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RIGHTS |
MEMBERS |
PARTNERS |
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Database |
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Use of records from RLUK database |
Free |
Normally charged at RLUK customer rate, unless mutually agreed otherwise |
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Meetings |
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Annual General Meeting: attendance |
Entitled to attend |
Not entitled to attend |
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Annual General Meeting: voting rights |
Full voting rights |
No voting rights |
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Members' Meeting: attendance |
Entitled to attend |
Not entitled to attend
unless by |
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Members' Meeting: voting rights |
Full voting rights |
No voting rights |
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Board meeting: membership |
Eligible for membership of the Board |
Ineligible for membership of the Board |
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Board meeting: nomination |
Entitled to nominate or be nominated for election to the Board |
Not entitled to nominate or be nominated for election to the Board |
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Working Parties and Task Forces |
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Membership |
All staff from member libraries eligible to participate in Think Tanks and Task Forces |
Participation in Working Parties and Task Forces by invitation |
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Consortial activities |
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Consortial deals for record retrieval from OCLC database |
Eligible to participate |
May be eligible to participate |
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Consortial deals for collaborative acquisitions purchases |
Eligible to participate |
Dependent upon specific agreements with vendors |
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Consortial fund raising activities |
Eligible to participate |
May be eligible by invitation at the discretion of the Board |
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Consortial project bids |
Eligible to participate |
May be eligible by invitation at the discretion of the Board |
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RESPONSIBILITIES |
MEMBERS |
PARTNERS |
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Database |
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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 |
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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 |
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Interlending |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Involvement with other organisations |
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British Library Preservation Advisory Centre |
Should be supportive of the work of the BLPAC |
Not obligatory |
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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 |
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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 |