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Equipment Data Service Development Update

In 2024, the equipment data service undertook several initiatives to enhance data quality, improve transparency, and increase efficiency. We explored ways to expand the service beyond its initial policy compliance use case. Our discovery work involved identifying potential use cases for the dataset and commissioning Research Consulting to review institutional systems and data workflows related […]

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Review of Jisc equipment data harvesting – report published

Jisc commissioned Research Consulting to undertake a review of institutional and supplier systems workflows, including identifying institutional sources of truth for equipment data records, in order to optimise data harvesting for the Equipment Data Service (EDS). The project took place between February and April 2024 and involved interviews, written contributions and a workshop webinar. The […]

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Equipment Data Service Upgrade: Recording the UK’s research infrastructure assets

We have now launched a new version of the Equipment Data service which jisc has run to support the academic community since 2014. The service was developed in response to the need to improve the visibility and utilisation of UK research equipment.    What is Equipment Data?  Equipment Data harvests and aggregates a range of university […]