UKOLN is a centre of expertise in digital information management, providing advice and services to the library, information, education, and cultural heritage communities. UKOLN has developed the overall architecture for JISC's Information Environment and set out the key standards that must be adopted in areas like interoperability, metadata, web standards, and file formats. UKOLN is funded by JISC, Resource, and the European Union.
UKOLN is based at the University of Bath and is funded by the JISC and Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, as well as project funding from JISC and the European Union.