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22nd September, 2005. Researchers who would benefit from visualising their data have a new support network to turn to for advice and guidance. Jisc has announced the funding of a Visualisation Support Network (VizNet) which pools the expertise of key visualisation centres in UK universities.

Along with universities in the UK and a wide range of
national organisations, Jisc has responded to the RCUK (Research
Councils UK) position statement on Access to Research Outputs (full details of the consultation

The first projects to be funded under the UK e-Science Programme are now mature enough to demonstrate clearly how e-Science can enable faster, better or different research.

Dr Clifford Lynch, Director of the US-based Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and a keynote speaker at the upcoming international digital curation conference, today described the conference as an ‘historic’ first conference.

Jisc negotiates for and provides a vast range of online resources that can enrich education and research. But how can practitioners make the most of these resources? And how can they be used to support classroom learning and home study?

Satellite data is being used all around us and over the
past year the geospatial industry has seen the birth of Google Maps and Google Earth. Recently, satellite
imagery has been used by the media to illustrate the

'Education and research are increasingly international in nature,' says Professor Wim Liebrand of the SURF Foundation in an interview in the new issue of Jisc Inform published today.

The 2005 ALT-C (Association for Learning Technology Conference), whose theme was 'Exploring the Frontiers of e-Learning', concluded last week. Paul Bailey, Jisc e-Learning Programme Director, here shares his views on the highlights of a highly successful conference. He writes:  

A research paper drawing attention to the need for universal accessibility to Web resources has won the ‘best paper’ prize from the Association for Learning Technology (ALT).

Google is the first place most people go to find information on the web - for some it's often the only place. With so much information out there, and so many search sites to choose from, it's easy not to go beyond Google, especially as it often does its job well.