Annex D
Research Libraries Network
ADVISORY BOARD
TERMS OF
REFERENCE
The Advisory Board will comprise a chair and
six members representing the UK higher education research and
information management communities, and a further two members
of the Funders' Group: one representing the UK HE Funding Bodies,
the other representing the National Libraries.
The Advisory Board:
1. Guides the strategic direction of the
RLN.
2. Provides recommendations to the Funders'
Group on propsoed new projects and feasibility studies.
3. Receives and considers papers provided
by the RLN executive unit.
4. Receives and considers reports on progress
from the RLN executive unit.
5. The Advisory Board may also be invited
by the Funders Group or the RLN Executive Unit to comment on matters
of interest arising between scheduled meetings.
Administrative arrangements
1. The Advisory board will normally meet
four times per year (one meeting to be held jointly with the Funders'
Group).
2. The Advisory Board will be serviced by
an RLN officer.
3. The Director of the RLN will usually
attend meetings of the advisory board.
4. Additional observers may be invited to
attend meetings at the discretion of the chair and members.
RSLP COLLABORATIVE
COLLECTION MANAGEMENT
AND ACCESS
STRAND FUNDING
There are two strands of funding provided under
the Research Support Libraries Programme. One strand funded collaborative
collection management projects. 16 projects were funded, lead
by 11 institutions, listed below
University of Hull
University of London (2 projects)
London Business School
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford (3 projects)
Queen's University Belfast
Royal Veterinary College
University of Strathclyde (3 projects)
University of Sussex
University of Wales Aberystwyth
University of York
A separate stand, known as the access strand,
sought to compensate major holdings libraries for costs incurred
in providing facilities for visiting researchers from other HEIs.
49 Institutions in the UK including 39 from England received and
continue to receive funding.
Aston University
Imperial College
Institute of Education
King's College
Lancaster University
London School of Economics
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Manchester Met University
SOAS
University College London
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Bradford
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
University of Central England
University of Durham
University of East Anglia
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Kent
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
University of Liverpool
University of London
University of Manchester
UMIST
University of Newcastle
University of Northumbria
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Reading
University of Salford
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of Sussex
University of Warwick
University of York
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
University of Stirling
Heriot-Watt University
University of St Andrews
University of Aberdeen
Cardiff University
The Queen's University of Belfast
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