Presenation given by Daryl Yang, UK Research Reserve manager at the EDINA Serials Forum held in London and Edinburgh March 2014

1. UK Research Reserve, UKRR
Daryl Yang, UKRR Manager
17 March 2014

2. 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

3. UKRR

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

5. 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

6. Collection Models
Core Approach Pip Approach
Offering Processing Core collection

7. 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

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

9. UKRR Today – cont’d
6-month cycle to process data
84,000m/72,000 holdings
Dispose: 81% (68,040m)
• Recurrent Estate Saving: £2m/p.a.
• Capital Saving: £20m
Retain: 17% (15,000 holdings)

10. Shelf Checking
BL CollectionBL CollectionMember
Offerings
Member
Offerings

11. Member ZMember Z
Scarcity Checking
Member AMember A
Member
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Member
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Member BMember B
Member
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Member
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Member
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Member
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Member
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12. Scarcity Process v. SUNCAT (1)

13. Scarcity Process v. SUNCAT (2)

14. LARCH – Linked Automated Register of
Collaborative Holdings

15. Offerings so far
Cycle 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

16. Ithaka S+R | Jisc | RLUK Survey
http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5209/1/UK_Survey_of_Academics_2012_FINAL.pdf

17. 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

18. 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

19. Thank You!
Questions?