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Information StrategyAn expensive luxury….
or a necessary evil?
Derek Law, Librarian and Director of Information Resources, University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde Vital Statistics
Five Faculties: Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Science
Two campuses26,000 degree-seeking studentsOver 36,000 Continuing Education/CPD students3,500 staffTurnover:£140MTotal Library and IT Services budget: £10M
The University of Strathclyde
Information Strategy Office established 1995 - driven by Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) recommendations
Underlying impetus to break down barriers to information management in a large organisation - the academic/admin/IT divide
And this was where I came in….
Strathclyde’s Strategic Priorities
The Learning Process - Create a better learning environment (1)
Students and Courses of study - Expand Professional Development Programmes(2)
Research - Support Research Excellence(3)The Estate- Develop the heart of the two
campuses(4)Staff Development and Finance - Invest in
People’s Development(5)Source: Strategic Plan 1999-2003
The Millennium Student ProjectVisionTo create a leading edge learning
environment in which students have a rich learning experience, acquire the skills to take advantage of it and have access to the tools which will manage it. Our aim is to produce graduates equipped to be at ease in an entrepreneurial information society
The Strathclyde Millennium Student Project
Aiming for a holistic rather than piecemeal approach
Developing a managed learning environment encompassing all aspects of the University’s electronic resources
Best envisaged through the ‘Strathclyde Eye’
PervasiveNetworking
Standards
Evaluation&
Studentintranet
Training&
Incentives
DigitalLibrary
Quality
Finance
EducationVision &Strategy
1500 modemsGigabit
backbone
InsightCopyright/
IPR
Glasgow Digital Library
IIP,All student
certificationPersonal
Portals
LearningDelivery
Devices
Laptops for all TeachingMaterials
CommercialIn-house
CVUWireless
classrooms
The Wider Context
The focus is the University not the LibraryThe Learning City – open educationCVU and cEVU– a virtual universityThe Millennium Student – a new learning
environment
The Background National Projects CAIRNS – cross-catalogue searching SCONE – collaborative collection
management HAIRST- Harvesting Internet Resources in
Support of Teaching BUBL – access to internet resources IPR Policy - a survey of practice Insight – Value for Money SAPIENS – Small Learned Societies
Local Glasgow Projects
GAELS – training materials and sharing collections in Glasgow
CATRIONA – identifying local resourcesCORC - metadataDIO – managing local resourcesGDL – the virtual library
Student Intranet - a gateway into the UniversityProgress well on way in design of a
personalised student portal offering direct access to :
Personalised class and exam timetables The students’ own personal details etc The student’s own Progress Report file To enable the student to update their details and
undertake administrative procedures such as registration
Student Intranet
Offering direct access to a ‘Knowledge Centre’/Digital Library of Learning materials and electronic resources
A customised student news service Facility for student’s own space on the
web, including webmail