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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

JISC's annual review 2008/2009 published (UK)

JISC's annual review is now available and shows 12 months of achievement across innovation, education and research. Among the highlights of the year are:

* over 6.5 million items previously in archives being transformed into online content
* findings from the e-books national observatory project published
* JISC's annual conference reaching over 700 people
* the launch of the Researcher of Tomorrow study
* culmination of the JISC's Libraries of the Future campaign
* consultation on the the JISC 2010 - 2012 strategy

The review sees JISC Chair, Professor Sir Tim O'Shea comment on his first six months in the role. It also carries videos with JISC Deputy Chair, Professor David Baker and JISC Executive Secretary, Dr Malcolm Read OBE who talk about their reflections of the past year and look towards the next 12 months

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