Research Communications Strategy Project (RCSP)
Background
Scholarly communication is being revolutionised, and the academic community must be ready to take advantage of these changes in order to improve the quality of research, learning and teaching, and to enhance knowledge transfer. The Research Communications Strategy Project will build upon six years’ experience at the University of Nottingham in developing the SHERPA and RSP services, and in international collaboration through DRIVER and other cross-border projects. The project will establish a new point of liaison between JISC and the research community in taking forward important scholarly communication developments.
Aims and Objectives
Strategic objectives
- To assist JISC in advocating to the UK HE research community the implementation of policies and practices to support more effective scholarly communication.
- To achieve through collaboration with the JISC IE Team, the JISC Scholarly Communication Consultant, JISC Collections and other JISC staff, a higher level of adoption by the UK HE research community of policies and practices of benefit in scholarly communication.
- To feed back to JISC emerging issues related to scholarly communication arising within the research community, and to assess emerging models and practices and the potential implications.
- To draw from work within the SHERPA Consortium in identifying key trends which may be fed into the development of JISC strategy in scholarly communications; and where appropriate the wider community e.g. HEIs/researchers.
- To contribute to JISC’s international initiatives from experience gained within the SHERPA Consortium and any wider consultation undertaken by the Centre for Research Communications.
Operational objectives
- To raise awareness and disseminate outputs from work funded and supported by JISC via its Information Environment programmes, the JISC SCG, JISC Collections or other JISC bodies that relate to research communications.
- To undertake a scholarly communications watch activity.
- To undertake advocacy, outreach and requirements gathering exercises.
- To support cross-Team liaison within JISC on scholarly communication developments.
Lead Institution
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