Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries: Showcase - Jill Evans, SCURL

CILIPS Conference June 2014

SCURL: PARTNERSHIP, COLLABORATION, SUCCESS

Jill EvansSCURL Service Development

Manager

Membership• All Scottish Higher Education

Institutions• National Library of Scotland• National Museums Scotland• Edinburgh City Libraries• Glasgow Life• Royal Botanic Garden,

Edinburgh• Open University in Scotland• Scottish Library & Information

Council

National Library of Scotland

SCURL aims• to improve services for users

and maximise resource through collaborative action

• to work with other organisations, & sectors towards the creation of a co-operative library infrastructure in Scotland

• to lobby funding and planning bodies on matters of shared interest

• to provide mutual support for members

Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen University

Governance• SCURL is an independent voluntary association, launched in

1977.

• Has a constitution, officers, representatives and operating procedures:

• SCURL Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer

• SCURL Service Development Manager

• SCURL Minute Secretary

• SCURL SHEDL Digital Library Administrator

• SCURL Business Committee: constituency representatives

• SCURL Constitution

• SCURL Business Plan and Strategy 2014-2016

Business Plan and Strategy 2014-2016• Effective collaborative content management• Showcase Scotland’s research & collections• Effective advocacy & promotion

Dundee University Library and Learning Centre

ProcurementThree main procurement strands

• Scottish Higher Education Digital Library – SHEDL

• SCOPnet Journals

• Scopnet books – print and ebooks

St. Andrews University Library

Procurement - SHEDL

Scottish Higher Education Digital Library

• Works to secure collaborative access to digital content for Scottish HEIs

• Set of guiding policies and criteria

• Procurement and licencing through JISC Collections

Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh Library

SHEDL achievements • Supports about £5m of

procurement per annum (10-15% of member institutions’ total journals budgets)

• Existing publishers include: Springer, ACM, ACS, ASME. CUP, EUP, OUP, Sage, Project MUSE, Web Of Knowledge, Brill, Karger, JoVE & Social Sciences Directory

• Ebook content from Springer and CUP

Edinburgh Napier University Library

SHEDL operations • Steering Group

• Working Group

• Received the Shared Services Award in the Scottish Parliament

• Invited by Universities Scotland

to document SHEDL for Shared Services Case Study

National Museums of Scotland Library

SHEDL – negotiating principles• All-in for a deal rather than opt-in• Usually 3 year contracts, some deals extended to include

the National Library of Scotland, National Museums Scotland and NHS Scotland

• Single invoice via JISC Collections• Minimal annual increases• Member contributions shared jointly and proportionately• Strive to include transfer titles when negotiating• Admin assistance provided

Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen

Task Forces, Working Groups & Events

Task Groups• SCURL Walk In Access • SCURL Scottish Library

Services Platform• SCURL Scottish Metadata • SCURL CommunicationsWorking Groups• Health GroupEvents• Annual Ebooks

Conference • Annual SLIC FE

ConferenceGlasgow Caledonian University Library

Communities of PracticeAcross staff roles• Deputy Directors• Institutional Repositories

Managers• System Librarians• Liaison Librarians

Topic/interest related• Collection Management• Mobile Devices• Reading Lists • Legal Issues

Robert Gordon University Learning café

SCURL Affiliated Groups

• Rare Books in Scotland Group• Scottish Universities Special Collections & Archives Group• Scottish Visual Arts Group• Scottish Working Group on Official Publications

University of the West of Scotland library

Extending Partnerships in New Sectors• NHS in Scotland• first collaborative procurement of content agreed via SHEDL

• Further Education• FE representative on SCURL Library Services Platform Task

Force• FE representative on Scotland Colleges Development Network• Extend relevant SHEDL content to FE• Membership of SCOPnet groups

• Northern Collaboration England• Reciprocal invitations to meetings to share good practice in

relevant aspects of service provision

Challenges for SCURL Libraries• Budgetary constraints • OA and research data management• Importance of the student experience and impact

of surveys, especially National Student Survey• Digital transitions:

o Traditional – books, print journals, storage, disposalo Digital – wifi, mobile devices, power & data, bandwidth, VAT for e-

materials, formats, transitional changeo Exploitation – digital literacies for both staff and students

University of the West Of Scotland Hamilton campus library

Any questions?SCURL website http://scurl.ac.uk/

Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen University