Joint Information Systems Committee

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JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee) is a publicly-funded UK-wide body supporting the use of ICT and related technology for learning, teaching, research and administration in further and higher education.

Alongside support and advisory functions, and the allocation of some targeted funding, JISC supports the JANET broadband internet backbone and associated local network structures via UKERNA (the United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association)

As part of its remit, the JISC funds various projects and services to assist with the provision and exploitation of ICT. These include:

• The JISC Regional Support Centres
• AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service)
• CETIS
• Digital Curation Centre
• EDINA
• MIMAS
• TASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images)
• RDN (Resource Discovery Network)
• Intute
• JISC infoNet

[edit] See also

• Higher Education Funding Council for England

[edit] External links

• JISC
• RSCs
• JANET
• AHDS
• DCC
• EDINA
• RDN
• TASI
• Intute
• JISC infoNet

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