Facilitated by Jisc
The group will consider all publisher negotiations. For the next 12 months it is expected that the main focus of the groups work will be the big five negotiations covering Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and Sage.
The group will set high-level strategies, provide tactical insights (including financial context) and advise on publisher offers and consultations.
The aim of the big five negotiations is to achieve agreements that meet the sector’s new requirements for open access agreements, incorporating the how equitable is it? framework, and reduce costs.
To strengthen our negotiation position members may be asked to join one of the negotiation teams. This will involve attending a maximum of four meetings and the associated preparation work.
Members will also receive updates on the work of the equitable licensing oversight group.
Members
- Libby Homer, director of student and library services, Anglia Ruskin University (Co-chair)
- Jeremy Upton, director of library and university collections, University of Edinburgh (co-chair)
- James Anthony-Edwards, university librarian, University of Exeter
- Gavin Beattie, associate director (research and impact), King's College London
- Alastair Flett, deputy university librarian, director of academic services, University of Cambridge
- Maria Follett, researcher engagement and collections manager, Liverpool John Moores University
- Fiona Greig, director of knowledge and digital services, University of Winchester
- Gary Steele, senior librarian, Glasgow Caledonian University
- Hannah Whaley, university librarian and director of library, academic and cultural services
Professional bodies
- Jane Cooke, associate director, University of Liverpool Library, University of Liverpool (representing Sherif user group)
- Kath Hudson, head of collection management, University Library service, Cardiff University (representing WHELF)
- Sharon Johnson, head of content acquisition, British Library
- Bethany Logan, associate library director, University of Sussex (representing RLUK)
- Julie Neenan, librarian - head of technical services, Cardiff Metropolitan University (representing SCONUL)
- David Prosser, executive director, RLUK
- Ann Rossiter, executive director, SCONUL
- Laura Roy, University of Glasgow (representing SHEDL)
- Arwen Tapping, librarian, MRC laboratory of molecular biology (representing Research council libraries (UKRI)
Membership information
The combined membership of the group incorporates UK HE institutions and other research and subscribing institutions.
Institution representative members will collectively demonstrate the diversity of UK universities across size, income, approaches, ambitions, strategies, students, researchers and staff etc contained within those institutions. The membership should have wide geographical coverage.
Memberships of other Jisc groups will be taken into account when selecting institutions to reasonably avoid duplication of individuals and institutions. Exceptions to this approach include where chairs of the expert level groups should sit on the linked strategy group and members providing a link between expert level groups.
There will be up to nine institution representative members as follows:
- Chair (or two co-chairs): role (eg library director, VC/PVC-R)
- Seven members from UK higher education institutions
There will be eight members from professional bodies as follows:
- SCONUL and RLUK: two appointees from each
- WHELF, SHEDL, Research council libraries (RLUK) and Sherif user group: one appointee from each
In addition, there will be an observer member as follows:
- British Library
The combined membership of the group incorporates UK HE institutions and other research and subscribing institutions.
Institution representative members will collectively demonstrate the diversity of UK universities across size, income, approaches, ambitions, strategies, students, researchers and staff etc contained within those institutions. The membership should have wide geographical coverage.
Memberships of other Jisc groups will be taken into account when selecting institutions to reasonably avoid duplication of individuals and institutions. Exceptions to this approach include where chairs of the expert level groups should sit on the linked strategy group and members providing a link between expert level groups.
There will be up to nine institution representative members as follows:
- Chair (or two co-chairs): role (eg library director, VC/PVC-R)
- Seven members from UK higher education institutions
There will be eight members from professional bodies as follows:
- SCONUL and RLUK: two appointees from each
- WHELF, SHEDL, Research council libraries (RLUK) and Sherif user group: one appointee from each
In addition, there will be an observer member as follows:
- British Library