Introduction
The Information Strategy aims to bring benefits to
everyone in the University community: students,
researchers, teachers, professional services staff and
also our partners across higher education and
elsewhere.
The information landscape is dynamic and much of
this is technology-driven. Access is required by all
irrespective of time and place and increasingly
systems must interact effectively with one another to
improve efficiencies. It is rapidly becoming the
expectation that the provision and availability of
electronic information is the norm though print does
remain important.
Responding to these changes and the growing
demands of users of information is challenging. The
ready availability of information is a positive step but
caution is required as this trend needs to progress
alongside measures to ensure the security of the
systems that supply that information is not
compromised.
A key operating assumption is that future users of
services will be more demanding and discerning and
there will therefore be a need to ensure that the
Information Strategy continues to be relevant,
providing a basis for improving delivery of services
and facilitating provision of high-quality information.
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Edinburgh Napier University Information Strategy 2013
Information is a key strategic asset. It is at the core of the University and
its effective provision and management underpins what we do in teaching
and learning, in research and knowledge transfer, in internal and external
communications and in governance, management and decision-making.