Financial challenges, digital opportunities as Jisc Inform goes digital
Jisc Inform 30 Spring 2011 is in a new interactive format full of video interviews, comment and advice on how digital technologies can help you address today's financial and business challenges in your college or university.
Professor Eric Thomas, vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol and keynote speaker at Jisc’s annual conference next week, shares his views on why universities need to find a unique selling point in times of austerity.
The theme of leadership continues as Ewart Wooldridge, chief executive of the Leadership Foundation, addresses whether leaders should direct from the front or seed decisions through their staff.
Putting this ethos into practice Dame Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, outlines her vision for the future and why partnerships are one of the keys to success.
We also answer your questions on how digital technologies can help your trim your budgets through digital technologies and look at RSS feed readers, which channel news and information for you so you can keep on top of your inboxes.
Jisc’s director of communications and marketing Robert Haymon-Collins explains why Jisc Inform has gone digital. “As universities and colleges are under increased pressure to reduce their costs, moving printed materials online is one way to achieve possible savings, not just financial but also environmental.
“This edition of Inform has been created so each article can be forwarded and shared with colleagues. There are also comment boxes so readers can add their own thoughts and links to other articles creating a valuable set of resources to refer to.”
The new Inform is a beta version so if there are areas that don't work as you would expect, or you think could be improved, please let us know on informeditor@jisc.ac.uk