The Spring 2011 issue of the JISC Inform interactive digital newsletter looks at how digital technologies can help address today's financial and business challenges in colleges and universities.
Professor Eric Thomas, vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol and keynote speaker at the ongoing JISC's annual conference, shares his views on why universities need to find a unique selling point in times of austerity. The theme of leadership continues as Ewart Wooldridge, chief executive of the Leadership Foundation, addresses whether leaders should direct from the front or seed decisions through their staff.
Putting this ethos into practice Dame Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, outlines her vision for the future and why partnerships are one of the keys to success. JISC's director of communications and marketing Robert Haymon-Collins explains why JISC Inform has gone digital. According to him, as universities and colleges are under increased pressure to reduce their costs, moving printed materials online is one way to achieve possible savings, not just financial but also environmental.
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