14. EDINA Management Board

The EDINA Management Board supports and advises the management of EDINA, and oversees its strategic direction and operation. It was established on 1 August 2005 as a result of the Funding Agreement signed between the University of Edinburgh and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), representing all the UK HE and FE funding councils. The chair of the Management Board is Professor Mike Tedd, Department of Computer Science, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Other members external to EDINA include Dr Mark Brown, University Librarian at Southampton University and member of JISC Content Services Committee; Malcolm Taggart, JIBS; John Robinson, JISC Services Manager; Sarah Porter, JISC Head of Development; and Professor Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal for Knowledge Management, the University of Edinburgh. Three meetings were held during 2007/2008: October 2007, March 2008 and July 2008.