‘It’s good to be able to wish JISC Legal a happy 10th birthday! – We started life as a one year pilot project with a staff of 1.2 FTE, and have grown up into a fully fledged JISC advisory service for the FE & HE sector with a team of eight. We are grateful for all the feedback we have received over the past decade. I hope users of the Service and visitors have seen the improvements we have implemented in the past and we will continue to innovate with the needs of you and the sector in mind. For example, our website has gone through three major incarnations and we have introduced live and recorded webcasts as well as continuing to provide guidance in more traditional formats. Technological change shows no sign of slowing and new areas such as Web 2.0 and Social Media – with its benefits and challenges – are now part of JISC Legal’s work. New legislation continues to be introduced, in the past decade JISC Legal has supported institutions in dealing with the introduction of Freedom of Information legalisation, more recently we provided briefings on the Digital Economy Act. To celebrate our 10 years and looking forward to the next 10 years, we have produced our Top Ten Tips which we have designed to assist you and your colleagues in navigating the advantages ICT brings to you and your students but without the fear of large legal bills.’ – Ralph Weedon, Director
The Top Ten Tips are available in Word and PDF formats.