RLUK Bulletin
Library Lending Fit for the 21st Century? Controlled Digital Lending in the UK
Recently, an online event was held to discuss the current status and prospects for Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) in the UK. The event was hosted by Chris Morrison and Jane Secker and jointly run by the National Acquisitions Group and ALT [...]
Becoming a Library Director
RLUK’s New Director Network (NDN) was formed a few years ago as an informal grouping bringing together people who had recently become Library Directors at RLUK member institutions. It acts as a peer network for those newly appointed. Recently the network welcomed a new [...]
Helping small publishers help themselves, & libraries too – what institutions want to see in transformative OA proposals
Earlier in the summer, Information Power published the report How to Enable Smaller Independent Publishers to Participate in OA Agreements. The report addresses some of the special challenges that smaller publishers face in terms of their lack of scale and the difficulties they can have [...]
The Technician Commitment and the role of research and academic libraries as centres of technical and specialist expertise
On 27 April almost 100 colleagues came together for an interactive virtual seminar [...]
Making your collections DS ready: copyright and licensing implications of AI and TDM
Making your collections DS ready: copyright and licensing implications of AI and TDM [...]
AHRC-RLUK Professional Practice Fellows announced
RLUK and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) are delighted to announce [...]
RLUK-AHRC Research Engagement Programme cohort announced
RLUK, AHRC, and ARMA are delighted to announce the first Research Catalyst Cohort for [...]
RLUK report: Virtual Reading Rooms (VRRs) and Virtual Teaching Spaces (VTSs) amongst collection-holding institutions
Download the report Research Libraries UK (RLUK) has published a new major [...]
Registration open for the DCDC22 Conference
Registration is open for the DCDC22 Conference, a virtual event being held from 11-15 [...]
Sector news
UK universities reach a three-year agreement with Elsevier
UK universities have reached a three-year agreement with Elsevier providing both unlimited open access [...]
Statement of solidarity with librarians, archivists and information professionals in Ukraine
We the undersigned, representing the UK community of librarians, archivists and information professionals, wish [...]
BMC research notes: Systemic problems require systemic solutions: the need for coordination and cooperation to improve research quality
Authors: Emma Ganley, Anne-Marie Coriat, Sarah Shenow & David Prosser Various factors contribute to [...]
UKRI publishes guidance and resources for new open access policy
UKRI has published additional guidance and resources to support funded research organisations and researchers [...]
Coordination needed: recurring theme from a recent UK workshop on open research skills
On 26th November 2021, the Open Research Competencies Coalition (ORCC) in cooperation with FAIRsFAIR and EOSC Synergy projects [...]
UK universities near Elsevier deal after publisher drops price
UK universities are poised to strike their first open access deal with Elsevier next [...]