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The JISC year 2006-2007: An introduction to the Online Annual Review
‘The updated strategy is helping us deal with a whole series of issues, such as continued and rapid technological change, the rise in staff and student expectations, the need to rationalise systems and ensure their compatibility, and the growing need to archive research data.’
Professor Sir Ron Cooke, JISC Chair
‘The last year has seen a significant growth in the use of the JISC network, content and advisory services, and the Value for Money report, published in January, indicated the extent of their impact on the community.’
Dr Malcolm Read, JISC Executive Secretary
Read the full, online JISC Annual Review 2006-2007
2006
August
- Funding for UK PubMed Central announced
- Three quarters of colleges and universities use open source software, says OSS Watch report
- JISC, the AHRC and EPSRC in £2m e-Science call for the Arts and Humanities
September
- OpenDOAR surveys over 1000 repositories sites worldwide
- Hundreds respond to JISC digitisation consultation
- All Hands conference showcases the best in UK e-Science
October
- Launch of new JISC website
- The time is right for open access, says CERN Director Robert Aymar at JISC event in Oxford
- SuperJANET5 – the upgrade to JANET – launched in London
- e-Science ‘vital’ to UK science and innovation , says Sir Keith O’Nions, D-G of Science and Innovation at the former DTI
November
- JISC and SURF launch ‘Licence to Publish’
- UK Access Management Federation launched
- Twenty-seven projects funded under first round of JISC’s capital programme
December
- JISC welcomes Gower Review of Intellectual Property
- Lord Puttnam presents RSC Northern e-learning awards in Newcastle
- JISC report highlights restrictions on staff access to ICT in FE and HE
2007
January
- New digitised resource features Britain’s changing population in the nineteenth century
- Value for Money report highlights contribution of JISC services
- JISC and European partners launch international open access petition
- ‘Imagine the world without JISC. We simply wouldn’t be able to compete, we wouldn’t have the structure, the platform…’ Professor David Eastwood
- JISC publishes its updated strategy [2007-2009]
- JISC announces further £12m investment in digitisation
February
- A new animation highlights international e-Framework initiative
- JISC and partners collaborate over national e-infrastructure report
- Knowledge Exchange begins multinational licensing initiative
March
- TechWatch publishes Web 2.0 report
- JISC and CURL launch national e-theses transition service
- More than 600 delegates attend annual JISC conference
- JISC and Research Councils sign partnership agreement
- More than 80 projects awarded £15m funding under JISC’s capital programme
April
- SHERPA awarded SPARC Europe Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scholarly Communications
- ‘Community of Practice’ launched as part of JISC’s Users and Innovation programme
May
- JISC to sponsor THES Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year Award
- Lord Rix launches East London Theatre Archive
- JISC TechDIS publication highlights work of Specialist Colleges
June
- National repository - the Depot - launched in Manchester
- JISC online conference hosts session in Second Life
- JISCPAS publishes research on penalties for plagiarismJISC Regional Support Centres to support Work Based Learning sector
July
- The UK Data Archive celebrates 40th anniversary at the House of Commons
- Elsevier is first major publisher to join UK Access Management Federation
- Wales’ Leader of the House opens major JISC digitisation conference in Cardiff
This leaflet is an introduction to the online JISC Annual Review 2006–2007. For an overview of JISC’s activities during the last year please go to:
Please note: the full text Annual Review is only available online and is NOT available in hard copy.