Emerge was an innovative, JISC funded 28 month support, synthesis and benefits realisation project. Our primary aim was to support the JISC Users and Innovation Programme through the creation of a sustainable community of practice (CoP) around the Users and Innovation Development Model.

This site gathers together some of the key outputs from the project. Emerge took a user-centred, research-led approach explicitly intended to be productive of positive change. We did not pretend to know all the answers about community formation and sustainability. We knew that wide consultation would be critical, shared ownership is essential, and an openness to the unexpected was expected. One of our key sustainability strategies was to have fun. Seriously, we are all busy; there had to be affective advantage to affiliation.

Of course there were also those who though that if it wasn't hurting, it wasn't working.