Building the Digital Infrastructure

A cutting-edge analysis of topics such as open access and identity management, interoperability and shared services business models, and scholarly communications and research data management from the groundbreaking Digital Infrastructure team at the JISC.

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A cutting-edge analysis of topics such as open access and identity management, interoperability and shared services business models, and scholarly communications and research data management from the groundbreaking Digital Infrastructure team at JISC. The team provide an analysis of where we are now, looks at future trends, challenges and issues of sustainability and explores the strategies and approaches that are evolving to deal with the new environment. An effective digital infrastructure allows for the appropriate creation, management and exploitation of information resources and services to enable effective and high quality research and education. The focus is on supporting innovative abnd effective research and learning throught the development and implementation of a digital infrastructure for higher education. The experience and knowledge base of JISC's Digital Infrastructure team is placed in a wider context to enable practitioners, service planners and users alike to easily apply the lessons.
Readership: Academics, researchers and students of LIS and related disciplines including publishing and practitioners involved in the digital infrastructure including staff, librarians, archivists and records managers.