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Responses to the UK Government Agenda Funding
for Research Information Management in a diverse
community.Frederique van Till - JISC
Civilizations should be measured by the degree of
diversity attained and the degree of unity
retained. W.H. Auden
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Agenda

• Frederique van Till
• Introduction JISC
• Overview National funding agencies
• Research Lifecycle and Process
• National status and challenge
• Stuart Bolton
• Government Drivers
• RIM projects and initiatives in the UK

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What JISC does in general

• JISC inspires UK colleges and universities in the
  innovative use of digital technologies, helping
  to maintain the UKs position as a global leader
  in education.
• Provides Technical Infrastructure for UK
  Universities
• Runs services providing data, offering advice
  Funds innovative projects
• Provides rapid email and Internet access Gives
  answers to ICT questions and needs either via
  computers or humans
• Allows Universities to explore new ideas
• Supported via HEFCE and other funding councils
  with top-sliced funding.

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National funders and activities
REF
RIM 5 Projects
JE-S
Readiness4REF KCL Soton
BRII Oxford
EXRI-UK Bristol
Research Outputs Project
RMAS
UKOLN
UK HEI Institutions
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Research lifecycle and process
Research Lifecycle Top-Down
Resource management
HR system
RIM
Admin, Planning and Funding
Publishing
Repository
Financial system
Research / Experiment
Data management
Analysis
VRE
Computing

Bottom-Up Research Process
Collaboration
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Status and challenge

• Status
• Great diversity amongst status of institutions
• General trend towards greater transparency,
  accountability and a need for cost saving
• (recession and upcoming elections!)
• Challenge
• Relying of National funders to take the agenda
  forward
• Different approaches (bottom-up/top-down, both?)