"Better together?: SCURL and HE library collaboration in Scotland" (Chris Banks, Imperial College)

BETTER TOGETHER?:SCURL AND HE LIBRARY

COLLABORATION IN SCOTLAND

CHRIS BANKSDI RE CTO R O F L I BRARY SERVI CE S

I MPE RI AL CO LLE G E, LO NDO N(FORMER CHAIR OF SCURL)

Personal introduction

New to HENew to Scotland

About SCURL

SCURL exists to: promote excellence in university and research library services improve services for users and maximise resource through collaborative action provide a forum to assist strategic planning and management in the libraries of

its members work with other organisations, including those in the Scottish Higher Education

sector, and other domains towards the creation of a co-operative higher education library infrastructure in Scotland

work closely with the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish Library and Information Council

consult with, and advise other appropriate related organisations on library matters

establish, maintain, and promote projects which further the aims of the organisation

lobby funding and planning bodies on matters of shared interest, to provide mutual support for members

SCURL members

25 member institutions, from the small (Glasgow School of Art) to the large (Edinburgh University) including: All Scottish University and HEI

libraries Open University the two major public reference

libraries in Glasgow and Edinburgh

National Library of Scotland National Museums Scotland Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh Library and Archives

National Library of Scotland

www.scurl.ac.uk

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Representation

Arranged in groups or related institutions (constituencies)Each constituency elects a representation to the Business

CommitteeThe following positions are elected:

Chair Vice-Chair (succeeds as Chair) Treasurer Secretary

SCURL is supported by a Service Development Manager

www.scurl.ac.uk

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Communities of Practice

Support the work of SCURL and increase involvement of staff at all levels and include: Deputy Directors Legal Issues Group

Response to the HM Government Consultation on Copyright

Systems Librarians Collections Management Health Group Institutional Repositories

Group Mobile Technologies Group

Robert Gordon Learning Café

SCURL Strategic Aims

A To improve services for users and maximise resource through collaborative action and shared services

B To collaborate with other organisations, sectors and domains towards the creation of a co-operative library infrastructure in Scotland

C To advocate matters of shared interest on behalf of members to funding & planning bodies and other professional organisations

D To provide mutual support for members

E To develop SCURL as an organisation

St Andrews University Library

www.scurl.ac.uk

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Strategic Priorities 2012 - 2014

Effective collaborative procurementMaximise access to physical and digital collections Showcase Scotland’s research and Collections Develop and promote collaborative shared services and

systemsEffective advocacy and promotionSCURL organisation redevelopment

Individual members of the Business Committee “own” and lead on individual strategic priorities

Procurement

Scottish Higher Education Digital Library – SHEDL

Collaborative procurement of electronic resources for all Scottish HE institutions

Award-winning initiative

Scottish Procurement Network – SCOPNet Print books & Journals E-Books

http://scurl.ac.uk/what-we-do/procurement/shedl/

About SHEDL

Led by the SCURLWas the first super-consortial purchasing scheme of its kind

in the UK.Driven in part by Scottish pooling

SHEDL contd

Facilitated by JISC CollectionsHas provided

 the eighteen Scottish Higher Education Institutions, the National Library of Scotland, and National Museums Scotland with access to over 3,460 online journals and 39,000 ebooks from leading academic publishers

Collaborative procurement with the NHS NES was achieved with the publisher Karger.

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

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

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 operations

SHEDL – negotiating principles

All-in for a deal rather than opt-in Usually 3 year contracts, some deals extended to include the NLS,

NMS 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

Collaborative Storage

Collaborative Academic Store for Scotland: CASS Feasibility funded by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities

of Scotland Service established in 2004 Shared storage provided by the NLS and funded by

individual institutions Allowed institutions to store low/no use collections remotely Developed a CASS catalogue Allowed institutions to de-accession stock duplicated

centrally Acted as an exemplar to UKRR

Collaborative print management

Access

Reciprocal access to print collections (including for borrowing in many cases

Walk-In access to electronic resources SCURL produced a toolkit which

helps HEIs enable access to certain electronic resources (where licenses allow) for non members of the university

Funded by the Scottish Library and Information Commission - SLIC

Both compliment the collaborative collection management initiatives

Glasgow Caledonian University Library

Commitment to Open Access

The Benefits of Sharing

Project blog

http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/benefitsofsharing/2013/04/final-report/

http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/benefitsofsharing/the-lms-day/the-final-vote/

WITH THANKS TO:

HELEN DURNDELL: SCURL CHAIR

JILL EVANS: SCURL SERVICE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

SCURL website http://scurl.ac.uk/

Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen University

Thank you. Any Questions