JISC updates guides on electronic resources

Citation

Blake, M. (2004), "JISC updates guides on electronic resources", The Electronic Library, Vol. 22 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/el.2004.26322aag.007

JISC updates guides on electronic resources

JISC updates guides on electronic resourceswww.jisc.ac.uk/resourceguides

JISC has published new JISC Resource Guides providing free overviews of quality-assured information about electronic resources and support services. The guides are selected by subject specialists. After extensive consultation with community representatives, including librarians, academics, researchers and students, as well as publishers and providers, the Resource Guides have been updated and improved.

Resources and services highlighted in the JISC Resource Guides are designed to support learning, teaching and research at all levels of higher education. Each guide is compiled by a’dedicated resource guide adviser who selects’the key resources for the subject area and’presents them in both print and Web format.

In consultation with subject communities, advisers offer a programme of outreach activities in response to subject needs, including hands-on workshops and training events. They also play a crucial role in soliciting community feedback, helping to ensure that communication about the provision and use of’resources and support and advisory services’remains two-way. The seven subject areas are:

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  arts and humanities;

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  engineering, mathematics and computing;

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  geography and the environment;

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  health and life sciences;

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  hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism;

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  physical sciences; and

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  social sciences.

Resource guide advisers compile each guide in consultation with subject-based advisory groups comprising librarians, academics and other relevant parties. Resources considered for inclusion include those from partner organisations, such as the Learning and Teaching Support Network and the Research Councils.