Who is JISC?
Charles Hutchings
JISC Market Research Manager
IUISC 2010
Impacts
What we did
Adjusting the service
Forming alliances
Evaluation & renegotiation
Staffing
Green Agenda
Responding to the pressures
lengthening cycles
self-service 
cancelling long-term projects
shared services
shared resources
consortia
activity-based costing
publisher deals
audit
outsourcing
home working
energy saving
recruitment freeze
using students
combining roles
voluntary redundancies, early retirement
Converged service, post92 university
“We’ve seen hardware costs go up by anything between 15% and 25%”

“We’re £166,000 over budget whereas last year we were £50,000 under because the pound was strong..”

IT Director, Russell Group

Setting the scene
“We just try and drive a harder bargain that’s all..”

“It’s an opportunity for us to look at what we do well, where we have maximum benefit and add true value..”



“…there are certain periods when the exchange rate’s been in our favour..”

“Libraries have to be very driven..interpret user needs and get 2 or 3 steps ahead so they’re investing in things that users will find useful..”


Converged service,  pre92 university

Converged service,  pre92 university

IT Director, Million+ university

Librarian, Russell Group

Enables UK colleges and universities to 
maximise the potential of digital technologies
Research and development
Specialist services
Trusted secure network 
Quality assured resources

Thank you
Any questions?
What JISC is doing
Green ICT
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BRIEFING PAPER & FULL REPORT: /publications/briefingpapers/2009/libsitimpactsbp

OPEN ACCESS: /publications/briefingpapers/2010/publishingresearchpapersbpv1



Assessing the impact of the economic downturn 
on University Library and IT services
34% expecting smaller budgets in 2 years time
CIBER, UCL 2009
Open Access
Cloud computing
Physical spaces