SCONUL is pleased to be an event partner of Digital Universities UK 2024, hosted in partnership with the University of Exeter on 16-18 April.
Member get 25% discount on tickets with code: SCONUL25 – timeshighered-events.com/digital-univer…

Today we launched #FutureLibraries with a report &toolkit to support the sector to become more agile & resilient in a rapidly changing world.
The foundation of the project is #futuresliteracy a framework for engaging with the future.
Find out more👇
cilip.org.uk/page/future-li…

This Wednesday #RLUKDSF looks forward to hearing from Dr Nicôle Meehan Co-Director Museum & Heritage Studies,University of St Andrews on the environmental cost of digital tech in museums

➕ join us in a virtual cafe to talk sustainability & #SDGs with colleagues across #GLAM

Sign up 👉 bit.ly/RLUKDSF

A fabulous opportunity also open to library colleagues at SCONUL member institutions

SCONUL is an Event Partner for THE Campus Live UK&IE 2023 on 6-7 December, Liverpool. The event will bring together HE leaders, industry partners and policy experts to debate how to achieve institutional success, as well as the THE Awards ceremony: timeshighered-events.com/live-ukie-2023

Share your time and experience and become a SCONUL mentor.

The mentoring scheme supports emerging and newly appointed leaders, by partnering them with more experienced colleagues, who can guide them in their professional growth.

Become a mentor here: sconul.ac.uk/page/sconul-me…

Looking to take the next step in your career? Eager to learn how to help you get promoted or how to find a more satisfying role?

We have mentors available now!

Click here to get your mentor and to discover more about how the scheme works sconul.ac.uk/page/sconul-me…

Big congrats to the libraries feeling the positivity and scoring top with students on the NSS lib Q (20): Bodleian Libraries, Royal College of Music lib, Birmingham Newman University lib, NSCD | Northern School lib, Bishop Grosseteste University Library Services, Arts University Bournemouth | AUB lib, AUP Library, Teesside University Student Life Whittaker Library @rcstweets and
University of Aberdeen lib.

It's been a long time coming, but I've just pressed 'send' on all our #RightsRetention policy documentation for our IP lawyers to cast an eye.

We have recently published our Positive Action case studies, written by Elizabeth Malone and featuring Goldsmiths, London, Lancaster and Leeds unis. We hope you will find them helpful and we'd love to hear your feedback and success stories. tinyurl.com/bdfdvcx7

SCONUL is looking for someone to consult our members on their present and future uses of our benchmarking statistics. If this might be you, please apply by Monday 31 July by 5pm by emailing [email protected] See our tender brief for more detail: tinyurl.com/2p93xdyh

SCONUL has issued a statement expressing our disappointment about IFLA's decision to hold its world library conference in Dubai rb.gy/i6xfp

Today we're setting out SCONUL's plans to support the sector over the next three years: sconul.ac.uk/page/sconul-st…. Thanks to all our members who contributed and please message me if you're interested in getting involved.

NEW on Wonkhe: A new sector agreement with Springer Nature reminds Libby Homer that we all have a duty to seek value for money in research publishing @wonkhe buff.ly/3Lt12RT

Those interested in today's Springer Nature deal (and its limitations) could do worse than read Libby Homer in today's WonkHE wonkhe.com/blogs/the-tran…

Springer Nature deal - as good as we could have got but not the change we need to see. For this to happen, we need to work with academic colleagues and Ann Rossiter and RLUK rluk.bsky.social are suggesting how: tinyurl.com/ycx6kwrp

Delighted to welcome Lisa McLaren as SCONUL's new Deputy Director - formerly of Southampton Solent and Sussex. She brings great expertise and skills (and a wicked sense of humour).

Thank you so much to the team who put together today’s inspiring event IALS, U. of London on #PositiveActionLibs and to everyone who shared their experiences - made for a really rich discussion and will help shape our plans for next steps

Positive Action Graduate Traineeships - challenge from Hong Anh Nguyen…we might offer the first rung on the ladder but are we passing the rest of the ladder down #PositiveActionLibs

Friday and a really inspiring and engaging RLUK rluk.bsky.social week with a visit to National Library of Scotland (thank you), a chance to talk to Strathclyde Computer and Information Sciences PG students on the future of research libraries and meetings with Ann Rossiter and our Arts and Humanities Research Council-RLUK Professional Fellows & Catalyst programmes