RLUK Bulletin
Exploring EDI best practice in libraries and archives. A DCDC22 session report.
Last month saw the virtual Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (DCDC) conference which brought together around 400 professionals from across the library, archive, academic and cultural heritage communities. The conference took place on 11th-15th July 2022 and explored how digital and inclusive innovation is transforming [...]
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 [...]
Emerging Leaders survey exploring ethnic diversity within the library workforce
Evidence shows that there is a lack of ethnic diversity within the library [...]
Libraries call on academic colleagues to help shift to full open academic publishing
SCONUL and RLUK welcomed the recent announcement of an agreement with Springer Nature1 as [...]
Emerging Leaders Programme Scoping Study Launched
Evidence shows that there is a lack of diversity within the library workforce [...]
RLUK joins Open Book Futures consortium
A new project that works to increase access to valuable research is to [...]
Event: User experience and the research library space
User experience and the research library space: current [...]
RLUK signs statement calling on suppliers to reduce prices in growing cost of living crisis
RLUK has joined a collective of education and research sector organisations appealing to [...]
Sector news
N8 Research Partnership universities to launch Rights Retention Statement in support of their researchers and OA mandates
Several leading UK universities will ask their academics to deposit their accepted manuscripts [...]
Libraries Week 2022
In 2022, Libraries Week takes place between the 3rd and 9th October, celebrating [...]
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 [...]