Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)

« Each year, our trustees report on the progress we’ve made in delivering our strategy by highlighting some key achievements and sharing our financial performance for the previous year.
This year, our report explains our merger with HESA, which enabled us to become the digital, data and technology body for…

« Tim Fellows is joined by Dr Alex Freeman, founder of Octopus.ac, to discuss the platform and its future developments. Together, they explore how Octopus could align with researcher incentives and positively impact research culture. (…) »

« The findings of 3 reports initiated as part of the Future Research Assessment Programme (FRAP) have been published today (12 December 2022).
Together the reports caution against moving to a fully metricised system for the next UK research assessment exercise.
The reports do suggest ways in which metrics,…

« The two tertiary education sector bodies officially join forces from 4 October 2022.
(…) Following consultation with the sector and the agreement of the Department for Education, the legal status as the sector’s designated data body (DDB) for England now transfers to Jisc, managed through the newly defined data…

« Supporting the transition to open access (OA) requires a multi-pronged approach. A key consideration for Jisc and UK institutions is how to put into practice the commitment to a diverse scholarly communication ecosystem. (…) »

« (…) Alex tells us about Octopus, a new global service for scholarly communication which could positively disrupt research culture for the better. This platform does more than share findings; it allows people to share everything about their research, the raw data, the successes and even failures. Alex explains why she…

(…) What is Octopus and how will it help disrupt research culture?
Octopus will create a new ‘primary research record’ for recording and appraising research ‘as it happens’.
It breaks down the publication of scientific research into eight elements, unlike a traditional journal article. (…) »

« This briefing paper created by the Jisc Learning Content Group provides an overview of the current e-textbook licensing landscape within higher education institutions. It outlines current practices and their impact on the library and suggests ways in which the sector can exert influence on publishers to change their pricing and…

« Research England grants £650,000 to help build Octopus into a new global service for scholarly communication.
Funding has been agreed to help develop a ground-breaking global service which could positively disrupt research culture for the better.
Announced today by the science minister, Amanda Solloway, Octopus Publishing Community Interest…

« Jisc’s OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories) has launched a self-assessment feature for repository staff that allows them to check whether their repository meets the six Plan S requirements for repositories. (…) »