Neil Jacobs
My blog posts
Gateway to better research information
These are seriously important questions. It’s vital that researchers, teachers and learners have unfettered access to the best new thinking, and it’s... >>
Jisc and Research Councils UK work to reduce reporting burden on universities
As UK universities face increasing demands to share information with other sector bodies, it is more important than ever that their research reporting systems... >>
Open access and the transparency of research
It has been a busy week for research. The UK Research Councils (RCUK) and HEFCE announced plans to work together on open access. Jisc’s Executive Secretary, Dr... >>
Role
Neil is Jisc’s programme director of information environment (IE) work which means he oversees a variety of projects and programmes in the areas of access to and management of digital resources. His work covers the issues of technical interoperability, cultural and organisational change, sustainability and business models in relation to Jisc’s digital infrastructure work in linked data, digital repositories, scholarly communications, and research information management. Neil is also a Jisc representative on the Open Access Implementation Group.
See Neil’s recent presentations:
- European Commission Open Access Co-ordination workshop - 4 May 2011
- Information environment programme meeting - April 2011
- Academy of Social Sciences chief execs in April 2011
- Workshop at Oxford on publishing for early career researchers April 2011
- SPARC Repositories Conference in Baltimore, Nov 2010