Using other libraries

SCONUL operates various cooperative schemes to help users of one library make occasional use of another.  The list below will show you if you might benefit. (Some schemes listed are not actually run by SCONUL but include many of our member libraries.)

• SCONUL Access
• SCONUL Vacation access scheme    (for undergraduates and taught postgraduates)
• SCONUL policy statement on access
• UK and Irish Republic national, regional and local access schemes   (a general list)
  
• INSPIRE: Information Sharing Partners In Resources for Education (for learners generally)
  
• INSPIRE (for library managers)
  
• UK Regional Higher Education Library Consortia
  
• The British Library (for researchers, including students doing research)

The HAERVI developed a guide to best practice, covering the legal, technical and administrative issues faced by librarians and IT managers wishing to allow visitors (staff and students) from other HE institutions to access electronic information resources on their campus. Funded by JISC, the project was managed jointly by SCONUL and UCISA, who are continuing a joint programme of work in order to simplify access by visitors to institutions' digital resources.