3.8. JISC envisages continuing to develop the two JISC National Data Centres
(Edina and MIMAS) as primary service-partners for a range of content and
production services. JISC will also seek to improve access to content and
resources through a range of resource discovery services and through support
for open access and a range of other business models....
Aim Three: To support the uptake and effective use of e-research....Priorities and Key Deliverables to meet Aim Three: In collaboration with the Research Councils provide a robust, trustworthy, secure, interoperable and scalable infrastructure for the transmission, storage, sharing, accessibility and dissemination of
research data and outputs (July 2009)....
4.10.ii. [JISC puts a] strong emphasis...on open standards. This is sometimes
confused with a recommendation to use open source, but open standards
support interoperability between systems whether commercial or open source
and, where available and broadly adopted, allow institutions to mix and match
products of either type and to replace products without high switching costs. The approach to open standards is not limited to software and systems; the
JISC makes recommendations to the supplier communities about standards, for
example for digitisation of primary resources, in order to increase
interoperability and to allow the use of resources in a range of technical
environments....The commitment to openness also extends to the JISC’s interest
in supporting the open access agenda....
5.15. The JISC works within a coherent and complex set of regional, national and
international partnerships. These development partners are crucial to the JISC
being able to achieve its objectives, in particular its underlying agenda to
support the use of open standards and open access.
If you have comments, send them to strategy@jisc.ac.uk by September 25, 2006. JISC will publish the final version of its strategy in November or December.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/28/2006 09:19:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
