Curtis+Cartwright

Curtis+Cartwright

Curtis+Cartwright is a friendly technology and management consultancy helping public sector organisations make best use of current and emerging Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).

We help organisations to optimise their decision-making and planning. We provide business-led advice and support that concentrates on our clients' real needs and objectives.


Latest News

JISC Repository metadata and business process

We are leading a project for JISC to develop business processes and a metadata schema for a new organisational repository. Working with Edina, our work is to ensure that the new repository will integrate with the existing business processes and systems, and will gain acceptance across the organisation. The new system will help JISC to improve the efficiency of internal processes, to improve the dissemination of output materials, and to present the JISC brand more clearly online.

The value of libraries to researchers

We are conducting a study for RLUK and RIN to investigate the value of libraries to researchers in UK institutions. We are conducting this work in partnership with HESA and Professor Charles Oppenheim. This four month study will analyse, across a range of universities and departments, the relationship between provision of library services and research performance over the last ten years.

Software preservation study

We have partnered with the newly founded Software Sustainability Institute in the up and coming area of software preservation. Like digital content preservation and data preservation this work will help increase the return on investment by funding and research councils, but in the tricky area of software. In the project we will be clarifying the purpose and benefits of software preservation, and increasing awareness of software preservation issues in the software development process. You can keep track of the progress of the project on the team's blog.

Libraries of the Future

We are leading an important strategic initiative which is exploring the future of academic libraries to support a transformation agenda in the sector. “Towards an academic library of the future” is a high profile initiative being funded by the BL, JISC, RIN, RLUK and SCONUL (see the project website for further information). We are conducting this 18 month project in partnership with SAMI Consulting, and Sarah Thomas and Richard Ovenden of Oxford University.

Using Cloud Computing for Research

Cloud computing is a relatively recent concept that has arisen out of developments in grid computing, virtualisation and web technologies. We are conducting a project for the JISC to understand where cloud computing can best be used in research for data storage and as a compute resource, and providing guidance to stimulate innovation in the use of cloud computing in UK HE.