Data storage utilised in the School of Health and Social Care

This document has been developed to respond to the IMTG Agenda item 2b (17/11/10).

The document presents a collation of the knowledge and experience of staff in the school that are regularly engaging with information technology. Information was gathered between 17/11/10 and 11/02/11.

A document was created in ‘Google documents’ so it could remain live for collaborative contributions, each contributor had the opportunity to read and consider the comments of colleagues with the opportunity to expand comments for each entry.

Contributors include:

Rob Vale; Irmgard Huppe ; Richard Francis ; Kenny Smith ; Peter Zaagman ; Hilary Currie ; Andrew Fleming; Joe Walter; Pete Andrew ; Alan Hill and Jill Pawlyn .

The information is presented as a table to identify where data is stored, the benefit or risks for this particular storage area/medium and hints and tips for using this data storage location/medium. It is also important to consider who needs to access each item of data (asset), where the person is based/ located, and how frequently they require access to the data/ storage area/ medium.

Finally a list of links to essential information and resources is included at the end of the document.

Compiled by J Pawlyn 15/02/11.

Essential information and resources

The following links inform and influence the data storage activities identified in the table above.

• Brookes Virtual – Online help resources https://wiki.brookes.ac.uk/display/BVhelp/Home

• Data protection policy http://www.brookes.ac.uk/infosec/dpp.html!

• Information security policy http://www.brookes.ac.uk/infosec/isp.html!

• IT regulations http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/cs/about_us/rules.html

• Library policies, procedures and guidelines http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/overview.html

• Marketing and branding http://www.brookes.ac.uk/staff/marketing

• RADAR policies https://mw.brookes.ac.uk/display/radar/Policies

Document developed by members of IMTG SH&SC (November 2010 - February 2011)