Digital by Default

Author: Matt Jukes

  • [JISC] Weeknote 25/33

    Been a pretty quiet week. After the last couple of event filled weeks August tends to signal a bit of a slow down at JISC mainly because so many people take massive chunks of it off as leave! That isn’t to say there isn’t plenty to do still but the buzz around the place certainly…

  • Everything starts with an E(pub)

    Once you get caught up with an idea it sometimes seems like that is all anyone is writing about on the web! This week it has seemed like every link I followed led to more really interesting discussions about eBooks, ePub and digital publishing in general. I also caved in and purchased one of the…

  • Riding the [JISC] Elevator

    Back in the early days of my return to JISC I attended a meeting where one of my colleagues Andy pitched an idea about creating a new kind of mechanism for what seems to have become known as ‘micro-funding’ in-house. The idea was called the JISC Elevator. A move away from the very formal proposals…

  • [JISC] Weeknote 24/33

    I’ve taken a days leave today as I am shockingly wiped out but it has been another interesting week. The big JISC event this week was JIF10 – a bi-annual conference that brings together representatives of the majority of the projects and services JISC funds. It took place at the stunning Royal Holloway Uni and…

  • UKOER10 – Open Educational Resources International Symposium

    Feeling slightly fragile after one or two beverage at the Fringe Thursday evening I made my way to the quite amazing Holborn Bars bright and early Friday morning for UKOER10. Many people were involved in the organisation and planning of the event but it was very much David Ks baby and he deserves a great…