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May, 2013

New senior leadership team at Jisc

14/05/13

Three senior appointments have been made by Jisc as part of the process of reshaping the organisation. • Executive director Jisc customer experience: Robert Haymon-Collins • Executive director Jisc technology and divisional CEO Janet:[...]

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April, 2013

SCONUL Shared Services Symposium

24/04/13

SCONUL Shared Services Symposium has produced a summary of regional shared services. On 22 April 2013, SCONUL hosted a Shared Services Symposium that brought together library consortia operating at a regional or national level[...]

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SCONUL Library Design Award 2013

22/04/13

We are pleased to announce that applications are now invited for the 2013 awards. There are many awards for buildings made by the architecture and building services organisations. The SCONUL award is distinctive in[...]

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December, 2012

KUALI OLE seminar

06/12/12

SCONUL seminar on KUALI open library system (OLE) highlights growing interest in open source library systems. SCONUL held a seminar yesterday on the KUALI open library system (OLE), an open source library management system being[...]

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November, 2012

Latest news on the new Jisc

14/11/12

An update for SCONUL members is now available.

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16 Reasons to value academic libraries

14/11/12

The library is not just a repository, or a service like any other, or a place for study: it is all these things. It can also be a partner in research and in teaching, and[...]

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September, 2012

SCONUL Refutes negative views on the future of academic libraries

27/09/12

SCONUL has written a letter to the Times Higher Education in response to an article "Working on borrowed time?"

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July, 2012

RLUK/SCONUL response to BIS statement on access to publicly funded research

25/07/12

RLUK and SCONUL very much welcome the commitment of the UK government to ensure that publicly funded scientific research is made available for anyone to read for free. We agree with Science Minister David Willetts that "Removing paywalls that surround taxpayer funded research will have real economic and social benefits."

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SCONUL welcomes RCUK policy on Open Access

18/07/12

The Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) has welcomed the new Open Access policy from Research Councils UK (RCUK). Ann Rossiter, Executive Director of SCONUL, commented: "We wholeheartedly welcome the new[...]

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Act risks limiting internet access in libraries, schools and universities

17/07/12

A coalition of leading organisations that support learning, libraries and librarians today warned that the Digital Economy Act risks forcing public libraries, schools, colleges and universities to limit access to the internet, and therefore to[...]

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Latest News

May, 2013

New senior leadership team at Jisc

April, 2013

SCONUL Shared Services Symposium

SCONUL Library Design Award 2013

December, 2012

KUALI OLE seminar

November, 2012

Latest news on the new Jisc

16 Reasons to value academic libraries

September, 2012

SCONUL Refutes negative views on the future of academic libraries

July, 2012

RLUK/SCONUL response to BIS statement on access to publicly funded research

SCONUL welcomes RCUK policy on Open Access

Act risks limiting internet access in libraries, schools and universities

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