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:
Marjan Baas Harmsma (Bangor University)
Leanda Blanch (Swansea University)
Luisa Cáceres-Soto (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
Zoe Collyer-Strutt (Wrexham University)
John Dalling (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
Suzy Fisher (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)
Tom Francis (Aberystwyth University) – Chair
Helen Griffiths (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama)
Peter Hale (Cardiff University)
Kath Hudson (Cardiff University)
Mark Hughes (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
Marie Lancaster (Cardiff Metropolitan University)
Chrissie Ley Hughes (Bangor University)
Annette Linton (Swansea University) – Vice-chair
Tracey Middleton (Bangor University)
Wayne Morris (University of South Wales) – Secretary
Martin Taylor (Aberystwyth University)
Claire Vivian (Swansea University)