JISC MediaHub Advisory Board

Chaired by Alexander Roberts, ISS Web Team Manager at Swansea University, the JISC MediaHub (JMH) Advisory Board agreed its terms of reference at its first meeting in March 2012. Members of the Advisory Board include researchers, lecturers, information services staff and experts in digital media.

Terms of Reference

The Objectives of the JISC MediaHub Advisory Board are to:

• ensure that JMH provides the leading interface, functionality, content and licensing to meet the needs of teachers, learners and researchers in UK Higher and Further education, both now and in the future
• drive forward new developments to further enhance JMH in line with changing user behaviour and needs, the education environment and innovations in technology and learning
• identify and prioritise content for inclusion in JHB to increase repeat use, provide a better teaching, learning and research experience for users within UK higher and further education institutions
• ensure JMH adopts current and emerging industry standards/technologies for interoperability, discoverability, accessibility, statistics, metadata and content
• make decisions that will provide the UK HE & FE community with the best return on investment and support the future sustainability of JISC eCollections
• ensure that JMH supports the vision and aims of JISC eCollections and meets the wider aims of the JISC strategy

To meet the objectives, the Advisory Board’s role is to:

• guide and develop the JMH technology and content strategy
• hold open, frank and constructive discussions on future developments
• provide advice and guidance to JISC Collections and EDINA
• work collaboratively with JISC Collections and EDINA to help foster  new and constructive relationships / partnerships within the education and research community
• champion JMH within UK HE and FE to help harness the power of the community in future developments
• provide a conduit for communication between the community and JISC Collections and EDINA