RLUK

RIGHTS

MEMBERS

Database

Use of records from RLUK database

Free

Meetings

Annual General Meeting: attendance

Entitled to attend

Annual General Meeting: voting rights

Full voting rights

Members' Meeting: attendance

Entitled to attend

Members' Meeting: voting rights

Full voting rights

Board meeting: membership

Eligible for membership of the Board

Board meeting: nomination

Entitled to nominate or be nominated for election to the Board

Working Parties and Task Forces

Membership

All staff from member libraries eligible to participate in Think Tanks and Task Forces

Consortial activities

Consortial deals for record retrieval from OCLC database

Eligible to participate

Consortial deals for collaborative acquisitions purchases

Eligible to participate

Consortial fund raising activities

Eligible to participate

Consortial project bids

Eligible to participate

RESPONSIBILITIES

MEMBERS

PARTNERS

Database

Contribution to all machine readable catalogue records for inclusion in the database

Must be willing to make catalogue records available for sharing within the RLUK membership, without charge

Not required to contribute, but may do so by mutual agreement

COPAC developments

Must be willing to subscribe to COPAC developments (arising from the JISC/RLUK Heads of Agreement)

Not required to subscribe to COPAC developments, but may do so by mutual agreement

Interlending

Intra-RLUK interlending

Must be wiling to lend appropriate materials to RLUK members at an agreed consortial rate

Highly desirable to lend materials to RLUK members

Interlending to other HEIs

Must be willing to lend appropriate materials to other HEIs (in accordance with the JISC/RLUK Heads of Agreement)

Not required to lend to other HEIs but may be encouraged to do so

Commitment to collections

Must have a long-term commitment to the maintenance and preservation of the institution's research collections

A long-term commitment to the maintenance and preservation of the institution's research collections

Support for research

Must be willing to play an active role in the support of research scholarship at national and international levels

A willingness to play an active role in the support of research scholarship at national and international levels is highly desirable

Involvement with other organisations

British Library Preservation Advisory Centre

Should be supportive of the work of the BLPAC

Not obligatory

Other organisations

Must be committed to support the Consortium in active involvement in those organisations with which RLUK may from time to time corporately agree to cooperate

Should be willing to join in appropriate initiatives with other organisations where appropriate

RLUK's strategic initiatives and member activities

Must be committed to support full participation, where appropriate, in the whole range of activities

May participate by invitation