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

Shared services in academic and research libraries

10/07/2025

SCONUL has published a new report, exploring the opportunities for new shared services in the library space.

NSS 2025 results for libraries

09/07/2025

The latest NSS results, published today, show continuing high levels of student satisfaction with university libraries' support for students. 

The modern library: technology-enhanced library spaces

20/06/2025

What does a modern academic library look like? SCONUL is publishing a collection of case studies showcasing technology-enabled library spaces across the UK and Ireland, to help answer that question.

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Events

SCONUL and RLUK Town Hall meeting on the “big five” negotiat...

20/10/2025

Online

SCONUL and RLUK are holding a joint Town Hall meeting to discuss progress in the “big five” negotiations with Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and Sage, being conducted on the sector’s behalf by Jisc.

AI coffee morning

31/10/2025

Online

The next SCONUL AI coffee morning on Friday 31 October will look at libraries’ engagement with commercial suppliers.

Small and Specialist Institutions Forum

07/11/2025

Online

On 7 November, our Small and Specialist Institutions will come together to discuss a range of issues linked to SCONUL services.

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