Supporting our members

SCONUL advocates effectively for our diverse membership, speaking with a single voice on the strategic issues facing the sector and arguing for the value and needs of libraries with government, regulators, service providers and many others. We only exist with the energy and valuable time from our members and we need you to help us continue to drive forward.

We provide support and leadership for the sector, bringing members together with external and international thinkers to support active consideration of service and wider sector developments. We share intelligence through events, case studies and briefing papers driven by our Board and strategy groups.

Our strategy groups and community of interest groups are available to staff at member institutions to join and are a great way of helping to shape the future of the sector and widening your networks.

We offer colleagues a range of services and resources to help you progress in your career, engage with the wider library community and understand the library landscape more fully. We help our members stay fully briefed on the latest developments, for example on AI.

 

News

Library Design Awards 2025 - Call for submissions

06/12/2024

We are delighted to announce the return of the SCONUL Library Design Awards which for the first time include a new category for service design alongside the category for library spaces.  The triennial awards return after a break during the Covid 19 pandemic and projects completed between 1st January 2018 and 31st December 2023 are eligible.

Joint letter to IEEE from SCONUL, RLUK, SHEDL and SCURL

06/12/2024

As the IEEE and Jisc negotiations have broken down, this week leading sector bodies called upon IEEE to come back to the negotiation table to finalise a new deal for academic libraries.

SCONUL Access website - downtime

05/12/2024

The Access website will be unavailable between 8pm and midnight on Thursday 12th December, due to a site upgrade.

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Events

SCONUL Spring Conference: The library and digital transforma...

3/3/2025

The British Library, Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB

SCONUL’s Spring Conference will discuss the library's central role in institutions’ digital transformation.

How to get ahead in libraries webinar 2

2/5/2025

Online

The second ‘How to Get Ahead in Libraries’ webinar focuses on getting into leadership without a formal library qualification, often seen as a barrier to more senior leadership.

AI coffee morning - January 2025

1/31/2025

Online

For our first AI coffee morning of 2025, we’ll revisit the discussion on AI and copyright.

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