About WHELF

The Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF) is a grouping of Chief Librarians and Directors of Information Services drawn from all the higher education institutions in Wales along with the National Library of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Natural Resources Wales and the Open University in Wales.

WHELF had its origins in the regular but informal meetings of University of Wales Chief Librarians which were held in the 1980s, and in 1990 this was named the University of Wales Co-ordinating Committee for Libraries. In 1993 the membership of the Committee was extended to include the Chief Librarians of all Higher Education institutions in Wales. In order to reflect the changed role of the group it was reconstituted as the Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum.

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WHELF’s mission: collaboration and partnership

WHELF’s mission is to promote library and information services co-operation, to encourage the exchange of ideas, to provide a forum for mutual support and to help facilitate new initiatives in library and information service provision.

WHELF actively promotes the work of higher education libraries in Wales and provides a focus for the development of new ideas and services.

For the benefit of our libraries, institutions and users we aim to:

  • Raise the profile and value of services and developments in Welsh HE library and information services in our own institutions, in Wales and beyond;
  • Influence policy makers and funders on matters of shared interest;
  • Implement collaborative services and developments for the mutual benefit of members institutions and their users;
  • Work with other organisations, sectors and domains in support of the development of a cooperative library network in Wales and the UK;
  • Provide mutual support and opportunities for the sharing of good practice through meetings, mailing lists etc;
  • Provide staff development and training opportunities for member institutions.
WHELF Representatives

WHELF Chair: Mark Hughes.
WHELF Vice- Chair: Tracey Stanley
WHELF Treasurer: Julie Hart
WHELF Development Officer: Gill Morris

Strategic Plan 2020-2024

WHELF Action Plan

Please note that the Action Plan is a working document and subject to change.

WHELF Constitution