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UKRR – a whistlestop tour

United Kingdom Research Reserve: a model of collaboration among HE libraries Deborah Shorley Head, UKRR HE Shared Services Forum 29 November 2012. UKRR – a whistlestop tour. What is UKRR? What does UKRR do? How does UKRR work? What has UKRR achieved? Why is UKRR special?

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UKRR – a whistlestop tour

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  1. United Kingdom Research Reserve: a model of collaboration among HE librariesDeborah ShorleyHead, UKRR HE Shared Services Forum 29 November 2012

  2. UKRR – a whistlestop tour • What is UKRR? • What does UKRR do? • How does UKRR work? • What has UKRR achieved? • Why is UKRR special? • What problems has UKRR met? • What next for UKRR? • What have we learnt from UKRR?

  3. What is UKRR? • UKRR is a £10m programme funded by HEFCE • A strategic partnership between the HE sector and the British Library • 29 UKHE members, led by Imperial College London

  4. What does UKRR do? • Helps UKHE libraries release space • Preserves research material for the UKHE research community

  5. How does UKRR work?

  6. What has UKRR achieved? • Phase One: more than 11km shelving space released • Recurrent Estate Saving: £318,333 p.a. • Capital Saving: £3,333,333 • Phase Two: • Nearly 66km shelving space released (more than 52,000 titles) • Recurrent Estate Saving: £1,577,197 p.a. • Capital Saving: £16,515,152

  7. Why is UKRR special?

  8. What problems has UKRR met? • Timing • Culture • Conservatism

  9. What next for UKRR? • Sustainable model • Wider membership • International links • (Monographs?)

  10. What have we learnt from UKRR? • United we stand, • divided we fall. Aesop

  11. UKRR • Deborah Shorley • Head, UKRR • d.shorley@imperial.ac.uk • Daryl Yang • UKRR Manager • d.yang@imperial.ac.uk • www.ukrr.ac.uk

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