Collaboration and Partnership Working Group - Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Meeting held at Senate House Library, University of London

Present: Mary Davies (Chair), Helen Cocker, Dilys Hall, Brian Murphy, Ann Sainsbury, Christine Wise (Secretary)

In attendance: Angela Conyers

1. Apologies for Absence

Fiona O’ Brien. Mike Clarke

2. Minutes of the meeting held 24 October 2006

These were accepted as a true record, subject to the following correction:

Under item 6, ALCL, “Working Group members noted AS’s report, especially on the request from local schools and colleges for Westminster Public Libraries to consider purchasing material from reading lists.”

3. Matters arising

There were no matters arising.

4. London Higher Projects

Fact-sheet

MD reported that the collaborative fact-sheet, Libraries in Higher Education Institutions in London (http://www.londonghigher.ac.uk/docs/Libraries_Keyfacts06.pdf) had just been published.  It was intended to update the fact-sheet regularly, with the inclusion of new examples and data from the annual SCONUL statistics-gathering exercise.  She thanked all colleagues for their contributions.

Research Excellence Project

MD invited AC to brief Working Group members on this agenda item.  AC reported that initial work had commenced on this complementary project.  MD, AC and CW would meet with London Higher representatives on 17 January 2007 to discuss the M25 Consortium contribution in more detail.

5. London Olympics 2012

CW presented her paper, MLA London 2012 Round Table meeting, 31 August 2006: report on discussion and recommendations for the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries.  It was agreed that, with updates to reflect more recent developments, this paper would be brought to the attention of the M25 Consortium Steering Group.
ACTION MD, CW

6. Action Plan – reports from Working Group members

• ALCL
  AS reported that she had been unable to attend the last meeting but that she had sent recent information on CPD 25 and also details of the newly-published fact-sheet, Libraries in Higher Education Institutions in London.
  
  
• The British Library
  There were no new matters to report.
  
  
• Committee of Departmental Librarians
  There were no new matters to report.
  
  
• HE / FE liaison
  There were no new matters to report.
  
  
• Library access programmes
  HC would report in due course on the outcomes of the next SCONUL Access Working Group meeting.
  ACTION HC
  
  
• LLDA
  MD indicated that in the light of the recent M25 Steering Group review of working groups Working Group members would consider future areas of mutual interest.
  
  
• Regional NHS libraries
  MD reported that she would invite Richard Osborne to speak at the next Working Group meeting on the changes to the regional structure of NHS libraries.
  ACTION MD
  
  
• Regional library consortia
  There were no new matters to report.
  
  
• Research Information Network
  BM drew Working Group members’ attention to the recent report of the RIN Advisory Board meeting on 25 October 2006 and the AwayDay on 23/24 November 2006, which had been made available by Jean Sykes, Librarian and Director of IT Services at the LSE.

Membership of the M25 Consortium
BM had identified members of London Higher not currently in membership of the M25 Consortium.  These were: Central School of Speech and Drama; Guildhall School of Music and Drama; Institute of Cancer Research; Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication; Rose Bruford College; Royal Academy of Music; Royal College of Music; Trinity College of Music.  Working Group members agreed that these institutions eligible for membership of the M25 Consortium should be drawn to the attention of the M25 Steering Group and approaches made to consider membership.  In addition, the M25 Steering Group would also be invited to consider an invitation to the Conservatoire of Dance and Drama.
ACTION MD

7. Any other business

CW reported that an application for extension funding for AIM25 (www.AIM25.ac.uk) had been considered at the M25 Steering Group meeting held 5 December 2006.

8. Date of next meeting

Thursday 15 February 2007, 10h00, Senate House Library, University of London.

Christine Wise
M25 C&P minutes 6 December 2006
February 2007