle objective is to identify ways of working which are already successful or which have the potential to improve access to HEI research expertise for external parties such as SMEs or community organisations. Several institutions have online directories of expertise which are valuable resources and interfaces for external parties. However the extent to which these reflect other institutional strategies is unclear, as is the effectiveness of current services in meeting the needs of external parties Programme Area:Scholoarly Communications |
Released Dec 09 Funding £100,000 Duration Mar 10 - Jul 11 |
JISC invites tenders to conduct an evaluation of the Information Environment Programme (IE) 2009-2011 Programme Area:Information Environment |
Released Febr 10 Funding £50,000 Duration Apr 10 - Sep 10 |
Recent JISC-funded work has concluded that effective software preservation is largely bound up with the software development process itself and the capture of preservation- related information throughout the software lifecycle. A demonstrator tool (SPEQS) is availble for use in the Eclipse development environment and with the software version management system Subversion. The object of this work is to enable further testing of the demonstrator and to extend the methodology to other developer environments. The overarching aim of this work is to disseminate best-practice preservation approaches to the software development community. Programme Area:Preservation |
Released Feb 10 Funding £20,000 -£30,000 Duration Apr 10-July 10 |
This is an exemplar project that will support and describe the process of carrying out research in collaboration with the Internet Archive. There are compelling reasons for researchers to engage with the great wealth of content held in web archives, and proven ways for the archive to add value to that material, yet engagement with this form of research has, to date, been limited. The output of this work will be a description of the processes of collaboration and recommendations for enabling additional future research to occur, both with the Internet Archive and other web activities. Programme Area:Preservation |
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Released
Sep 09 Funding
£60,000 Duration Nov 09 - Apr 10 |
Programme areae-Research
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Released
Sep 09 Funding
£60,000 Duration
Nov 09 - Apr 10 |
Programme areae-Research
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Released
Sep 09 Funding
£50,000 Duration
Nov09 - Apr 10 |
Programme area e-Research
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Released
Nov 09 Funding
£60,000 Duration
Jan 10 - Jun 10 |
Programme area e-Research
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Released
Apr 10 Funding
£30,000 Duration
Aug 10 - May 11 |
The JISC invites tenders to conduct a study to identify, explore, document and analyse examples of large-scale e-portfolio implementations.
The aims of the study are:
To identify, research and document a range of examples of large-scale e-portfolio implementations;
To analyse these examples and produce models and guidance materials on effective practice in this area aimed at different stakeholder groups. Programme area e-Learning |
Released
Mar 10 Funding
£50,000 Duration
Jun 10 - Jun 12 |
The JISC invites proposals to organise and produce a series of internet radio shows to communicate key themes of the JISC e-Learning Programme. These shows will be aimed at senior managers and practitioners working in UK further and higher education.
It is expected that a total of 10 shows would be broadcasted over a two year period, focusing on topics which are of relevance to senior managers working in further and higher education, and draw together outcomes from the e-Learning Programme which can assist senior managers in addressing these issues. Programme area e-Learning |
Released
Nov 09 Funding
£50,000 (10 projects at £5,000 each) Duration
Feb 10 - Jul 10 |
Up to ten mini-projects to extend Portfolio Interoperability Prototyping (PIOP) work, by further implementing and testing the LEAP2A e-portfolio interoperability specification Programme area e-Learning |
Released Nov 09
Funding £30,000
Duration Jan 10 - Jul 10
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A study on how UK further and higher education institutions are supporting the development of effective learners in a digital age through the implementation of relevant institution-wide strategies and policies. These will be strategies and policies which embed technology to enhance the learning experience and ensure provision for the development of learning literacies for a digital age. Programme areae-Learning Programme
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