This workshop was organised by the RLUK/SCONUL e-Research Task Force in association with the Oxford e-Research Centre and the Research Information Network.

Aimed at subject librarians, e-resource and repository managers, and research support librarians (and anyone else in academic libraries with an interest in research data), this free event explored the outcomes from the recent UK Research Data Service feasibility study and explore some of the workforce and skills issues relating to research data management as they affect libraries.

The programme is available at:

HEFCE has today released the full UKRDS report. UKRDS is a joint project between RLUK (Research Libraries UK), and RUGIT (the Russell Group IT Directors Group).

It is funded by HEFCE (the Higher Education Funding Council for England) under its Shared Services programme, with support from JISC (the Joint Information Systems Committee).

The following two positions are available at The Wellcome Library:

Head of Collection Management and Operations

Competitive Salary Central London

The Role

Launch of major new RLUK-sponsored research service

The 19th Century Pamphlets Online service will be formally launched at the University of Liverpool on Friday 20 March 2009. This major new digital resource will provide desktop access to more than 23,000 19th century pamphlets covering the political, social and economic issues of their day - the result of sponsorship and investment from RLUK (Research Libraries UK), JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) and JSTOR.

UKRR Phase 2 launched today – 19th February

The UK Research Reserve (UKRR) programme is launched today at a reception at the Royal Geographical Society. The Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) announced in July that it would provide £9.84 million for a five year programme to build upon the success of Phase 1. The collaborative initiative between higher education libraries and the British Library will grow into a robust and sustainable service over the programme lifetime. The UK Research Reserve is open to all higher education libraries.

RLUK Seeks a new Executive Director - A leadership role

Three years fixed term contract
£29,332-£34,237 (appointments usually made at the band minimum)
St Pancras, London

RLUK is pleased to announce the addition of the holdings of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (http://www.rcpsg.ac.uk/FellowsandMembers/libraryservices/Pages/libraryse...) to Copac. As the only royal college for physicians, surgeons and dentists in the United Kingdom, the library holds a wide range of modern and historical material, covering many subjects including anatomy, surgery, medicine, botany and dentistry.

Records from the French Institute have now been added to Copac. The multimedia library of the Institut français (French Institute) offers wide and varied documentation on France, and especially the works of French and French-speaking authors. With over 60,000 documents, and a variety of media, it holds one of the largest free-access collections of French material in the UK.

The addition of this collection will be of great benefit to the research community.