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August, 2020

Pressure on publishers to cut costs

13/08/20

SCONUL, RLUK and Jisc have come together to make it clear to publishers that if they don't respond positively to the current financial pressures facing member institutions then cancellations of big deals will inevitably result. [...]

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July, 2020

NSS data 2008 - 2020

17/07/20

Congratulations to the four SCONUL institutions with 93% or more of their students agreeing that their "library resources (e.g. books, online services and learning spaces) have supported my learning well". These are: Leeds Arts University[...]

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The hybrid library: SCONUL Annual Statistical Return

08/07/20

The themed research support analysis from the 2018-19 Annual Statistical Return is available

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Westminster government guidance on Higher Education: reopening buildings and campuses

03/07/20

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June, 2020

Public library service toolkit published

30/06/20

Libraries Connected has produced a toolkit around reopening library buildings

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April, 2020

CLA relaxes HE Licence terms during coronavirus pandemic

16/04/20

CLA has agreed to temporarily relax key terms of its HE Licence

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COVID-19 - advice and guidance for Transnational licensing

16/04/20

Jisc has developed guidance to address questions raised by Jisc member institutions

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Letter to WIPO from the research and education community calling for copyright and IP changes.

16/04/20

SCONUL is a signatory on the open letter sent to WIPO.

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Open letter to government calling for changes to copyright law

16/04/20

SCONUL has supported an initiative from RLUK on an open letter to government calling for changes to copyright law.

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March, 2020

SCONUL Access scheme and Covid-19

24/03/20

SCONUL will be suspending the SCONUL Access scheme until further notice.

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