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CILIPS Conference June 2014
SCURL: PARTNERSHIP, COLLABORATION, SUCCESS
Jill EvansSCURL Service Development
Manager
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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
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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
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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
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Business Plan and Strategy 2014-2016• Effective collaborative content management• Showcase Scotland’s research & collections• Effective advocacy & promotion
Dundee University Library and Learning Centre
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ProcurementThree main procurement strands
• Scottish Higher Education Digital Library – SHEDL
• SCOPnet Journals
• Scopnet books – print and ebooks
St. Andrews University Library
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Any questions?SCURL website http://scurl.ac.uk/
Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen University