Small and Specialist Institutions’ Forum

The co-chairs of the group, David Archer from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Amy Straker of Norwich University of the Arts, lead a conversation which covered the financial challenges facing the sector and how Forum members are responding to these.  We also discussed how the library sector is responding to the challenge of climate change and sustainability and shared information on evaluating and reporting on their own emissions. Members were also invited to suggest topics or issues to cover.

About the Forum: The SCONUL Small & Specialist Institutions (SSI) Forum provides an opportunity for institutions which define themselves as small or specialist (or both) to come together to share knowledge and experience.

Autumn meeting: Wednesday 13 November 10.30am – 12pm
Members will be discussing learning from the SCONUL Technology Survey and discuss adoption and support of library technologies for small and specialist institutions. SCONUL will also provide an update on the development of the Access Scheme.  Members are also invited to suggest topics or issues to cover.

This is open to all those leading SCONUL member institutions who define themselves as specialist or small and their senior teams plus invited guests. E-mail sconul@sconul.ac.uk for the registration details.