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 [...]
Event: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Research Library Space
Research libraries can have a transformative impact on [...]
RLUK23 Conference call for papers
#RLUK23 Virtual Conference :: 22-24 March 2023 Partners and Pioneers: Reimagining the modern [...]
A new era for the DCDC Conference series
RLUK will be stepping down as a partner of the Discovering Collections: Discovering [...]
New Deputy Executive Director at RLUK
RLUK is pleased to announce that William Nixon, currently Assistant Director (Academic Engagement and [...]
RLUK signs statement on Wiley’s withdrawal of access to ebook titles
RLUK and other library and HE organisations have called on Wiley to reinstate [...]
RLUK Digital Scholarship Network Symposium
RLUK's Digital Scholarship Network (DSN) hosted an online symposium on 6 [...]
Sector news
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 [...]
UKRI Gap Analysis of Open Access Monographs Infrastructure
In October 2020, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) commissioned OAPEN to carry out a [...]
Russell Group statement on negotiations between HE sector and Elsevier
In the context of ongoing Elsevier ScienceDirect journals agreement negotiations, we are sharing the following [...]
The CounterTenor Project
The CounterTenor Project is a collaboration between the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), [...]
The battle for Afghanistan’s libraries
After Najiba Hussaini was killed in July 2017 by a Taliban suicide bomber, her [...]