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Research Libraries UK (RLUK) (formerly CURL)[1] comprises 30 University and other research libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its aim is to increase the ability of research libraries to share resources among themselves. It provides the basis of the Copac catalogue.
The Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) started in the 1980s with seven libraries (the university libraries of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Oxford). By July 1996 the number of members had increased to 19, including three more in London and Trinity College Dublin.[2] In 2011, Queen’s University Belfast joined as its newest member including all 20 members of the Russell Group of universities[3].
RLUK Members
- University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections
- University of Birmingham Information Services
- University of Bristol Information Services
- British Library (BL), British Library website
- Cambridge University Library (CUL), Cambridge University Library website
- Cardiff University Information Services
- Durham University Library
- Edinburgh University Library
- Glasgow University Library
- Imperial College London Library
- John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester
- King's College London Information Services & Systems
- Leeds University Library, Leeds University Library website
- University of Liverpool Library
- University of London Research Library Services
- British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE)
- National Library of Scotland (NLS), National Library of Scotland website
- National Library of Wales (NLW) -- National Library of Wales website
- Newcastle University Library
- University of Nottingham Information Services
- University of Oxford Libraries
- Queen's University Belfast
- School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
- University of Sheffield Library
- University of Southampton Libraries
- Trinity College Library (Dublin) (TCL) -- Trinity College Library website
- University College London Library Services
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- University of Warwick Library
- Wellcome Library
References
- ^ Press release on name-change
- ^ Pickering, Oliver (1996) A Guide to the Research Collections of Member Libraries. Leeds: CURL, 1996; inside cover
- ^ Queen's University Belfast newest member
External links
Categories:- Library associations in the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom organisation stubs
- Library and information science stubs
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