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Current models of licence have evolved from a licensing culture designed for not-for-profit educational purposes. We’ve been working on new approaches to licensing online library resources which will suit the global education market in which universities now operate.

What is cloud computing? With IT vendors now looking to dress their every offering in cloud terminology, there’s a danger that cloud means pretty much everything – and hence pretty much nothing.

Are you as an organisation agreed on what your website is for, asks Stephen Butcher.

Eduserv's Stephen Butcher weighs up the argument

AT Eduserv we are developing a pilot of the cloud service for HE – is it realistic?

We’re at that point on the hype curve where the cloud is seen as the answer to pretty much everything, and so of course suppliers present pretty much everything as cloud. What, really, are the opportunities?

If students or prospective students are not able to locate the information they need within a reasonable timeframe, they’ll give up on your website. The result is likely to be lost revenue from potential students and dissatisfaction for existing students

Don’t assume it’s got to be a start-up.