Supporting further and higher education Supporting Research JISC Committee for the Support of Research Alison Allden, JCSR

Supporting further and higher education Supporting Research Why a Research Committee? Terms of Reference Who are the members?

Supporting further and higher education Supporting Research Who are the stakeholders? –What do they need or want? How is JCSR responding? –Research Council requirements –Work on JISC Development Strategy –Scanning the Information Environment

Supporting further and higher education Supporting Research The JCSRs relationship with: – e-Science and the GRID –Research Support Libraries Group –JISC Sub-Committees –Other bodies The JCSRs relationship with you

Supporting further and higher education Supporting Research The current work plan includes: –Authentication Authorisation Accounting –Preservation and Data Curation –GRID testbed facility –e-science awareness and training for non- scientists –Semantic grid and autonomic computing –Behavioural and fact-finding studies

Supporting further and higher education Supporting Research Developing the research infrastructure –Support of Ukerna development activities Optical testbed – UK Light Project Links to SuperJANET development network Video Conferencing and Access Grid –Middleware Secure access Matching jobs to resources –Retrieval and Extraction Text Mining Ontologies

Supporting further and higher education Supporting Research Dealing with The Data Deluge Create Capture Crunch Criticise Curate Cull Keep

Supporting further and higher education Supporting Research Supporting Communities The impact on Teaching and Learning Enterprise and Commerce Opportunities for School Liaison Outreach and Evaluation