Previous small and specialist institution forums

2025

SSI Forum November 2025, SCONUL provided members from Small and Specialist Institutions an update on the following topics: changes made to the Organisational Development Knowledge Base following feedback at the last SSI Forum, work being carried out on the HE Reference Models to ensure that libraries are properly represented, the new SCONUL groups being created and an update on the further developments of the Jisc's “Big 5” negotiations and sector finances.

SSI Forum July 2025, Small and Specialist Institutions discussed the SCONUL Organisational Development Knowledge Base, the published CPD review report, OERs network and provided an update on the big five journal negotiations.

SSI Forum April 2025, Small and Specialist Institutions discussed the SCONUL Technology survey, the forthcoming Organisational Development Knowledge Base and AI.

2024

SSI Forum November 2024, Small and Specialist Institutions came together to explore how small and specialist members might ensure that their staff have the opportunity to develop given the challenges of small teams and limited budgets and how might SCONUL and other library consortia support them. The meeting also explored the CPD review that SCONUL is about to launch, and the development of the Organisational Development Knowledge Base that is underway. 

SSI Forum July 2024, Small and Specialist Institutions came together to discuss sector finances, SCONUL’s ongoing work around climate change and sustainability, and an audience issue on handling DPIA paperwork in small teams, 11 July 2024 (Available for members: please log in for access).

SSI Forum April 2024, SCONUL's Small and Specialist Institutions Forum came together to discuss developments in AI for libraries and the current review of the SCONUL statistics, 17 April 2024 (Available for members: please log in for access).

The impact of the pandemic on library services at small and specialist institutions, Library services at small and specialist institutions shared a number of particular challenges as library buildings re-open and this webinar examined the impact of the pandemic on their library services and discussed a roadmap out of the crisis, 15 July 2021 (Available for members: please log in for access).