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A sample of press coverage on Jisc and its services in 2013. For further information, contact press@jisc.ac.uk.

April 2013

Accessibility

• Assistive Website Opens YouTube for Disabled Learners – on ACCESS: YouTube on edSurge 03.04.13

Digitisation and Preservation

• Joanna Lumley shares her timeless style tips at Zandra Rhodes' digital launch – on the Jisc-funded Zandra Rhodes Digital Collection in Hello Magazine 03.04.13
• JISC Collections Purchases the Brill Journal Archive Online Part 2 in Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries 04.04.13
• Sussex digital project shares 1980s views of Thatcher’s Britain – on the Jisc-funded Observing the 80s project in myScience 12.04.13
• JISC Collections negotiates deal for Nineteenth Century Collections Online in Research Information 15.04.13
• World’s oldest telecom company builds online museum – on the Jisc-funded New Connections project in The Art Newspaper 17.04.13

e-Learning

• How was it? The UK’s first Mooc assessed – with comment from Sheila MacNeill, assistant director at Jisc CETIS (attached as a PDF due to the THE paywall) in the Times Higher Education 18.04.13

Infrastructure

• Open Standards Board members revealed – includes Matthew Dovey, Jisc programme director and Adam Cooper, deputy director at Jisc CETIS from the Cabinet Office 15.04.13. Picked up in Government Computing, Computer World, Channel Web, V3, Public Technology, Information Age and Computing.

Learning and teaching

• New guide helps with citing films and audio – on the BUFVC citation guidelines in Research Information 03.04.13
• Classrooms play computer catch-up – mentions Jisc, Janet and the Regional Support Centres in FE Week 05.04.13
• Can embedding business skills boost the employability of your students? – from Gordon Millner, technical infrastructure advisor at RSC East Midlands in FE News 29.04.13

Legal and ethical

• Universities in crackdown on 'cut and paste culture' – mentions the Plagiarism Advisory Service formed by Jisc in 2002 in The Telegraph 04.04.13
• Feature: Are universities as open as they should be? - references Jisc infoNet research on the cost of FOI in Times Higher Education 04.04.13

Libraries

• Libraries learn to love E-books (page 12-14) – with quotes from Jisc programme managers Ben Showers and Verena Weigert in Research Information Apr/May 2013 issue
• De-mystifying the Cloud – mentions Mimas and the Jisc Library Analytics and Metrics Project (JiscLAMP) in Information Today 12.04.13

Network

• Janet education network peers with Amazon Web Services in TechWorld 04.04.13
• AWS offers Janet peer group support on CloudPro 04.04.13
• Coverage on the Janet Ultra High Definition (UHD) event in Scientific Computing World, WebNews (Italian), University of Bristol news, Optics and TERENA
• Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics – mentions the Janet network in Computer Weekly 30.04.13

Open Access

• JISC's metadata application profile for repositories to comply with RCUK's new OA policy in Knowledge Speak 19.04.13

Research

• UKSG and Jisc collaborate on new research study in Research Information 25.04.13

Social media

• Higher education networking: engaging effectively online and off – live chat – Sheila MacNeill, assistant director at Jisc CETIS will be taking part today between 12-2pm on The Guardian HE Network 05.04.13

March 2013

Accessibility

• Henshaws College and Jisc launch an accessible YouTube website on Pod Academy 03.03.13
• Technology to level the playing field for all learners – article by Christine Comrie, information officer at the Yorkshire & Humber RSC in FE News 22.03.13

Digital Literacy

• Understanding the digital world - article from Helen Beetham, digital literacies consultant at Jisc in Science Omega Review UK 20.03.13

Digitisation and Preservation

• Contribute to a new cultural picture of medieval Britain brought to us by Manuscripts Online on In Loughborough 01.03.13
• UCL contributes to new guidance on developing digital collections – on the Sustaining Our Digital Future report in India Education Diary 09.03.13
• Heart disease present in ancient mummies – on a study published by the IMPACT Radiological Mummy Database project from round two of the Digging into Data challenge which Jisc funded on BBC News 11.03.13. Also on New York Times, Washington Post, Al Jazeera and others.
• Elephant embryos and ancient artefacts on History Extra – BBC History Magazine website 20.03.13
• Joanna Lumley to launch Zandra Rhodes digital archive – on the Jisc-funded Zandra Rhodes Digital Study Collection on BBC News 24.03.13. It was also featured in Kent News, BBC South East, Huffington Post My Daily, BBC Radio Kent, The Upcoming, Byoutiful and WWB.
• European partners aim to improve digital curation – on the 4C announcement in Research Information 26.03.13
• Jisc funded tool gives access to ‘wealth of data’ – on the Manuscripts Online project in Information World Review 28.02.13

Libraries

• Making discoveries at discovery meeting – Jisc programme manager Neil Grindley reports on the Discovery Summit 2013 in Research Information 20.03.13

Research

• Data challenges for UK chemists on the Jisc-funded Ithaka S+R report Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Chemists in Chemistry World 06.03.13
• Tracking research across the fields – by programme manager Balviar Notay and programme director Neil Jacobs in Research Information 07.03.13
• Better Serving the Needs of Chemists: Ithaka S+R Issues Report – on the Jisc-funded Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Chemists report in the Association of Research Libraries newsletter January–March 2013 
• Lots of Jisc mentions in the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) Focus 56 newsletter including: The researchers of tomorrow: how are ‘Generation Y’ doctoral students finding and using information?, Sending research material and data into the future, Approaches to research data management, DARTS3: The Third Discover Academic Research Training & Support Conference and Library induction with YouTube, Camtasia and an iPad.

Open Access

• The streets are paved with gold? Open access is coming to town – blog post by Jisc programme manager Neil Jacobs on the Research Fortnight Blog 27.03.13
• Open source in higher education: how far have we come? - blog post from Scott Wilson, service manager at OSS Watch on The Guardian HE Network 28.03.13

February 2013

Accessibility

• Henshaws College and Jisc launch an accessible YouTube website – Jisc press release on ACCESS: YouTube in Research Information, Learning Disability Today and Harrogate News 14.02.13

Assessment

• Student experience winner: Manchester Metropolitan University – mentions the Jisc funding for the TRAFFIC project on The Guardian HE Network 28.02.13
• Universities mine institutional data in search of gold – with comment from Myles Danson, Jisc programme manager in the Times Higher Education 28.02.13

Digitisation and Preservation

• 6500 digitised objects on Culture Grid provides boost for online learning – Jisc-funded project in Information World Review 04.02.13
• Sustaining our Digital Future - New Jisc Report on Collections Link 04.02.13
• Digging into Data goes live again – Jisc press release in Research Information 06.02.13
• “Parliamentary Metadata Language” Could Transform Political Research – piece on the Jisc-funded LIPARM project in E-Government Bulletin 11.02.13
• The 1980s that time forgot – on the Jisc-funded Observing the 80s project on The Guardian Comment 24.02.13
• BBC South East news at 6.30pm ran a short piece on the Jisc-funded Observing the 80s project, but is unfortunately no longer available on BBC iPlayer 25.02.12
• Loch Morar monster Morag sightings uncovered – references the Carmichael Watson project, developed by EDINA on BBC News 25.02.13

Learning and teaching

• Out with the pen, in with the iPad – Ann Thunhurst, executive director of business development at Jisc Advance, took part in a panel discussion on the use of technology in education on the Voice of Russia 08.02.13
• Augmented reality in education: teaching tool or passing trend? – blog from Judy Bloxham, eLearning adviser at Jisc RSC Northwest on The Guardian HE Network 11.02.13

Libraries

• The January 2013 newsletter from Inspire includes a mention of the Jisc-funded Search25 library catalogue

January 2013

Digitisation

• BBC makes Space for cultural history in The Guardian 06.01.13
• Collections feast for Burns Night – Jisc Media Hub mention on M&H Online 25.01.13
• Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content – story on Jisc and Ithaka S+R’s Sustaining Our Digital Future: Institutional Strategies for Digital Content report on EBLIDA 30.01.13

Learning and teaching

• Work Based Learning Providers Gain Efficiency and Cost Savings Through @UK – Jisc press release on GeM WBL on 4 Traders 28.01.13
• News in brief – mentions the Changing the Learning Landscape programme, of which Jisc is a partner in the Times Higher Education 31.01.13

Network

• Need seamless Wi-Fi roaming? Research orgs find an answer with eduroam – piece about eduroam, which is hosted by Janet in the UK and references a Jisc Involve blog on Search Networking 29.01.13

Open Access

• The news story on Jisc Collections and OAK’s Jisc APC pilot project was picked up by STM Publishing, Infodocket and Knowledge Speak.

Research

• Research analytics: friend, foe and informant – article by programme manager Neil Jacobs in Research Information 07.01.13
• Beware the Google convenience store – piece by Roly Keating, chief executive of the British Library mentioning the Researchers of Tomorrow report in the Financial Times 14.01.13

Social media

• How To Make Sure Your Twitter Archive Is Always Up To Date – references a Jisc CETIS MASHe blog post on Gizmodo Australia 23.01.13

Sustainability

• Sustainability toolkit developed by OU to achieve "greener" teaching and learning in Higher Education – piece on the Jisc-funded SusTEACH toolkit on Utility Products 30.01.13

For further information, please contact press@jisc.ac.uk.