National, regional and local access schemes
"Others" denotes non-HE libraries. [ ] indicates the scheme does not appear to have an official name, so bracketed shorthand is used. National schemes (UK)  Regional and local schemes (UK)  Other national schemes Last updated: 14 November 2008
National schemes (UK)
Name of scheme	Member institutions	Eligible users	User's rights
CURL - Consortium of University Research Libraries  http://www.curl.ac.uk/members/accpol.htm	Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, British Library, Cambridge, Dublin - Trinity College, Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London University (Senate House) Library,  London - British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE) ,  London - Imperial College and Science Museum Library, London - King's College, Manchester, National Library Scotland, National Library Wales, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford - Bodleian Library and other libraries, SOAS, Southampton, Sheffield, University College London, Warwick	Academic staff, research staff research-only postgraduate students, academic-related staff (or their equivalent)	Rights vary but some borrowing if fee paid.
INSPIRE England http://www.inspire.gov.uk/	Inspire is developing a nation-wide library access scheme for learners and potential learners to public, academic, national and many other libraries.	The scheme is open to all who may benefit from it.	As a minimum, libraries will provide reference access to hard copy materials. Access is by referral from the 'home' library.
SCONUL Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/	Nearly all SCONUL member libraries opted in See web site for list	Academic staff on open or fixed term contracts Postgraduate research students registered for a PhD, MPhil or similar qualification Part-time, distance learning and placement students Full-time postgraduates	Access and borrowing
SCONUL Higher Education Vacation Access Scheme http://www.sconul.ac.uk/using_other_libraries/srx/	All SCONUL HE member libraries	Undergraduate students and postgraduate students following taught courses	Reference use during the vacations of the host institution.
Regional and local schemes (UK only)
Name of scheme	Member institutions	Eligible users	User's rights
Access Salford http://www.access-salford-libraries.salford.ac.uk/	Salford Libraries and Information Services, Salford	People who live work and study in Salford.	Reference access and use of some e-resources. Borrowing from Salford public libraries.
Access West Midlands http://www.staffs.ac.uk/uniservices/infoservices/ library/libserv/accesswm.php	Aston, Birmingham, Central England, Coventry, Keele, Open, Staffordshire, Warwick, Wolverhampton, UC Worcester, Newman College and Harper Adams UC.	Academic staff and all postgraduates.	Limited borrowing
ALLIN - Access to Libraries for Learning in Northamptonshire	UC Northampton, Northamptonshire Libraries and Information Service	All members of both organisations	Access to materials and facilities (Borrowing at UCN for payment)
ALLIS - Accessing Lancashire Library and Information Services http://www.allis.org.uk/	Academic (including Central Lancashire, Lancaster), health & public libraries in Lancashire.	Eligible users and their rights differ between institutions.	Eligible users and their rights differ between institutions.
APU Regional Membership http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/distance/regional.htm	Anglia Polytechnic University and colleges in the Regional University Partnership	Staff and Students of Regional Partner Colleges	Borrowing up to 5 items. Excludes: ILLs, database access
ATLIS (Access To Libraries In Swansea Bay) http://www.atlis.org.uk/atlis_eng/atlisopen.htm	Swansea Libraries, Neath Port Talbot Libraries, Swansea, Swansea Institute of HE, Swansea College, Gorseinon College, Swansea Bay Health Information and Library Service.	All members of member libraries	Borrowing in HE and FE member libraries for anyone registered with Swansea or Neath Port Talbot public library services. Other access and borrowing arrangements depend on regulations of host library.
AULIC - Avon University Libraries in Co-operation http://www.uwe.ac.uk/library/aulic/	Bath, Bath Spa UC, Bristol, West of England	1 Academic and academic related staff, library staff and research students 2 All other members	1 Access and borrowing of up to 5 items. 2 Access to collections
[Birkbeck and SOAS or Institute of Education]	Birkbeck, School of Oriental and African Studies, Institute of Education	Taught postgraduate students	Borrowing
BLAG - Bolton Libraries Access Group http://www.bolton.ac.uk/learning/ issuedesk/access/blag.htm	Bolton, Bolton Public Library, Bolton Sixth Form College, Bolton Health and Social Care Community (NHS Trusts etc.)	All members of member libraries	Access to collections and some borrowing
[Bournemouth area] 1 and 2 see: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/using/ membership.html#external 3 see: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/using/ off-campus_use.html	1 Bournemouth and The Arts Institute 2 Bournemouth and Bournemouth and Poole CFE 3 Bournemouth and partner colleges	1 All full time staff and students 2 Staff and students 3 Staff and students	1, 2 & 3  Borrowing of 3 books only. Excludes serials and videos
Canterbury Circle of Libraries  www.lib.circle.cant.ac.uk	Kent at Canterbury, Imperial College at Wye, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury Christ Church UC, Canterbury Cathedral Library, FE Colleges, Schools and NHS Trust libraries in Canterbury area.	Members of the libraries	Gives access to collections and limited borrowing.
CHELPS - Cumbria Higher Education Institutions Library Partnership Scheme http://www.ucsm.ac.uk/library/libinfo/otherlibraries/ CHELPS/index.php	Cumbria Institute of the Arts, St. Martin's College Carlisle and Ambleside campuses, Central Lancashire Newton Rigg campus, Northumbria Carlisle Campus, Cumbrian FE colleges	Members of the libraries	Access and limited borrowing
CROESO (see also WALIA) http://whelf.ac.uk/croeso.shtml	Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, UWI - Cardiff, Glamorgan, Lampeter, Newport, North-East Wales IHE, Swansea IHE,  Swansea, Trinity College - Carmarthen, Welsh College of Music and Drama	All staff and students	Access to collections
[De Montfort & Warwick] No web site	De Montfort and Warwick	Academic, academic related and research staff, postgraduate research students	Reference access and borrowing
DIG  - Derbyshire Information Group Web link not longer working	Derby, Derby Public Library, Derbyshire Public Libraries, 7 x FE colleges, 4 x NHS Trusts, 3 Special Libraries (2 x industry, 1 x Police)	Registered members of DIG libraries	Access to collections (By appointment at NHS and Special libraries)
FOYLE - INSPIRE group for Derry City Council area No web site but press release at: www.inspire.gov.uk/nireland.php	Altnagelvin Hospitals Health & Social Services Trust Library, Derry City Council Heritage & Museum Services (Genealogy and Health Promotion libraries), North West Institute of FE, Letterkenny Hospital (St Conal's Hospital Education Centre), Omagh College, Ulster (at Magee), Verbal Arts Centre, Western Education & Library Board	Members libraries in the FOYLE scheme	Reference and borrowing from some of the member libraries
GALT - Glasgow Area Libraries Together  www.slainte.org.uk/galt/index.htm	Alliance Française Mediathèque, Bell College, Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian, Glasgow Colleges Group, Glasgow School of Art, Mitchell Library (Public) Paisley, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Strathclyde.	Varies, see web site.	Access to materials and borrowing for academic staff researchers
GaLW - Gateway to Libraries in Wrexham  www.newi.ac.uk/galw	Bangor (School of Health Studies Library in Wrexham only), North East Wales Institute of HE, Yale College Wrexham, Wrexham County Borough Libraries, North East Wales Schools Library Service, Health Studies Library Wrexham	Members of libraries are the users	Awareness of library facilities  available to citizens in Wrexham and promotes reference access.
Gloucestershire Learning Network Contacts Web link not longer working	Gloucestershire, Gloscat, Stroud College, Cirencester College, Forest of Dean College, Royal Agricultural College, West of England at Hartpury, Gloucestershire County Library	Members of the member libraries	Access to collections
Hertfordshire Libraries Agreement No web site	Hertfordshire, 4 FE Colleges and Hertfordshire Community Information (Public Library)	All who live or work or study in Hertfordshire	Access to collections
LASH - Libraries Access Sunderland scHeme	Sunderland, City of Sunderland College, Sunderland Public Libraries	Members of the member libraries	Access to collections
Learning through libraries in Plymouth No web site	Plymouth, College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth CFE, Plymouth College of Art & Design, Plymouth City Library plus others	Members of the constituent libraries	Access to materials
Libraries Together: Liverpool Learning Partnership www.liv.ac.uk/Library/llgroup/ llg.html	Liverpool, Liverpool JMU, Liverpool Hope, Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts and Liverpool Libraries and Information Services	Members of the libraries	Access only. However, separate borrowing agreements do exist between individual libraries within the partnership
LAILLAR Access Scheme – Libraries Agreement in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland	De Montfort, Leicester City Libraries, Leicestershire Libraries and Information Service, Loughborough, Rutland County Libraries, Leicester	Members of the public libraries use of libraries at De Montfort  Loughborough and Leicester Universities	Reference for £20 per year for all 3 University Libraries
LINC y Gogledd	Bangor and the public library services of Conwy, Gwynedd and Ynys Mon/Anglesey	All members of the University and all registered users of the three public library services	Full borrowing rights either in person or by delivery to local branch. Some excluded stock categories
LISN (Lincolnshire Information Services Network)  www.lisn.org.uk	Bishop Grosseteste Colleg, Boston College, Grantham College, Grimsby College, North Lincolnshire College, Stamford College,  Lincoln, Lincolnshire Archives, Lincolnshire Libraries, RAF College (Cranwell)	Staff and students	Access to materials. Pilot reciprocal journal copying. No reciprocal borrowing as yet
LLiL (Libraries and Learners in London) http://www.londonlibraries.org/servlets/llil	Public libraries, M25 scheme libraries and British Library	Anyone with a London borough public library card and membership of London's public libraries	Reference access to the academic and specialist libraries by referral
University of London Access Agreement	Some constituent institutions of the University of London (excluding the University of London Library, Senate House)	1 Permanent academic and academic related staff, student son research degrees 2 Other staff and students	1 Borrowing under local terms and conditions 2 Access to collections
M25 Access and Borrowing Scheme http://www.inform25.ac.uk/VAL/m25scheme.html This scheme is for customers those M25 libraries which are not higher education libraries to enable them to use the higher education libraries in the M25 Consortium.	British Library British Museum Imperial War Museum Natural History Museum Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) Royal Society of Chemistry Victoria and Albert Museum Weiner Library Wellcome Library	1 Member of staff on an open or fixed term contract who has current institutional ID 2 Postgraduate research student registered for a PhD, MPhil or similar qualification awarded purely by research who has current institutional ID	1 Borrowing under local terms and conditions 2 Access to collections
Milton Keynes Learning City Library Network http://www.mkweb.co.uk/mk-libraries-network/	Cranfield, De Montfort, Buckingham, Open, Milton Keynes College, Milton Keynes Public library and Milton Keynes General NHS Trust.	Anyone who lives, studies or works in Milton Keynes	Provides awareness of library facilities available and encourages use.
The Newcastle and Gateshead Libraries Partnership	Newcastle, Northumbria, Newcastle College, Gateshead College, Newcastle City Library and Information Service, Gateshead Library and Information Service, Literary and Philosophical Society	Members of the member libraries	Access by reciprocal arrangement between member libraries
NEWLIS http://www.newlis.org.uk	Newport, FE, Public, health, School, special and museum libraries in Newport area	Members of the member libraries	Access to collections,  some libraries by appointment only
NOWAL - North West Academic Libraries http://www.nowal.ac.uk/access/introduction.htm	Bolton, Central Lancashire, Chester, Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Edge Hill, Lancaster, Liverpool, Liverpool Hope, Liverpool John Moores,  Manchester, Manchester Business School, Manchester Metropolitan, Royal Northern College of Music, St Martin’s College, Salford		Reference access to collections.  Other students covered by UK Libraries Plus, staff by SCONUL Research Extra.
PAL - Portsmouth Access to Libraries  http://pal.libr.port.ac.uk/	English Heritage Centre for Archaeology, Portsmouth City Council, Portsmouth College, Highbury College, Royal Marines Museum, Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth NHS, Portsmouth	Members of the member libraries	Access to collections (some by appointment only); borrowing depending on the regulations of the host library.
SCURL Research eXtra Complex see:  http://scurl.ac.uk/about/SCURLResearchExtraGuide(2).doc	Scottish academic libraries not in SCONUL Research eXtra or UK Libraries Plus	Academic staff and research students	Access and borrowing
Southampton Libraries in Cooperation	Southampton, Southampton Solent , Southampton City College, Southampton City Libraries	Members of the member libraries	Access
[Staffordshire] Pilot project at very early stage	Staffordshire, Staffordshire Libraries and Information Service	Not yet known	Not yet known
SYALL -South Yorkshire Access to Libraries for Learning http://extra.shu.ac.uk/syall/index.html	Barnsley Libraries, Barnsley College, Northern College, Doncaster Library & Information Service, Doncaster Archives, Doncaster College, Rotherham Library, Museums and Arts, Thomas Rotherham College, Rotherham College of Arts &  Technology, Dearne Valley College, Sheffield Libraries, Archives and Information, Sheffield Hallam University, University of Sheffield, The Sheffield College, Health Information and Library Service.	Members of the participating libraries	Access to materials
TWIRL - Tyne and Wear Information Resources for Learning	Sunderland and Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland and Tynemouth FE Colleges	1 Staff 2 Students	1 Borrowing for staff 2 Access for students
WALIA - Wales Academic Libraries Inter-Access (see also Croeso) http://whelf.ac.uk/walia.shtml	Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, UWI - Cardiff, Glamorgan, Lampeter, Newport, North-East Wales IHE, Swansea IHE,  Swansea, Trinity College - Carmarthen, Welsh College of Music and Drama	Academic staff, other research staff, research postgraduate students	Access to collections and borrowing of up to 5 items
[Westminster and UCL access scheme] http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-3797	Westminster and UCL	Some students (not law or associate)	Access to collections
WELCOME!  (Kirklees and Calderdale)  http://welcome.hud.ac.uk/	Huddersfield, Dewsbury College, Greenhead College,  Huddersfield New College,  Huddersfield Technical College, Kirklees Libraries, Calderdale and Kirklees Careers, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust.	All adults over 16, on production of ID	Access is for reference use of the printed collections.
Other national schemes
Name of scheme	Member institutions	Eligible users	User's rights
ALCID - Academic Libraries Co-operating in Ireland	Dublin City, Dublin Institute of Technology, National University of Ireland Cork, NUI Galway, Limerick, NUI Maynooth, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Royal Irish Academy and St Patrick’s College Drumcondra.	Academic and academic related staff and students registered for higher degrees	Access to materials
Bibliopass [Swiss national scheme] http://www.bibliopass.ch/index.html	600 Swiss national, university and local libraries	All members of all libraries	Borrowing, but may involve a fee
Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement http://www.coppul.ca/rb/rbindex.html	All Canadian University libraries listed on the scheme site	Students, faculty and staff.	Borrowing, but not UG at some libraries in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec
University Library Australia http://www.caul.edu.au/ula/	All CAUL members (universities who are members of the Australian Vice Chancellor's Committee universities)	All staff and students	Borrowing  from universities outside home region borrowing scheme (some charge a $50 registration fee)