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Sustaining Digital Resources:
Concluding Reflections
Professor David Baker
JISC Deputy Chair
Joint Information Systems Committee
21/07/2015 | Supporting education and research | Slide 1
Today
 Thank you – not least for the frank and open debate
 Range of people, experience, knowledge and expertise in the
room
 Learnt from each other
 Tough times: ‘now we really mean it’: working together for and
in the long term – the importance of strategic
partnerships/alignments
 ‘So many inherent tensions’
 Matrices of relationships, approaches, sets of goals
Joint Information Systems Committee
21/07/2015 | Supporting education and research | Slide 2
Key Areas 1
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What does sustainability mean? (economic, editorial, technical?)
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What are the core components in terms of the sustainability agenda?
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Understanding of larger eco-systems (NB Oxford 2009)
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Question of mission following resources
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Issue of mandates
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Community and user engagement
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Value propositions: priorities and benefits - ‘because it’s worth it’ [for primary
users/stakeholders/funders at least]
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Thorough business cases: innovation and creativity in business modelling
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Maximum cost understanding and transparency
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Creative cost management – increased transparency and focus on/knowledge of costs
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Scaled solutions to lower costs
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Portfolio approaches to revenue streams (diversification)
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Cost reduction: economies of scale and scope
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How open is open? (NB Non-primary market income generation)
Joint Information Systems Committee
21/07/2015 | Supporting education and research | Slide 3
Key Areas 2
 Roles and responsibilities: clarity, synergy (NB funder – fundee),
transfer mechanisms
 Skills sets (NB business/licensing)
 Importance of leaders and leadership
 Active management and monitoring to ensure sustainability
 Anticipation: taking action early
 Sustainability requires selectivity
Joint Information Systems Committee
21/07/2015 | Supporting education and research | Slide 4
So...
 Keep the dialogue – and the mutual learning/knowledge exchange – going
 Analyse project success and disseminate results, including transitioning
models
 Develop principles
 Develop clear models (definitions, benchmarks, model agreements, value
propositions, capacity measures) for governance and management
 Create and develop knowledge transfer mechanisms, with dissemination of
exemplars of good/best practice and success (NB domain focus)
 Formulate ranges of partnerships leading to critical masses
 Synthesise expertise/skills
 Develop flexible incentivisation models that vary over time
 Develop generic fit-for-purpose financial and accounting management
mechanisms with built-in systems of accountability
 Develop selection and deselection tools (‘killer’ applications)
Joint Information Systems Committee
21/07/2015 | Supporting education and research | Slide 5
 We have the ability, the
commitment and the
imagination to rise to the
challenges
Joint Information Systems Committee
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