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*Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL)*
The Final Report of an Investigative Study into the establishment of a Scottish Higher Education Digital Library was launched on Friday 5 October at a meeting in Edinburgh. The study was sponsored by the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL), and funded by the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Report, and its Executive Summary, are available on the SCURL website at http://scurl.ac.uk/.
The Study was carried out for SCURL by John Cox, of John Cox Associates (http://www.johncoxassociates.com). The Report sets out a rationale for greatly improving access to electronic information resources, particularly e-journals, for all Scottish higher education institutions, and supplies a series of options for structure and governance, funding, consultative mechanisms, and content acquisition strategies, in order to take SHEDL forward to implementation.
The members of SCURL will now review the Report findings, and consider the next steps to be taken.
Please contact Jill Evans, SCURL Service Development Manager ([log in to unmask]) or Tony Kidd, Chair, SHEDL Steering Group ([log in to unmask]) for further information.
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