The Common Information Environment - in context

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The Common Information Environment - in context

• Dr Liz Lyon, UKOLN
• CIE Awayday
• 11th April, 2003

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Overview

• Different perspectives
• Political and economic landscape
• Education
• Cultural heritage
• Science technology
• Health
• e-Government
• Socio-cultural impact
• Challenges for today

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Common Information Environment
Cultural heritage
Health
Education
Science technology
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Common Information Environment
Cultural heritage
Health
Education
Science technology
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Adult community programmes
Work-based learning
Lifelong learning
Education
Universities
Colleges and FE
Schools
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Adult community programmes
CIE
Work-based learning
Lifelong learning
Education
Universities
Colleges and FE
Schools
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Political/economic landscape 1 Education

• finding a way to ensure that the universities
  and FE systems are accessible to the schools
  wider educational world as a whole
• Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP,
• Secretary of State for Education and Skills
• JISC Conference, March 2003.

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• One obstacle to the success of e-learning has
  been the limited availability of high quality
  content.
• we will seek to make wider use of effective
  materials developed by colleges and other
  providers at local level, and to develop
  materials that can be customised to suit local
  teaching needs.
• Success for All, DfES, Nov 2002.

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Political/economic landscape 2 Cultural heritage

• Libraries modern mission
• Promotion of reading informal learning.
• Access to digital skills services including
  e-government.
• Tackle social inclusion, build community
  identity develop citizenship.

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WILIP

• Wider Information Library Issues Project
• Resource, British Library, CILIP
• Chair Lynne Brindley
• Phase 1 Report May 2003
• UK-wide consultation across whole library domain.
• Phase 2 high-level strategy group

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Research Support Libraries Group

• We recommend that our sponsors create the
  Research Libraries Network with a remit to
  develop, prioritise and lead a UK-wide strategy
  for research information provision.
• RSLG Final Report, 2003.

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Political/economic landscape 3 Science
Technology

• RCUK Vision for Science
• Report for consultation April 2003
• Input from all seven Research Councils
• BBSRC Towards predictive biology
• more data-rich and quantitative

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Science technology research trends

• New focus data intensive
• New skills (ITstatisticsdomain)
• New disciplines e.g. Astro-informatics
• Highly distributed
• Collaborative
• Virtual communities
• Knowledge-rich infrastructures
• Increased support for e-Science

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Science Budget 20012006 (DTI OST)
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Political/economic landscape 4 Health

• NHS University Learning for everyone

For far too long, education and training in the
NHS has been a privilege for the few NHSU will
make it a right for everyone. Everyone should
have access to a professional qualification. Rt.
Hon. Alan Milburn, MP.
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Political/economic landscape 5 Government

• Regional government?
• Regional Assemblies?
• Regional Agencies
• RDAs and HE
• RSCs and FE

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Socio-cultural impact 1

• Social inclusion/widening participation
• Managing diversity
• 8-80
• Increasing numbers
• Scalable services
• Enhancing take-up
• Presentation is important
• Customer focus (DfES)
• Understanding consumer/user needs
• Providing individual/personalised views

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Socio-cultural impact 2

• Training skills
• Developing the learner community
• Developing the workforce/staff
• Empowerment
• Leadership
• Building partnerships
• National, regional, local
• Across sectors
• Across domains
• Working with stakeholders

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Challenges for today

• Who are the key stakeholders we need to
  influence?
• How can we best articulate the CIE vision?
• What is the most effective way to present this
  vision?