Impact of the credit crunch
Presentation for IUISC showing the impact of the recession on university library and IT services
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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
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