The resources covered here include analysis of the impacts of major changes in the HE operating environment and how libraries are or might respond to these

• Mapping the future of academic libraries A report for SCONUL identifying the trends and developments for libraries and how libraries are responding. November 2017

• Leaving the European Union: Funding for Universities and Scientific Research House of Lords Library briefing examining the impact of Brexit on HE. October 2016

• Response to TEF Technical Consultation SCONUL's response to the Teaching Excellence Framework Technical Consultation. June 2016

• Response to BIS inquiry: Assessing the quality of higher education SCONUL response to BIS inquiry: Assessing the quality of higher education. November 2015

• Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice HE Green Paper - Key Points on the TEF proposals. November 2015

• WATER: Walk in Access to E-Resources Providing visitor access to e-resources: guidelines and advice. April 2013

• Fair share: challenges and opportunities for shared access report of the SCONUL Task and Finish Group on Access Issues. April 2012

• Academic Libraries of the Future Final report of a research project looking at long-term trends in HE and how these may impact on libraries. May 2011

• Academic Libraries of the Future How to use the scenarios. November 2011

• Academic Libraries of the Future A flyer on the scenarios and how to use them. November 2011

• Academic Libraries of the Future Walled garden scenario. November 2011

• Academic Libraries of the Future Beehive scenario. November 2011

• Academic Libraries of the Future Wild west scenario. November 2011

• Academic Libraries of the Future Scenarios beyond 2020. November 2011

  

   

Resources on information literacy

• Review of SCONUL Seven Pillars Model A review of the 2011 model. January 2016

• Mapping resources to competencies a quick guide to the JISC Developing Digital Literacies resources. January 2014

• Digital Literacies in Higher Education Key messages from the JISC-funded project focusing on postgraduate students at the Institute of Education. October 2013

• Information Literacy Good practice informing common practice. October 2013

• The SCONUL Seven Pillars of Information Literacy through a Digital Literacy lens. January 2012

• 7 Pillars of Information Literacy Core Model - A research lens For Higher education. April 2011

• 7 Pillars of Information Literacy Core Model For Higher education. April 2011

• UNESCO and Information Literacy A short discussion paper. April 2009

• Information Skills in Higher Education A briefing paper. October 2009

• Learning outcomes and information literacy Published 2004

Webinars available to watch:

• Warm spaces and the cost of living crisis webinar  A community learning webinar on warm space and the cost of living crisis December 2022 (This includes sensitive content.  Please contact sconul@sconul.ac.uk for a password to this content).

• From research service provider to research partner, Webinar looking at the library’s evolving role in relation to research including moving from a focus on compliance to the library’s role in developing research culture, 24 May 2022 (Available for members: please log in for access).

• Choice and personalisation in blended learning, This event explores choice and personalisation in blended learning and the implications for the library, 1 March 2022 (Available for members: please log in for access).

• Delivering Blended Learning CIG Lightning Talk event, A series of lightning talks sharing experiences of blended learning, including special collections in a blended learning environment; haptic learning & material literacy, using Vevox; and using Xerte, February 2022

• Blended Learning and the Shape and Design of Library Services, This event looked at developing thinking across HE on delivering blended learning and teaching with speakers from Jisc, OfS and UPP, followed by a plenary session, 29 September 2021 (Available for members: please log in for access).

• Putting the student at the heart of the library, Heidi Fraser-Krauss, Chief Executive Officer, Jisc, An exploration of the challenges and opportunities for the HE sector post pandemic July 2021 

• Shared international perspectives on libraries’ responses to the pandemic, This explores the responses of academic and research libraries across the world to the challenges of COVID-19 and included speakers from Hong Kong, Europe and Australia, 29 March 2021 (Available for members: please log in for access).