News
February 2012
The UKRR is seeking a highly-motivated self-starter to assist and support the UKRR Manager. The post-holder will be responsible for the LARCH system and will act as the main contact for colleagues at the British Library and at member institutions. You can find details about this post on Imperial College London's website by clicking here.
October 2011
The UKRR Board has approved the Statement of Intent between the UKRR scheme and EDINA, who provide a data searching service for UKRR via SUNCAT. The Statement of Intent can be found in the UKRR member's area (password required).
June 2011
Results from Strategic Management of Monographs Discussion Forum available
A document summarising the discussion at the Strategic Management of Monographs forum has been compiled and is now available from the SMM2011 page on this website.
April 2011
UKRR on twitter
Twitter users can find intermittent tweets from UKRR at http://twitter.com/#!/UKRRPhase2
March 2011
Strategic Management of Monographs Discussion Forum
The programme for the above event and a list of delegates are now available via the links below.
February 2011
Update on Event: Strategic Management of Monographs Discussion Forum
Following unexpectedly high demand the UKRR / RLUK / RIN event to discuss the strategic management of monographs is now full. We are however still accepting names for the waiting list in case places are released nearer the time.
The presentations and the resulting discussion document will subsequently be published on the UKRR website.
When this happens we shall send out an alert via the usual channels.
January 2011
Event: Strategic Management of Monographs Discussion Forum: 17th March 2011.
This free event hosted by the UK Research Reserve, RLUK and RIN will consider how best to tackle monograph duplication across the country.
The event on March 17th will run from 10am – 4pm, at the Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. As places are limited please let Sharona Rowe know as soon as possible, and by February 18th at the latest, if you wish to attend.
Please note: this event is now full.
The day will comprise a mix of speakers from different sectors outlining the issues, a panel Q & A session followed by a facilitated discussion about possible next steps. This will inform a short briefing document which we shall publish capturing the day’s outcomes.
A full programme will be available nearer the time.
December 2010
LARCH goes live.
UKRR is pleased to announce that after 1 year of development, the LARCH system has gone live. LARCH stands for Linked Automated Register of Collaborative Holdings, and supports the activities of UKRR, its members and partners. As well as allowing UKRR to co-ordinate the de-duplication process more effectively, LARCH provides a single point for accessing data relating to UKRR offered holdings, and facilitates better reporting on the data. Members can access LARCH by going to www.ukrr.ac.uk/larch , with supporting documentation being available from the member's resources page.
January 2010
Full speed ahead for UKRR as membership doubles
The UK Research Reserve is pleased to welcome 14 new Higher Education Institutions as members, taking its final membership to 29. The full UKRR membership, which includes libraries from right across the country, is:
| University of Aberdeen | Newcastle University |
| Aberystwyth University | Northumbria University |
| University of Birmingham | University of Nottingham |
| Cambridge University Library | Open University |
| Cardiff University | Oxford University |
| Durham University | Queen Mary, University of London |
| University of Edinburgh | University of Reading |
| University of Glasgow | Royal Holloway, University of London |
| Imperial College London | University of St Andrews |
| Kings College London | University of Sheffield |
| Kingston University | University of Southampton |
| University of Leeds | University of Sussex |
| University of Liverpool | University College London |
| London School of Economics | University of London Research Library Services |
| University of Manchester |
Deborah Shorley, Head, UKRR said, ‘We are thrilled that so many institutions have decided to sign up for UKRR. We are now up to full strength and look forward to playing a key role in preserving the UK’S research information infrastructure’
Joanna Newman, Head of Higher Education, British Library said: ‘We are encouraged that 14 new institutions have joined the UK Research Reserve which positively demonstrates the importance and value of the service to UK HE. The British Library is delighted to support UKRR along with our partners to ensure that together we safeguard research material for future access'
Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) said: 'HEFCE welcomes the increased membership of this innovative initiative. The range of universities now committed to the UKRR demonstrates the understanding in the HE sector of the advantages of this kind of collaboration for research resources with the British Library.'
July 2009
First members sign up
Applications from 15 HEIs were accepted by the UKRR Selection Panel at its inaugural meeting. These first members include partners from the Phase 1 project and HEIs new to UKRR with a good spread of universities from across the UK.
The libraries which have signed up are:
Aberdeen University, Birmingham University,Cardiff University, Edinburgh University, Glasgow University,Imperial College London, Kings College London, Kingston University,Leeds University,Liverpool University, Manchester University, Newcastle University, St Andrews University, Sheffield University and Sussex University.
Over 14k linear metres of material will be processed during this first tranche of activity. This exceeds our original target which we will be able to achieve due to the flexibility and support of the British Library.
February 2009
£9.84 million awarded to safeguard UK's research journals
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced nearly £10 million of funding for a groundbreaking collaboration between higher education libraries led by Imperial College London and the British Library following a successful 18-month pilot
What others are saying about UKRR
- Introduction: digital information, an overview of the landscape.
Woodward, H. and Estelle, L. (2009) Digital Information: Order or Anarchy?, (Facet Publishing, London) p.1-34.
- No more room aboard the ark! A UK higher education perspective on space management. (requires subscription).
Sharp, S. (2009) Interlending & Document Supply, 37(3) p. 126-131.