Partnerships: Here, There and Everywhere

Mark Toole 19 June 2017

Nottingham Trent University

Post 92 university

Antecedents 1843

£258m t/o

3+1 campuses

24.1k FTE student

3.1k FTE staff

SCONUL

Our vision is to providefocused leadership for the UK and Irish academic and national libraries

180 member institutions

SCONUL is a network of excellence in learning and research

Learners

NHS

Schools

Teacher training

Pupils

Work placement

Work based learning

Apprenticeships

CPD

SMEs

Transnational

FE

Franchises

Validated

“in transition”

Joint degrees

Learners and their teachers/ mentors!

NHS

Schools

Teacher training

Pupils

Work placement

Work based learning

Apprenticeships

CPD

SMEs

Transnational

FE

Franchises

Validated

“in transition”

Joint degrees

Research Collaboration

Other Universities

Within UK

International

Research Institutes

Industry

Public sector inc NHS

Charities

Civic & Community Organisations

Cultural Organisations

“Spin-offs”

The World We Live In Now

“Making transformational partnerships”

“… we're passionate about the creation and impact of our knowledge and how, in partnership, we can apply this to real challenges”

“… enjoys a long standing tradition of working in partnership in order to deliver its mission and meet the needs of the communities it serves”

“global partnerships”

The World We Live In Now

Partnerships are fundamental to the 21st Century University

The World We Will Live In

Partnerships are fundamental to the 21st Century University

… and their numbers and complexity will grow

The World We Will Live In

Partnerships are fundamental to the 21st Century University

… and their numbers and complexity will grow

… and they will become more fluid

Allow academic content to be made available toall UK HE users on an anytime, anywhere basis

National Digital Library Vision

National Digital Library: Components

Content

Service

Infrastructure

negotiated & delivered on a national basis

available on open standard licence terms

discovery tools and associated services delivered at a national level

technology currently available – needs scaling and integration

National Digital Library: Content

Open access content institutional and subject-level repositories

open access monographs and textbooks

digitised theses

content held in OERs

special collections and archives

Paid for content

journals, monographs, textbooks and databases

grey literature

multi-media educational resources (e.g. mini-VLEs; Jove) & images

archive materials; museum objects and geo-spatial

Wide range of formats

National Digital Library: Services

comprehensive, personalisable discovery service

an identity management service covering UK HE

fulfilment service

multi-device use

minimal or no limitations on the legitimate use of content

analytics service at user & module-level

integration with institutional systems

preservation and access strategy

standard national licensing of subscription content

Partnerships: Here, There and Everywhere

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