5. Corporate Report

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In this section:

1. Management Board
2. Management Team
3. Statement of expenditure, 2008-2009
4. Funding
5. Staff at EDINA and Data Library

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a. Management Board

EDINA is a constituent part of the University of Edinburgh. It is a 'planning unit' within the Information Services of the University, with accountability to University Court and reporting via the Vice Principal Knowledge Management, Chief Information Officer and Librarian of the University.

JISC (through HEFCE) meets a major part of the funding of EDINA, so that it can offer services to the JISC (UK academic) community as a whole. As part of the Funding Agreement that HEFCE has with the University, EDINA is required to have a Management Board. Its roles are to:

• Support and advise the management of EDINA
• Oversee the strategic direction and operation of EDINA

The responsibilities of the Board are to:

• Oversee the progress of EDINA, receiving reports on its performance in meeting its obligations under the Funding Agreement and SLA
• Consider and approve EDINA's business plans, as required by the Funding Agreement
• Receive and consider any representations that JISC might make under the terms of the Funding Agreement
• Oversee and support EDINA in its promotion to the wider community
• Ensure that EDINA fulfils its obligations set out in the Funding Agreement in all material respects

The Chair of the Board is Charles Oppenheim, Emeritus Professor of Information Science at Loughborough University. The members of the Board are:

• Dr Mark Brown, University Librarian, Southampton University
• Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal Knowledge Management, Chief Information Officer and Librarian of the University of Edinburgh
• Norman Wiseman, Head of Services and Outreach, JISC
• Lorraine Estelle, Chief Executive Officer, JISC Collections
• Elizabeth McHugh, Electronic Resources Manager, University of the Highlands and Islands (representing the JIBS User Group)
• Peter Burnhill, Director of EDINA

Other members of JISC and EDINA attend Board meetings as advisors. Three meetings were held during 2010-2011: in November 2010, March 2011 and June 2011.

b. Management Team

The EDINA and Data Library Management Team consists of:

• Peter Burnhill, Director of EDINA
• Christine Rees, Head of Bibliographic and Multimedia
• Conor G. Smyth, Head of Research and Geodata Services
• Alan Ferguson, Team Manager: EDINA IT Infrastructure
• Helen Chisholm, Team Manager: EDINA User Support
• Ed Dee, Senior Database Specialist – retired end of June 2011
• Robin Rice, Edinburgh University Data Library: Data Librarian
• Moira Massey, EDINA Cross-Service Strategy and Planning Manager
• Ingrid Earp, Senior Administrator
• Aileen Scott-Johnson, Administrator

c. Staff at EDINA and Data Library

EDINA’s team structure is as follows:

User Support	Support users and their support staff, and feedback to the service delivery teams: promoting the EDINA services; providing a helpdesk and allied activities; learning from, and addressing the needs of, academic support staff and end users, through high-quality training, online documentation and presence at key conferences and events.
Service Delivery (Bibliographic and Multimedia Services; Geo-data Services)	Delivery of online services: developing, implementing and maintaining effective online data services, including the design and implementation of customised client software, server functionality and databases, and ensuring regular data updates.
IT Technical Infrastructure	Management of the IT platform: reliable and sufficient support of online services; planning and maintaining the underlying software and hardware platforms; network connections; effective liaison with the IT Infrastructure Division (within the University of Edinburgh’s Information Services); specialist programming support as required.*
Data Library	University Data Library: supports staff and students at the University of Edinburgh in the discovery, access, use and management of research data for analysis, teaching or coursework. It also developed and operates the Edinburgh DataShare repository service.
Business Development and Administrative Support	Business, projects and administration: co-ordination, facilitation and provision of administrative support; seeking out and evaluating new opportunities for collection and development; providing an overview of all project work.

* The IT Infrastructure Division of the University of Edinburgh provides EDINA with support in the installation, operation and maintenance of the hardware and operating system components of multiple SUN servers, the UNIX computing platforms used to host the EDINA services, and the connection to the Internet. A full list of EDINA staff members may be found at the website.

d. Funding

The national services offered by EDINA during 2010-2011 were funded from several sources. The majority were funded by JISC, with funding also provided by ESRC, the University of Edinburgh, and by subscription directly from UK HE and FE institutions and other organisations.

All online services were made available free at the point of use for academic purposes by staff and students at HE and FE institutions. Some services require no fee, while for others an annual institutional subscription is required. For most services, JISC meets the cost of service delivery and collects the subscription income. EDINA charges for some services in order to recover the costs of service delivery. In all cases the University of Edinburgh maintains the necessary IT infrastructure to enable cost-effective delivery of service.