WHEEL+ (Wales Higher Education Electronic Library Plus) collaborates on the shared procurement and management of library resources. The group’s aim is to work together to ensure wider access and better value. Its functions include:
- Identifying opportunities for the joint purchasing/licensing/management of resources, collections, and services
- To explore and identify best practice across all aspects of collection management, acquisitions, licensing, access and content discovery.
- Negotiating and evaluating prospective agreements
- Managing the administration of joint agreements
- Sharing analytical data for comparison and benchmarking
- Working with Jisc, the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) and the Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW) on agreements for the supply of books and serial subscription services.
Membership:
Sarah Brader (Bangor University)
Leanda Blanch (Swansea University)
Alison Brock (The Open University)
Luisa Cáceres-Soto (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
Zoe Collyer-Strutt (Wrexham University)
John Dalling (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
Lynne Evans (University of South Wales)
Suzy Fisher (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
Tom Francis (Aberystwyth University)
Claire Grace (The Open University)
Helen Griffiths (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama)
Peter Hale (Cardiff University)
Kath Hudson (Cardiff University)
Mark Hughes (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
Paul Jackson (The National Library of Wales)
Chrissie Ley Hughes (Bangor University)
Annette Linton (Swansea University) – Chair
Tracey Middleton (Bangor University)
Martin Taylor (Aberystwyth University)
Claire Vivian (Swansea University)