The Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) have signed a three year agreement to bring together the knowledge of UK library professionals with JISC’s expertise in digital technologies. The two organisations will work towards a vision of everyone having equal access to the widest range of resources supporting research, learning and teaching.
Themes to be explored jointly by SCONUL and JISC will include the changing library systems landscape - ‘a road map for strategic development of UK library systems’; policy and strategic development for digital content and related infrastructure for libraries; access and identity management; the changing scholarly communications process; and supporting the user experience.
SCONUL represents higher education libraries in the UK and Ireland. The organisation and JISC have worked on a number of joint projects and initiatives, including JISC’s recent report on the ‘Impact of the economic downturn on University Library and IT services’. The report looked at librarians’ key concerns during the economic downturn. Such reports are expected to allow SCONUL to better understand the thoughts of members.
JISC has announced various initiatives to expand access to research data. Earlier this month, it announced that it had become a founding member of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). COAR is an international not-for-profit association that aims to promote greater visibility and application of research outputs through global networks of open access digital repositories.
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