Purpose–The paper aims to describe the effect of changes in UK higher education policy on
services and staff in university libraries. Design/methodology/approach–A survey of …

This article shares the research based on interviews with 12 UK university senior managers
commissioned by SCONUL and carried out by external consultants who found that libraries …

Considers the statistics and implications of a dramatic increase instudent numbers in all UK
higher education institutions. Considers alsothe changes in the nature of students enrolled …

Universities and colleges of higher education in the United Kingdom are subject to ever
more rapid changes in their functions, strategies and resources. The recent past has seen …

The last decade has been a period of unprecedented change for university libraries. The
rapid growth in numbers of students and staff across the university sector has been …

•“Well I couldn't get down to two or three [trends]… I always start by thinking about what is
going on in teaching in my own institution what is going on in research and then you know I …

This article outlines some of the opportunities and challenges of changing what the library
“brand” means to academic and professional services staff in the rapidly changing …

Summarizes the results of a 1995 survey of over 2,000 UK academics. The main objective
was to look at how well university libraries meet research needs and at the possible …

This paper investigates aspects of the management of independent secondary school
libraries in England and Wales. It is based on a survey of 150 independent school library …

The UK Public Library Service has been in the news lately, but for all the wrong reasons.
The service offered to customers/users has been steadily declining in recent years as local …