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).

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

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

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…

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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…

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…

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

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

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

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…

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…

What would a truly open metadata ecosystem enable the library community to deliver? How might we get there? Come and join #SCONUL, #Jisc & #RL_UK colleagues on 18th June in London to explore these questions. Register here: tickettailor.com/events/sconul/…

Excellent piece in WonkHE this morning with Solent's Amy Stubbing talking about libraries' strengths in capturing and using data and how this benefits institutions. wonkhe.com/blogs/library-…

Delighted that Simeon Warner from Cornell University is joining us to explore what a truly community-based approach to cataloguing could deliver as part of our Plan M: 5 years on conference on 18th June in London. Register here: tickettailor.com/events/sconul/…