UK Research Reserve, UKRR

Daryl Yang, UKRR Manager 17 March 2014

We have so much STUFF and so little

SPACE

We have so much STUFF and so little

SPACE

We need to update our system and

increase demand for our services

We need to update our system and

increase demand for our services

UKRR

UKRR

UKRR is ....

a collaborative, coordinated and sustainable approach to long-term retention, storage and access to low use print research journals.

Our objectives De-duplicate low-use material (journals) and

thus release space and realise savings/efficiency&

Preserve research material and provide access for researchers

Cultural Change

Collection Models

Core Approach Pip Approach

Offering Processing Core collection

Phase One Funded by HEFCE (Higher Education Funding

Council for England) Partners

British Library Universities:

- Birmingham - Cardiff- Exeter - Liverpool- Newcastle - Southampton- St. Andrews- Imperial College London

UKRR Today

Phase Two – 6 years until January 2015 £10m HEFCE support 29 members Continue partnership with the BL Annual Subscription £26.16

UKRR Today – cont’d

6-month cycle to process data84,000m/72,000 holdingsDispose: 81% (68,040m)

• Recurrent Estate Saving: £2m/p.a.• Capital Saving: £20m

Retain: 17% (15,000 holdings)

Shelf Checking

BL CollectionBL CollectionMember OfferingsMember Offerings

Member Z

Member Z

Scarcity Checking

Member AMember A

Mem

ber E

Mem

ber E

Member BMember B

Member C

Member C

Member D

Member D

Member F

Member F

Scarcity Process v. SUNCAT (1)

Scarcity Process v. SUNCAT (2)

LARCH – Linked Automated Register of Collaborative Holdings

Offerings so farCycle Metreage No. of titles M/T ratio

1 11,409 9,443 1.21

2 5,906 4,859 1.22

3 6,638 5,044 1.32

4 12,255 9,733 1.26

5 7,743 6,527 1.19

6 11,762 8,858 1.33

7 9,662 7,629 1.27

8 7,133 7,849 0.91

9 6,879 7,247 0.95

10 (current cycle) 3,821 3,534 1.08

Mainly STM journals More than 10,000 titles offered only once Top 50: Science: 31 Medicine: 10 Maths & Engineering: 3

Arts & Humanities: 3 Social Science: 3

Ithaka S+R | Jisc | RLUK Survey

http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5209/1/UK_Survey_of_Academics_2012_FINAL.pdf

What Next?

HEFCE Funding likely to cease in 2015 Organisations who didn’t join when the

scheme was open have expressed interest To figure out the answer:

• Internally: UKRR Member Survey in 2011• Externally: UKRR Project Review

A New co-op model

Finally

Time of change Wide range of challenges Uncertainties associated with

digital content Print: control and absolute

ownership of the content and the material

SUNCAT data help us make informed decisions

Thank You!

Questions?