JISC

Digitisation and e-Content JISC is changing the world of authoritative e-resources through its investment in digitising content from some of the UK’s greatest collections.

e-Learning programme The JISC e-learning programme enables the development and effective use of digital technologies to support learning and teaching in universities and colleges, so that staff benefit from e-learning...

Repositories and Preservation Programme The programme is a £14m investment in Higher Education repository and digital content infrastructure. It will fund initiatives to develop the Information Environment supporting digital repositories...

e-Learning Frameworks and Tools programme The e-Learning Framework is a service-oriented factoring of the core services required to support e-Learning applications, portals and other user agents.

Transforming curriculum delivery through technology It is important for institutions to develop more flexible and creative models of delivery to support the development of autonomous, lifelong learners who are skilled in reflecting on their learning...

British Library 19th-century newspapers This project will revolutionise scholarly research bringing richer results with precision and speed at the click of a mouse.

19th century pamphlets online This project will provide online access to the most significant collections of 19th century pamphlets held in UK research libraries. Digitising around 30,000 paper copy pamphlets, which focus on the...

British newspapers 1620-1900 1.1 million pages are being digitised from 18th and 19th century news, building on previous projects to enable access to a virtual library containing some 4 million digitised pages of important...

A digital library of core e-resources on Ireland The digitisation of over 70 key journals, 205 monographs and 2,500 manuscript pages from core Irish Studies collections makes this comprehensive, multi-disciplinary digital library the first point of...

Historic boundaries of Britain This project will create a comprehensive digital library of historic administrative boundaries for Britain through a combination of scanning historical maps and creating vector boundaries for...

JISC Digital Media JISC Digital Media provides advice and guidance on the creation and use of digital media collections in learning, teaching and research. JISC Digital Media aims to promote and develop good practice...

JISC infoNet JISC infoNet aims to be the UK's leading advisory service for managers in the post-compulsory education sector promoting the effective strategic planning, implementation and management of information...

Jorum Jorum is a free online repository service for teaching and support staff in UK Further and Higher Education Institutions, helping to build a community for the sharing, reuse and repurposing of...

JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres) The 13 JISC RSCs provide a comprehensive, regionally-based support service for the use of networked learning technologies and resources for FE Colleges, small HE Colleges and other local educational...

JISC TechDis JISC TechDis is the leading educational advisory service providing advice and guidance on technology and disability to promote an accessible and inclusive experience for students and staff. JISC...

Podcast: Breaking down the e-books barrier MP3 (Duration: 18.30) e-Books are as yet an untapped and underused resource – a resource which could have a major impact on access to key texts particularly for undergraduates. In this podcast for Inform...

Podcast: Digitisation is opening library doors to the whole world, says SCONUL's secretary MP3 (Duration: 9.06) The library of the future is a digital one, says Toby Bainton, and digitisation is at the forefront of ensuring that important scholarly resources are made more widely available and...

Podcast: The Strategic Content Alliance with Emma Beer MP3 (Duration: 05.35) The Strategic Content Alliance (SCA) is a three year JISC-funded initiative committed to delivering a co-ordinated framework of principles and best practice for the provision of...

Podcast: How digitisation can bring a nation's heritage to the desktops of all MP3 (Duration: 8.21) One of the projects in JISC's digitisation programme, the Welsh Journals project is set to add to a growing body of materials dedicated to Welsh, culture, history and language. In...

Podcast: Towards the research library of the future MP3 (Duration: 12.02) Research Libraries UK has a central role in meeting the research community's information and resource needs. In this podcast interview with Philip Pothen for Inform Plus, its new...

CLIC report PDF document The Community-Led Image Collection (CLIC) scoping study was commissioned by the JISC to review current community image collection activity. It was to make recommendations about how national...

Secure personal institutional & inter-institutional repository web 2.0 survey report PDF document This project explored the implementation and use of ‘informal repositories’. The underlying focus of the project was on informal sharing and new methods of finding and using online resources for...

A Digital Library of Core e-Resources on Ireland project plan PDF document This project, over a period of two years, will digitise and make available in a sustainable way at least 100 journal titles, 205 monographs and 2,500 pages of manuscript all relating to Irish...

Digitisation of the London Broadcasting Company/Independent Radio News Archive project plan PDF document Bournemouth University aims to digitise the recordings relating to news and current affairs from the LBC/IRN archive, and to create a complete on line searchable database of the catalogue including...

British Newspapers Map 1800-1900 PDF document Read all about Britain and the world from the Industrial Revolution to the Boxer Rebellion. This will deliver up to 2 million pages, totalling approximately 10 billion words of British newspapers...