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Sustaining Digital Resources: Concluding Reflections

Professor David Baker's reflections on sustaining digital resources in education and research, including the importance of strategic partnerships, understanding larger ecosystems, user engagement, and cost management.

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Sustaining Digital Resources: Concluding Reflections

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  1. Sustaining Digital Resources: Concluding Reflections Professor David Baker JISC Deputy Chair 23/10/2019| Supporting education and research | Slide 1

  2. 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

  3. Key Areas 1 • What does sustainability mean? (economic, editorial, technical?) • What are the core components in terms of the sustainability agenda? • Understanding of larger eco-systems (NB Oxford 2009) • Question of mission following resources • Issue of mandates • Community and user engagement • Value propositions: priorities and benefits - ‘because it’s worth it’ [for primary users/stakeholders/funders at least] • Thorough business cases: innovation and creativity in business modelling • Maximum cost understanding and transparency • Creative cost management – increased transparency and focus on/knowledge of costs • Scaled solutions to lower costs • Portfolio approaches to revenue streams (diversification) • Cost reduction: economies of scale and scope • How open is open? (NB Non-primary market income generation)

  4. 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

  5. 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)

  6. We have the ability, the commitment and the imagination to rise to the challenges

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