Please contact the Project Manager, John Paschoud , in the first instance.
Mailing Address:
LSE Library
10 Portugal Street
London WC2A 2HD
Project Director:
Jean Sykes is the Librarian and Director of Information Services at LSE, and will act as the senior institutional champion for SECURe, chairing the Steering Committee. Jean was chair of the active M25 Consortium of HE Libraries for two years and has just finished a two-year period as chair of SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries). She is director of the prestigious international social science bibliography, IBSS Online, and has directed a number of successful eLib projects, notably Lamda and M25 Link. She is vice chair of RUGIT (Russell Group of IT Directors) and sits on the Board of the London Metropolitan Network (LMN). Jean also sits on the Steering Committee of the JISC Legal Information Service and, since January 2002, has been a member of the newly established JISC Committee for Content and Services (JCCS).
Project Manager:
Phone: 020 7955 6129. e-mail: J.Paschoud@lse.ac.uk
John Paschoudis an Information Systems Engineer and Projects Manager in the LSE Library. He is currently managing the JISC-funded ANGEL Project, involving a consortium led by LSE in partnership with four other universities and the EDINA Data Service. Previously he has managed and undertaken a technical design role in the JISC eLib Programme HeadLine Project, which developed concepts of personal information environments and structured metadata that have contributed to the development of the JISC Information Environment, and he was also responsible for UK participation in the two successful European Decomate projects, from which the software products are now being commercially marketed as the OCLC iPort system. He has been an IT professional for almost 30 years (including 13 years working in Higher Education), holds a Masters' degree in information systems engineering and is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the British Computer Society.
Project Officer:
Phone: 020 7955 6452. e-mail: N.V.Harris@lse.ac.uk
Nicole Harris is the Project Officer for the SECURe project. She is currently involved in several JISC funded projects, including the ANGEL and DELIVER projects, and seeral funded studies and consultancies. She is repsonsible for leading user consultation, dissemination and evaluation work packages within the projects. She specialises in online learning and has previously worked as a learning technologist.
Project Team:
Chris Cobb is Director of Business Systems and Services at LSE. He is a member of the UCISA MISG Committee and a number of DfES consultative and working groups, and is a seasoned Oracle professional with over 12 years in Higher Education. He has been the senior manager responsible for the implementation of 'LSE For You', the institutional information portal that has won UCISA and EUNIS awards for best practice in 2002.
Christine Cooper is the Technical Infrastructure Manager in the IT Services Department at LSE and is responsible for the development and operation of the systems and networks which deliver the School's ICT services. She has a strong technical background and considerable project management experience and has been involved in many collaborative projects ranging from the distributed computing environment to the metropolitan area network for Kent. More recently she has been a member of the London MAN Technical Steering Group and is also leading one of the pilot implementations of the UK Computers Plus scheme, which will allow part time students and distance learners to use IT facilities at other institutions.
Simon McLeish
Sue Wing is the User Services Manager in the IT Services Department at LSE. She is responsible for the provision of IT support to academic departments and students. This includes development and support of specialist software applications used in teaching and research, IT training across the School (including computer-based training), IT purchasing, and remote IT support including supporting students connecting to the School's network in Halls of Residence. The LSE's 24 hour IT helpdesk service recently won a UCISA Best Practice award for IT support.