This is the final report for a UK JISC-funded study into the appropriate and effective use of social software in further and higher education. The study was carried out in a six-month period from August 2008 to January 2009. The report is intended to be read by both policy makers and teaching staff in further...

The aim of this project was to examine the costs and benefits of three alternative models for scholarly publishing - subscription publishing, open access publishing and self-archiving. The project involved two major phases: • Phase I: Identification of costs and benefits – sought to describe the three models of scholarly publishing, identify all the dimensions...

New research conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of JISC demonstrates that the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) expectations of incoming students are often met, and sometimes exceeded. Overall, higher education institutions (HEIs) are perceived as providing a basic level of ICT to a good standard. However, the research identifies that although students (and academics)...

This study was commissioned by the British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee to identify how the specialist researchers of the future, currently in their school or pre-school years, are likely to access and interact with digital resources in five to ten years' time. This is to help library and information services to anticipate...