Adrian Cox
With: University of Southampton
Role: Project Manager
Adrian joined the University Southampton in 2011 initially leading the development of the University’s research equipment database and the collaborative project, UNIQUIP, defining sector standards for research equipment databases. Building on the success of UNIQUIP Adrian led the development of the RCUK (EPSRC) national equipment portal, equipment.data, using linked open data standards to deliver a national data aggregation and search capability, now hosted by Jisc.
Contact: Adrian Cox
Measuring equipment utilisation – could impact be the answer?
While there is much interest in promoting the sharing of equipment and measuring its usage, this raises the spectre of yet more data collection. But what if we made more use of universities’ investments in impact reporting – would that help? asks Adrian Cox.
Efficient sharing of university data is closer than you think
Open data is enabling higher education institutions to discover and make the most of opportunities to collaborate, share equipment and expertise. Adrian Cox, project manager at equipment.data, writes about how how this kind of collaboration is helping to achieve efficiencies.
