Member Sites
As the UK national e-infrastructure the NGS connects resources from different resource providers within UK HEIs, making them available for user communities which rely on their underlying functionality to produce world leading research outputs.
This section of the website describes why a research institution would want to join the NGS, how it goes about joining the NGS, from nomination of a site Campus Champion to exchanging resources as either an affiliate or partner and then what happens once it has joined, including connecting to new user communities.
The Process of Joining the NGS
- Contact is established between the prospective site and the NGS.
- The NGS Outreach officer will organise a Roadshow event to give an introduction to the NGS and the services that we offer.
- The site nominates a Campus Champion who will act as the operational level bridge between the user communities, the host institution and the NGS.
- The site makes a decision of which type of resource exchanging member they wish to become, either Partner or Affiliate. This will include the installation of a community specific or general software profile onto their resources. These installation profiles are listed within the NGS Site Level Services document.
- Create site specific information sources within both the Grid Operations Centre Database (GOCDB) and the NGS webpage.