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href="#learning">Learning content expert group (new)</a></li></ul><p><a href="#dates">View all the meeting dates and summaries for 2020, 2021 and 2022.</a></p><h2><a id="uuk" name="uuk"></a><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc content negotiation strategy group</h2><p>The group focuses on setting strategy for major journal and open access negotiations both during this transitionary period and post transition.</p><p>Universities UK has convened the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc content negotiation strategy group to support and enhance the mandate of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/jisc-collections">Jisc in negotiating publishing agreements</a> with major academic publishers. Membership of the group recognises the importance of involving senior leaders from UK institutions in order to achieve sustainable, affordable and innovative agreements.</p><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Membership</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc content negotiation strategy group membership</h3><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Role</th><th>Institution</th></tr><tr><td><em>Chair</em><br/><strong>Professor Stephen Decent</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/computing-and-maths/staff/profile/index.php?id=4621">View Stephen's profile</a></td><td>Principal and vice-chancellor</td><td>Glasgow Caledonian University (Band 6)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Dr Paul Ayris</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.vitae.ac.uk/events/event-presenters/paul-ayris">View Paul's profile</a></td><td>Pro-vice-provost (UCL library services)</td><td>University College London (Band 1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Simon Bains</strong><br/><em>Representing <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.scurl.ac.uk/">SHEDL</a></em><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/support/contacts-106.php#panel611">View Simon's profile</a></td><td>University librarian</td><td>University of Aberdeen (Band 5A)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Chris Banks</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/chris.banks">View Chris's profile</a></td><td>Assistant provost (space) and director of library services</td><td>Imperial College London (Band 1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Rachel Bruce</strong><br/><em>Observer member</em></td><td>Head of open research</td><td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.ukri.org/">UKRI</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Dr Colin Campbell</strong><br/><em>Representing <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.ahua.ac.uk/">AHUA</a></em></td><td>Executive director of academic affairs</td><td>Newcastle University (Band 3)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Professor Wayne Cranton</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/wayne-cranton">View Wayne's profile</a></td><td>Dean of research</td><td>Sheffield Hallam University (Band 4)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Veronica Daly</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.bufdg.ac.uk/">Representing BUFDG</a></td><td>Chief procurement officer</td><td>Kings College London (Band 2)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Professor Colette Fagan</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/colette-fagan(5ebf153e-7f82-4252-a1d7-420df188bdf2).html">View Colette's profile</a></td><td>Vice-president for research, professor</td><td>University of Manchester (Band 1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Professor Sue Hartley</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ueb/team-profiles/professor-sue-hartley">View Sue's profile</a></td><td>Vice-president for research</td><td>University of Sheffield (Band 2)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Libby Homer</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://library.aru.ac.uk/about/about.htm">View Libby's profile</a></td><td>University librarian</td><td>Anglia Ruskin University (Band 5A)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Jennifer Johnson</strong><br/><em>Representing <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://arma.ac.uk/">ARMA</a></em><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://arma.ac.uk/about-arma/board-of-directors/">View Jennifer's profile</a></td><td>Director, innovation and research</td><td>University of Northumbria</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Liz Jolly</strong><br/><em>Observer member</em><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.bl.uk/people/experts/liz-jolly">View Liz's profile</a></td><td>Chief librarian</td><td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/http://www.bl.uk/about-us">British Library</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Dr Sarah Jones</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.glos.ac.uk/staff/profile/sarah-jones/">View Sarah's profile</a></td><td>PVC for academic enhancement</td><td>University of Gloucestershire</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Prof Ian Luke</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.marjon.ac.uk/about-marjon/staff-list-and-profiles/luke-professor-ian.html">View Ian's profile</a></td><td>Deputy VC, Academic</td><td>Plymouth Marjon University</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Dr David Prosser</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.rluk.ac.uk/executive/">View David's profile</a></td><td>Executive director</td><td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/http://www.rluk.ac.uk/"><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip"><abbr title="Research Libraries UK">RLUK</abbr></span></a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Sara Raybould</strong></td><td>Senior PVC (Education and Student experience)</td><td>University of West London</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Prof Richard Reece</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.kent.ac.uk/office-vice-chancellor/executive-group/richard-reece">View Richard's profile</a></td><td>Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience)</td><td>University of Kent (Band 5A)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Monique Ritchie</strong><br/><em>Representing Copyright negotiating and advisory committee (CNAC)</em></td><td>Associate head of open research and rights</td><td>Brunel University (Band 5B)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ann Rossiter</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.sconul.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/32.pdf">View Ann's profile</a></td><td>Executive director</td><td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/http://www.sconul.ac.uk/page/about-sconul"><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip"><abbr title="Society of College, National and University Libraries">SCONUL</abbr></span></a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Daniel Wake</strong></td><td>Research Policy</td><td>University UK</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Terms of reference</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><p><strong>Name</strong></p><p><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc content negotiation strategy group.</p><p><strong>Remit</strong></p><p>The group focuses on setting objectives and strategy for the major negotiations concerning research materials in the broader context of teaching, learning and research.</p><p>Recognising the importance of the agreements in terms of expenditure, volume of UK research output published in these journal portfolios, the policy landscape and their complicated role in the transition to open access.</p><p>It will also consider strategy around alternative and innovative models for achieving full and immediate open access beyond the current "Big Deals".</p><p>The initial focus will be journals with the expansion into research materials in the longer term.</p><p>The group will set overarching messages and strategies which will guide the work of the content expert group.</p><p>The group will escalate national matters of broader importance and impact to government.</p><p><strong>Core Aims</strong></p><ul><li>Develop and advance strategy for cost-effective publication, acquisition and delivery of research output which takes account of the dynamic nature of the information marketplace and the changing needs of the community</li><li>Develop and advance strategy for the utilisation of negotiations with publishers and societies to facilitate a quick, cost effective and financially sustainable transition to open access</li><li>Develop and advance strategy for the use of a broad range of innovative approaches in licensing and negotiation to facilitate the acquisition, dissemination and management of research outputs</li><li>Provide leadership for national negotiations</li><li>Act as a conduit between the negotiators and the sector (university leaders, researchers, administration and funders) for the agreement, communication, oversight and reporting on objectives, strategy, tactics and progress of negotiations</li><li>Facilitate debate and action to help implement long term solutions to challenges in publication and acquisition of research output</li><li>Oversee the conduct of the negotiations on behalf of the UK academic community</li><li>Provide a focal point for the provision of guidance on the range of institutional responses to a dynamic research, policy and research environment</li><li>Evaluate options in the event that negotiations do not proceed as planned and further action from the sector may be required to achieve an acceptable agreement</li><li>Seek transparency in deals with publishers especially in relation to cost and how institution money is being spent</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Membership</strong></p><p>There will be 12 representative members, as follows:</p><ul><li>Six PVC-Rs from a cross section of institutions with varying research intensity</li><li>Six Senior library directors from a cross section of institutions with varying research intensity</li></ul><p> </p><p>There will be eight members from professional organisations, as follows:</p><ul><li>Universities UK</li><li>Executive Directors/Chairs of professional associations – <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Research Libraries UK"><abbr title="Research Libraries UK">RLUK</abbr></span>, <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Society of College, National and University Libraries"><abbr title="Society of College, National and University Libraries">SCONUL</abbr></span>, <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Association of Research Managers and Administrators"><abbr title="Association of Research Managers and Administrators">ARMA</abbr></span>, BUFDG, AHUA, CNAC</li><li>Chair of expert practitioner group</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, there will be four observer members, as follows:</p><ul><li>Observers from UKRI, Wellcome Trust, British Library and GuildHE</li></ul><p> </p><p>The term of office for representative members is two years, with the possibility of an additional term of up to two years upon the expiry of the first term.</p><p>The chair of the expert group does not have a term of office, but will be a member of this group by virtue of holding that role.</p><p>Members from professional organisations and observer members do not have a formal term of office, but these roles will be reviewed annually by Jisc and the chair to consider whether there is the right representation of organisations and roles.</p><p><strong>Recruitment</strong></p><p>Recruitment should ensure that the group is representative of all UK universities and the diversity of size, income, approaches, ambitions, strategies, students, researchers and staff etc contained within those institutions. The membership should have wide geographical coverage. </p><p>When a vacancy for an observer member arises, the relevant organisation will be invited to provide details of their observer who will join the group.</p><p>When recruitment is considered, it is considered against the representation of institutions on the CEG, ensuring a diversity of representation across the two groups.</p><p>The two year term of office can be extended by an additional term of up to two years. This would be considered if the member wishes to extend their term and be determined the by chair of the group, <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span> and Jisc. The decision would take into account whether the member has normally been able to attend meetings and ensure that terms of office ended at different times to prevent a large change in membership at any one time.</p><p><strong>Meeting and Administration</strong></p><p>There will be four meetings per annum.</p><p>Meetings will take place between meetings of the Jisc content expert group, in order to allow the discussion at the content expert group to feed into this groups deliberations.</p><p>The papers will be shared with the content expert group.</p><p>The group will decide what information about their work can be shared with the organisations that they represent, their institutions and other colleagues such as professional groups with whom they have links and would normally be open within the sector about non-confidential matters. </p><p>Where there is strategic benefit in sharing confidential papers or their content with sector groups, this will be advised when papers are distributed. In this situation the papers and their content remain confidential in the sense they may not be shared further by those they are shared with and those who receive them should be informed of this. </p><p>Detailed strategy and tactics and sensitive confidential information remain confidential to this group and the content expert group. </p></div></section><h2><a id="software" name="software"></a><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc software negotiation strategy group</h2><p>This group has been convened by <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span> and Jisc to support and enhance the mandate of Jisc in negotiating software agreements and recognises the collective UK interest in negotiations concerning acquisition and use of software. The group will provide leadership for national negotiations and facilitate discussions and debate. </p><p>The group focuses on setting the principles, objectives and strategy for UK university agreements and associated negotiations with vendors of software packages, platforms and services. The strategy will better leverage the scale of the sector spend to obtain value for money for the sector and individual institutions. The group will develop an agreed set of "conditions of satisfaction" for vendors, solutions and sector sub-groups. </p><p>The groups approach aligns with the sectors strategic goals including those identified by <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/About UUK/uuk-strategic-plan-18-23.pdf">UUK's strategic plan 2018-23: world-leading impact</a> in which UK universities will provide opportunity, have impact, be trusted, be global leaders and be autonomous in their decision making and strategies.</p><p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/about-us/introducing-uuk">Find out more about UUK and the work they do</a></p><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Membership</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc software negotiation strategy group membership</h3><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Role</th><th>Institution</th></tr><tr><td><em>Chair</em><br/><strong>Professor John Latham CBE</strong></td><td>Vice-chancellor</td><td>University of Coventry</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Mark Allinson</strong></td><td>Director of IT services</td><td>Edge Hill University</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Bella Abrams</strong></td><td>Director of information technology</td><td>University of Sheffield</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Nathalie Czechowski</strong></td><td>Chief information officer</td><td>University of South Wales</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Oliver Davy</strong></td><td>Chief digital officer</td><td>University of Derby</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Dr Mark Ferrar</strong></td><td>Chief information officer</td><td>University of Newcastle</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Deborah Green</strong></td><td>Chief executive</td><td><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities and Colleges Information System Association"><abbr title="Universities and Colleges Information System Association">UCISA</abbr></span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Gavin McLachan</strong></td><td>Vice principle and chief information officer, and librarian to the university</td><td>University of Edinburgh</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Michael McLaughlin</strong></td><td>Head of category – Information services</td><td>APUC</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Jason Oliver</strong></td><td>Director of IT</td><td>University of Sussex</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Emma Woodcock</strong></td><td>Chief information officer</td><td>York St John University</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Terms of reference</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><p><strong>Name</strong></p><p><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc software negotiation strategy group.</p><p><strong>Representation</strong></p><p>All UK universities and the diversity of size, income, approaches, ambitions, strategies, students, academic and professional service colleagues contained within those institutions.</p><p><strong>Remit</strong></p><p>Universities across the UK are collectively spending hundreds of millions of pounds on software applications which support teaching, learning, research and administration. Both the cost of these applications and their strategic importance to the core mission of universities means that there is a collective UK interest in the negotiations concerning their acquisition and use. The group focuses on setting the principles, objectives and strategy for UK university agreements and associated negotiations with vendors of software packages, platforms and services. </p><p>"Software" in this context means computer software (or "application") that is licensed (not bought) and installed on devices managed by the licensee or computer software accessed through a subscription to a Software as a Service (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="software as a service"><abbr title="software as a service">SaaS</abbr></span> or so-called "cloud") offering. Such Software may be "packaged" or "streamed" or made available or accessed over any network through one or more "as a Service" mechanism including, but not limited to related Infrastructure (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="infrastructure as a service"><abbr title="infrastructure as a service">IaaS</abbr></span>), Platform (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="platform as a service"><abbr title="platform as a service">PaaS</abbr></span>) or Software (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="software as a service"><abbr title="software as a service">SaaS</abbr></span>) via any User Interface (UI) or Application Programming Interface (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="application programming interface"><abbr title="application programming interface">API</abbr></span>).</p><p>The group will set overarching messages and strategies which will inform the approach taken by Jisc's negotiators.</p><p>The group will escalate national matters of broader importance and impact to <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span> board.</p><p><strong>Core Aims</strong></p><ul><li>Develop and advance strategy for the negotiation of agreements which better leverage the scale of the sector as a whole for the benefit of the sector and each individual institution, and provide value for money access to Software applications across UK universities</li><li>Develop and advance an agreed sector wide set of "conditions of satisfaction", or set of conditions for each vendor, solution type and sector sub-group, to capture the value foundation for sector wide agreements</li><li>Identify priority vendors where a national approach to negotiations will bring the greatest benefits to students, researchers and universities</li><li>Provide leadership for national negotiations</li><li>Help facilitate discussions between the negotiation team and the sector (university leaders, researchers, administration and funders) for the agreement, communication, oversight and reporting on objectives, strategy, tactics and progress of negotiations</li><li>Facilitate debate and action to help implement solutions to challenges in the adoption, utilisation and management of Software across and within universities</li><li>Oversee the negotiation process on behalf of the UK academic community, and where circumstances merit it, directly participate in negotiations</li><li>Advise Jisc on the acceptability or otherwise of proposals</li><li>Evaluate options in the event that negotiations do not proceed as planned and further action from the sector may be required to achieve an acceptable agreement</li><li>Align with the sector’s strategic goals including those identified by <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span></li></ul><p><strong>Membership</strong></p><p>Drawn from:</p><ul><li>Vice Chancellor - Chair</li><li>Chief Information Officers from a cross section of institutions</li><li>Universities UK</li><li>Chief executive, or their delegate, from <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities and Colleges Information System Association"><abbr title="Universities and Colleges Information System Association">UCISA</abbr></span></li><li>Jisc</li><li>Representation from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales</li><li>Representation from procurement bodies</li></ul><p>The term of office for group members is two years with the likelihood of an additional term of up to two years upon the expiry of the first term. This would be considered if the member wishes to extend their term and be determined the by chair of the group and Jisc. The decision would take into account whether the member has normally been able to attend meetings and ensure that terms of office ended at different times to prevent a large change in membership at any one time. </p><p><strong>Meetings and administration</strong></p><p>Four meetings per annum of roughly 2-3 hours, all meetings will be scheduled for the entirety of the coming year in advance.</p><p>Whilst the default approach of the group will be to communicate as transparently and openly as possible, given the subject matter, the group will decide what information about their work can be shared with the organisations that they represent, their institutions and other colleagues such as professional groups with whom they have links and would normally be open within the sector about non-confidential matters.</p><p>Where there is strategic benefit in sharing confidential papers or their content with sector groups this will be advised when papers are distributed. In this situation the papers and their content remain confidential in the sense they may not be shared further by those they are shared with and those who receive them should be informed of this.</p><p>Detailed strategy and tactics and sensitive confidential information remain confidential to this group.</p><p>Members of the group will be asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement for commercially confidential information received as a result of membership of the group. All items subject to an NDA will be flagged in advance.</p><p>Jisc will be responsible for the preparation and distribution of the agenda and papers:</p><ul><li>Agenda and Papers will be circulated no less than one week prior to meetings</li><li>Action list will be circulated no more than two weeks after meetings</li></ul><p>The group's time is more effectively used if information/papers are circulated and read in advance, so that time in meetings is given to discussion of issues and actions rather than sharing information.</p><p>Minutes of meetings will be succinct and provide a summary of all items discussed and confirm decisions and agreed actions. Timeliness and traceability are the emphasis rather than production of a narrative record of discussions.</p><p>Communication and administration will be supported via a closed Teams site. This will facilitate discussion and information sharing outside meetings plus easy access to documents etc.</p></div></section><h2><a id="content" name="content"></a>Content expert group</h2><p>The content expert group complements the work of the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc content negotiation strategy group.</p><p>By informing the work of the content negotiation strategy group, it is ensured that national negotiation strategy and objectives for research materials are translated into tactics, which <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/jisc-collections">secure sustainable agreements</a> that can operate effectively at institutional level.</p><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Membership</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3>Content expert group members</h3><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Role</th><th>Institution</th></tr><tr><td><em>Chair</em><br/><strong>Chris Banks</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/chris.banks">View Chris's profile</a></td><td>Assistant provost (space) and director of library service</td><td>Imperial College London (Band 1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Gavin Beattie</strong><br/><em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.rluk.ac.uk/">RLUK</a> appointee</em></td><td>Associate director (Research & impact)</td><td>Kings College London (Band 2)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Rachel Bruce</strong><br/><em>Observer member</em></td><td>Head of open research</td><td>UKRI</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Anna Clements</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/libstaff">View Anna's profile</a></td><td>Director of Library Services and University Librarian (Interim)</td><td>University of Sheffield (Band 2)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Jane Cooke</strong><br/><em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/http://www.sherif.ac.uk/">Sherif </a>user group representative</em></td><td>Associate director, University of Liverpool Library</td><td>University of Liverpool (Band 3)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Georgina Dimmock</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.northampton.ac.uk/directories/people/georgina-dimmock/">View Georgina's profile</a></td><td>Head of academic services, library and learning services</td><td>University of Northampton (Band 6)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ed Fay</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/http://www.bristol.ac.uk/library/contacts/">View Ed's profile</a></td><td>Director of Library Services and University Librarian</td><td>University of Bristol (Band 3)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Kathryn Hudson</strong><br/><em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://whelf.ac.uk/">WHELF</a> representative</em></td><td>Head of collection management, university library service</td><td>Cardiff University (Band 3)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Margaret Hurley</strong><br/><em>Observer member</em></td><td>Grants department</td><td>Wellcome Trust</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Sharon Johnson</strong><br/><em>Observer member</em></td><td>Head of content acquisition</td><td>British Library</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Julie Neenan</strong><br/><em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.sconul.ac.uk/">SCONUL</a> appointee</em></td><td>Librarian - head of technical services</td><td>Cardiff Metropolitan University (Band 7)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Richard Parsons</strong><br/><em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.scurl.ac.uk/shedl">SHEDL</a> representative (Chair of SHEDL Steering group)</em></td><td>Library director</td><td>University of Dundee (Band 5A)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>David Prosser</strong><br/><em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.rluk.ac.uk/">RLUK</a> appointee</em><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.rluk.ac.uk/executive/">View David's profile</a></td><td>Executive director</td><td><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Research Libraries UK"><abbr title="Research Libraries UK">RLUK</abbr></span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Jacqueline Proven</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/jacqueline-proven(caaf1563-e706-43cb-afff-ab9ebc12e948).html">View Jacqueline's profile</a></td><td>Head of open research</td><td>University of St Andrews (Band 5B)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ann Rossiter</strong><br/><em><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.sconul.ac.uk/">SCONUL</a> appointee</em><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.sconul.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/32.pdf">View Ann's profile</a></td><td>Executive director</td><td><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Society of College, National and University Libraries"><abbr title="Society of College, National and University Libraries">SCONUL</abbr></span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Jennifer Smith</strong></td><td>Research publications librarian</td><td>St George's, University of London (Band 7)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Arwen Tapping</strong><br/><em>Research council libraries representative</em></td><td>Librarian</td><td><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Medical Research Council"><abbr title="Medical Research Council">MRC</abbr></span> Laboratory of Molecular Biology</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Nick Woolley</strong></td><td>Director of library and campus services</td><td>Sheffield Hallam University (Band 4)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Louise Zambianchi</strong><br/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/louise-tripp(2a890790-f642-47d4-8eab-41eb5287ae66).html">View Louise's profile</a></td><td>Open access manager</td><td>Lancaster University (Band 5A)</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Terms of reference</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3>Name</h3><p>Content expert group</p><h3>Representation</h3><ul><li>UK universities; reflecting the diversity of size, income, approaches, ambitions, strategies, students, researchers and staff etc contained within those institutions</li><li>Higher education sector bodies</li><li>National consortia and higher education forums</li><li>Research libraries</li><li>Observers from national libraries and research funders</li></ul><h3>Remit</h3><p>The group focusses on taking the national level strategy and objectives agreed by the UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group and turning these into tactics that can be applied within the context of individual negotiations; and ensuring negotiations and the subsequent agreements put in place will deliver on the national level objectives in a manner that is achievable and sustainable at the local institutional level.</p><p>The group will escalate matters of broader importance and impact to the UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group and coordinate with other strategic groups.  </p><h3>Core Aims</h3><ul><li>Inform the deliberations and outputs of the UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group through the provision of expert input on institutional requirements of Jisc agreements for publishing services and access to content</li><li>Provide advice and input to Jisc on the detailed requirements of agreements with publishers based on the overall objectives and strategy for negotiations  </li><li>Provide feedback to Jisc on optimum tactics in individual publisher negotiations  </li><li>Provide feedback to Jisc on publisher proposals during the lifetime of the negotiations  </li><li>Provide advice and feedback to Jisc on communications with the sector throughout the negotiation process  </li><li>Act as a conduit for feedback and discussion with the sector throughout the negotiation process  </li><li>Provide advice and feedback to Jisc for the refinement and enhancement of publisher proposals  </li></ul><h3>Membership</h3><p>There will be 8 representative members as follows:</p><ul><li>Chair – senior library director  </li><li>7 individuals from UK higher education institutions to represent the diverse range of institutions on whose behalf Jisc negotiates</li></ul><p>There will be 7 members from professional organisations as follows:</p><ul><li><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Society of College, National and University Libraries"><abbr title="Society of College, National and University Libraries">SCONUL</abbr></span> and RLUK - 2 appointees from each</li><li>SHEDL, WHELF, the research council libraries and the Sherif user group – 1 appointee each</li></ul><p>In addition, there will be 3 observer members as follows:</p><ul><li>Observers from the British Library, Wellcome Trust and UKRI</li></ul><h3>Recruitment</h3><p>When a vacancy for a professional organisation member arises, the relevant organisation will be invited to provide details of their appointee who will join the group.</p><p>When a vacancy for an observer member arises, the relevant organisation will be invited to provide details of their observer who will join the group. </p><p>When a vacancy for a representative member arises, a new member will be recruited by selection process to ensure selected individuals will bring the right expertise and knowledge, maintaining the representation of the group across the diversity of institutions it represents, including wide geographical coverage. </p><p>Recruitment of individuals should ensure participation from a variety of roles across the sector, including library directors, assistant library directors, open access service/fund managers, research office managers, research library managers and subscription/e-resource managers.</p><p>When recruitment is considered, it is considered against the representation of institutions on the CNSG, ensuring a diversity of representation across the two groups. </p><p>The two year term of office can be extended by an additional term of up to two years. This would be considered if the member wishes to extend their term and be determined the by chair of the group and Jisc. The decision would take into account whether the member has normally been able to attend meetings and ensure that terms of office ended at different times to prevent a large change in membership at any one time.</p><h3>Meetings and administration</h3><p>There will be four meetings per annum.</p><p>Meetings will take place between meetings of the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc content negotiations expert group, in order to allow the discussion at the content expert group to feed into this groups deliberations.</p><p>3-4 weeks in advance of UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group, in order to allow discussions at group to feed into the UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group deliberations.</p><p>The papers will be shared with the UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group. </p><p>The group will decide what information about their work can be shared with the organisations that they represent, their institutions and other colleagues such as professional groups with whom they have links and would normally be open within the sector about non-confidential matters.</p><p>Where there is strategic benefit in sharing confidential papers or their content with sector groups, this will be advised when papers are distributed. In this situation, the papers and their content remain confidential in the sense they may not be shared further by those they are shared with and those who receive them should be informed of this.</p><p>Detailed strategy and tactics and sensitive confidential information remain confidential to this group and the UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group.  </p></div></section><h2><a id="purchasing" name="purchasing"></a>Library purchasing coordination group</h2><p>The group collaborates, coordinates and communicates on strategic and practical issues that shape and impact library procurement.</p><p>The library purchasing coordination group serves as a forum to share information, coordinate responses and give procurement a voice in the UK higher education sector.</p><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Membership</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3>Library purchasing coordination group membership</h3><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Role</th></tr><tr><td><em>Chair</em><br/><strong>Gary Steele</strong></td><td>SHEDL representative</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Roy Dennis</strong></td><td>LUPC representative</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Rachael Devlin</strong></td><td>NEUPC representative</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Paul Harwood</strong></td><td>Procurement consortia library groups representative (SUPC) </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Michael McLaughlin</strong></td><td>APUC representative</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Caren Milloy</strong></td><td>Director of licensing, Jisc</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Gavin Philips</strong></td><td>SUPC representative</td></tr><tr><td><strong>David Prosser</strong></td><td><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Research Libraries UK"><abbr title="Research Libraries UK">RLUK</abbr></span> representative</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ann Rossiter</strong></td><td><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Society of College, National and University Libraries"><abbr title="Society of College, National and University Libraries">SCONUL</abbr></span> representative</td></tr><tr><td><strong>David Yates</strong></td><td>NWUPC representative</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Terms of reference</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3>Name</h3><p>Library purchasing coordination group</p><h3>Purpose: What work will this group do and why is it important?</h3><p>The Library Purchasing Coordination Group (LPCG) will collaborate, coordinate, and communicate on strategic and practical issues that shape and impact library procurement. It will serve as a forum to share information, co-ordinate responses, and give procurement a voice in the UK higher education sector.</p><h3>Principles: What are the aims of the group?</h3><p>To ensure a shared understanding of the relevant projects and work being undertaken by each represented library procurement consortia, considering opportunities for collaboration, sharing expertise and working in a coordinated way to impact outcomes:</p><ul><li>To share information and market intelligence (within legal constraints) to enable the group to discuss sector wide issues such as weaknesses in the market, and to consider how to coordinate action to respond and mitigate any risks to the sector</li><li>To coordinate communications or responses to major contract trigger events that affect all the sector</li><li>To help influence and shape a more open, affordable, and transparent market, by contributing to campaigns and strategic initiatives, and provide business intelligence to libraries and Jisc strategy groups</li><li>To develop workshops on key library procurement topics and promote a better understanding of the role and value of library procurement consortia</li></ul><h3>Structure: How will the group be structured and run?</h3><p>The group shall meet three times a year in January, May, and September, with ad-hoc arrangements as necessary.</p><h3>Practices: What are the goals for the group in 2023?</h3><ul><li><p>To continue to collaborate on e-textbooks strategy and communications</p></li><li><p>To raise the profile and benefits of library procurement consortia</p></li><li><p>To collaborate in establishing data sharing between members</p></li><li><p>To explore options for e-book preservation provision and requirements</p></li></ul></div></section><h2><a id="transitional" name="transitional"></a>Transitional agreements oversight group</h2><p>The group works across publishers to scrutinise the cost, trajectory and efficacy of transitional agreements. It will provide recommendations to the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved/jisc-collections-strategic-groups#uuk">UUK/Jisc content negotiation strategy group</a> on the mechanisms required to support a transition to OA that supports the strategic objectives of the sector in a manner that is achievable and sustainable at the local institutional level.</p><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Membership</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3>Transitional agreements oversight group membership</h3><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Role</th><th>Institution</th></tr><tr><td><strong>Dr Jessica Gardner (Co-chair)</strong></td><td>University librarian and director of library services</td><td>University of Cambridge (Band 1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Jeremy Upton (Co-chair)</strong></td><td>Director of library and university collections</td><td>University of Edinburgh (Band 2)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Sandra Bracegirdle</strong></td><td>Associate director: collection strategies</td><td>University of Manchester (Band 1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Yvonne Budden</strong></td><td>Head of scholarly communications</td><td>University of Warwick (Band 3)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Anna Franca</strong></td><td>Collections manager, collections and archives</td><td>Edge Hill University (Band 6)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Stephen Grace</strong></td><td>Deputy head of LLR (library and learning resources): library systems and content discovery</td><td>London South Bank University (Band 6)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Alison Harding</strong></td><td>Executive head of library and learning resources</td><td>University of Wales, Trinity St David (Band 7) </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Catherine Sharp</strong></td><td>Head of open access services</td><td>University College London (Band 1)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Sarah Thompson</strong></td><td>Head of Collections Services</td><td>University of York (Band 4)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Benjamin Veasey</strong></td><td>University librarian</td><td>University of Derby (Band 6)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Steven Vidovic</strong></td><td>Open research development manager</td><td>University of Southampton (Band 3)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Hannah Whaley</strong></td><td>Assistant director, library and learning centre</td><td>University of Dundee (Band 5A)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Nick Woolley</strong></td><td>Director of library and campus services</td><td>Sheffield Hallam University (Band 4)</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Terms of reference</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3>Name</h3><p>Transitional agreements oversight group</p><h3>Representation </h3><p>UK universities; reflecting the diversity of size, income, approaches, ambitions, strategies, students, researchers and staff etc contained within those institutions.</p><h3>Remit</h3><ul><li>To evaluate and monitor the trajectory of the conversion of publisher portfolios, business models and underlying financial accounting to Open Access (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span>) within transitional agreements (TA)</li><li>To consider the ideal future state of <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span> agreements</li></ul> <ul><li>The group will co-ordinate with other Jisc Collections strategic groups</li><li>Matters identified by the group relating to the performance of a particular TA, are likely to be taken to the content expert group to discuss the options initially and may then be escalated to the content negotiation strategy group as appropriate</li></ul> <h3>Core aims</h3><p><strong>Scrutiny</strong></p><ul><li>Evaluate whether <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="transitional agreements"><abbr title="transitional agreements">TAs</abbr></span> are performing as expected and meeting the sector's requirements</li><li>Improve transparency within <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="transitional agreements"><abbr title="transitional agreements">TAs</abbr></span></li><li>Facilitate provision of information from publishers relating to their longer-term vision for transitioning publishing to <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span></li><li>Receive confidential publisher information and provide feedback on their longer-term vision for transitioning publishing to <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span></li><li>Maintain an open dialogue with publishers in respect of their longer-term vision for transitioning their publishing portfolio to <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span></li><li>Identify journal candidates to "flip" to full <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span></li><li>Evaluate publication fees and charges as provided by publishers/Jisc and make recommendations on the charging structure and whether they are commensurate with the publication services delivered</li><li>Inform development of publisher <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span> policies</li><li>Review progress of publisher transitional models at global level</li></ul> <p><strong>Considering the ideal future state of <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span> agreements</strong></p><ul><li>Consider new <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span> models that meet sector goals and are achievable and sustainable at a local institutional and national level</li><li>Assist in promotion of transitional <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span> models to other consortia, societies and partners</li><li>Promote discussion and collaboration with societies on sustainable <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="open access"><abbr title="open access">OA</abbr></span> models</li></ul> <h3>Membership</h3><p>Up to 13 representative members</p><ul><li>Chair – Senior Library Director (or two co-chairs – both senior library directors)</li><li>Up to 11 further individuals from UK higher education institutions to represent the diverse range of institutions Jisc negotiates on behalf of</li></ul> <h3>Meetings and Administration</h3><ul><li>The number of meetings per annum will vary according to the number of <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="transitional agreements"><abbr title="transitional agreements">TAs</abbr></span> the group will have oversight of</li><li>The group and its remit will be reviewed every 12-18 months</li><li><em>Confidential</em> papers should not be shared outside of the TAOG</li><li><em>Non-confidential</em> papers may be shared with the organisations represented by the members or constituency libraries following each meeting. These papers should not be shared outside of the UK academic library community</li><li>Members may consult with their organisations or constituency members regarding issues that require approval or endorsement of the TAOG, prior to the meetings</li></ul></div></section><h2><a id="learning" name="learning"></a>Learning content expert group (new)</h2><p>The learning content expert group is being formed in recognition of the need to support UK sector negotiations for learning and teaching content across further education and higher education.</p><p>The group will work closely with the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span> Jisc Content negotiation strategy group to secure agreements that provide affordable and equitable access to learning content and solutions that enable excellence in teaching and enhance the student experience and learner outcomes.</p><p>Membership of the group will include representation from both higher and further education. The terms of reference will be confirmed following the first meeting.</p><p>This group replaces the learning content group, which is now closed.</p><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Membership</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3>Learning content expert group membership</h3><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Role</th><th>Institution</th></tr><tr><td><em>Chair for <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="higher education"><abbr title="higher education">HE</abbr></span></em><br/><strong>Libby Homer</strong></td><td>Director of Student and Library Services</td><td>Anglia Ruskin University</td></tr><tr><td><em>Chair for <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="further education"><abbr title="further education">FE</abbr></span></em><br/><strong>Rob Wraith</strong></td><td>Head of learning technology and digital learning</td><td>NCG</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Robin Armstrong Viner</strong><br/><em>WHELF appointee</em></td><td>Associate director: Head of libraries at Swansea University</td><td>Swansea University</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Phil Brabban</strong></td><td>University Librarian and Group Director of Learning Resources</td><td>University of Coventry</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Nicola Brandon</strong></td><td>Digital learning and innovation manager</td><td>Neath Port Talbot college group</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Dominic Broadhurst</strong></td><td>Head of content and discovery</td><td>University of Salford</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Jane Cooke</strong><br/><em>Sherif appointee</em></td><td>Associate director, University of Liverpool library</td><td>University of Liverpool</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Maren Deepwell</strong></td><td>Chief executive</td><td><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Association for Learning Technology"><abbr title="Association for Learning Technology">ALT</abbr></span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Victoria Farmer</strong><br/><em>SHEDL appointee</em></td><td>Resource Services Librarian</td><td>Robert Gordon University</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Andrew Knight</strong></td><td>Acquisitions and content service manager</td><td>Imperial College London</td></tr><tr><td><strong>William Nixon</strong></td><td>Deputy executive director</td><td><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Research Libraries UK"><abbr title="Research Libraries UK">RLUK</abbr></span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Gavin Phillips</strong></td><td>Category manager, academic services</td><td>SUPC</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Penny Robertson</strong></td><td>Libraries manager</td><td>City of Glasgow college</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Lesley Robins</strong></td><td>VP Academic and T&L lead</td><td>The College Merthyr Tydfil</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Anthony Sinnott</strong><br/><em>NAG appointee</em></td><td>Access and procurement development manager</td><td>University of York</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Keith Smyth</strong><br/><em><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Association for Learning Technology"><abbr title="Association for Learning Technology">ALT</abbr></span> appointee</em></td><td>Professor of pedagogy, Chief executive</td><td>University of the Highlands and Islands</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Jim Temple</strong><br/><em>Representing <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Council for Learning Resources in Colleges"><abbr title="Council for Learning Resources in Colleges">CoLRiC</abbr></span></em></td><td>Library service manager</td><td>Aquinas College</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ann Rossiter</strong></td><td>Executive director</td><td><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Society of College, National and University Libraries"><abbr title="Society of College, National and University Libraries">SCONUL</abbr></span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Jo-Anne Watts</strong></td><td>University Librarian</td><td>University of Wolverhampton</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Phil Whitehead</strong></td><td>Director of Academic Services & Digital Learning</td><td>DN colleges group</td></tr></tbody></table></div></section><section class="is-collapsible is-collapsible--blue user-created "><h3 class="cx_collapsibles__trigger">Draft terms of reference</h3><div class="cx_collapsibles__target"><h3>Remit</h3><p>The group is formed in recognition of the need to support UK sector negotiations for learning and teaching content across further education and higher education. The group will work closely with the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span> Jisc Content negotiation strategy group to secure agreements that provide affordable and equitable access to learning content and solutions that enable excellence in teaching and enhance the student experience and learner outcomes.</p><p>The group focusses on:</p><ol><li>Taking the national level strategy and objectives agreed by the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span> Jisc content negotiation strategy group and turning these into tactics that can be applied within the context of individual negotiations for content and learning solutions that support learning and teaching in Higher Education and Further Education </li><li>Ensuring negotiations and the subsequent agreements put in place will deliver on the national level objectives in a manner that is achievable and sustainable at the local institutional and college level </li><li>Strategic input and insight in the negotiation and licensing of alternative and innovative models for achieving affordable and sustainable access to learning content and solutions that will support the sector’s ambitions for the transformation of teaching, learning and assessment</li></ol><p>The group will escalate matters of broader importance and impact to the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span> Jisc content negotiation strategy group and coordinate with other strategic and sector groups</p><h3>Core aims</h3><ul><li>Inform the deliberations and outputs of the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span> Jisc content negotiation strategy group through the provision of expert input on requirements of Jisc agreements for priority, high value learning content and solutions</li><li>Provide strategic input and advice for the negotiation of learning content and solutions which better leverage the scale of the sector as a whole for the benefit of the sector and each individual institution and college</li><li>Lead debate and drive thought leadership to help develop and implement solutions to challenges that will drive transformation, enable excellence in teaching and enhance the student experience and learner outcomes</li><li>Provide advice and input to Jisc on the detailed requirements of agreements with publishers/suppliers based on the overall objectives and strategy for negotiations</li><li>Provide expert advice to Jisc on current and future licensing models and terms and conditions in support of best practice and transparency</li><li>Guide the formation of pilots and other projects to consider viability, sustainability and applicability of new and innovative learning content and solutions</li><li>Provide feedback to Jisc on publisher/supplier proposals during the lifetime of the negotiations, advising on acceptability or otherwise</li><li>Provide advice and feedback to Jisc for the refinement and enhancement of publisher/supplier proposals</li><li>Provide advice and feedback to Jisc on communications with the sector throughout the negotiation process and through to implementation and embedding</li><li>Help facilitate feedback and discussions with the sectors to support the work of the group</li></ul><p> </p><h3>Membership</h3><p>The chairing of this group will include 2 co-chairs – one representing higher education and one representing further education.</p><p>In addition, there will be 8 representative members as follows:</p><ul><li>4 individuals from UK higher education institutions  </li><li>4 individuals from UK further education and sixth form colleges </li></ul><p> </p><p>The representative members will be from a range of institutions, including a range of Jisc bands, and from a variety of geographical areas.</p><p>There will be 8 members from professional organisations as follows:</p><ul><li><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Society of College, National and University Libraries"><abbr title="Society of College, National and University Libraries">SCONUL</abbr></span> and <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Research Libraries UK"><abbr title="Research Libraries UK">RLUK</abbr></span> – 1 appointee each </li><li>SHEDL, WHELF – 1 appointee each </li><li>Sherif user group, National Acquisitions Group (NAG) – 1 appointee each </li><li>Association of Learning Technologists (<span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Association for Learning Technology"><abbr title="Association for Learning Technology">ALT</abbr></span>) – 1 appointee </li><li><span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Council for Learning Resources in Colleges"><abbr title="Council for Learning Resources in Colleges">CoLRiC</abbr></span> – 1 appointee</li></ul><p> </p><p>There will be 1 observer member from the procurement bodies.</p><p>The term of office for representative members is two years with the possibility of an additional term of up to two years upon the expiry of the first term.</p><p>Members from professional organisations and observer members do not have a formal term of office, but these roles will be reviewed annually by Jisc and the co-chairs to consider whether there is the right representation of organisations and roles.</p><h3>Recruitment</h3><p>When a vacancy for a professional organisation member arises, the relevant organisation will be invited to provide details of their appointee who will join the group.</p><p>When a vacancy for an observer member arises, the relevant organisation will be invited to provide details of their observer who will join the group.</p><p>When a vacancy for a representative member arises, a new member will be recruited by selection process to ensure selected individuals will bring the right expertise and knowledge, maintaining the representation of the group across the diversity of institutions it represents, including wide geographical coverage.</p><p>Recruitment of individuals should ensure participation from a variety of roles across the sector, including library directors, assistant library directors, <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="learning resource centre"><abbr title="learning resource centre">LRC</abbr></span> managers, curriculum leads, programme leaders, module leaders, learning technologists, subject librarians and subscription/e-resource managers.</p><p>When recruitment is considered, it is considered against the representation of institutions on the CNSG and CEG, ensuring a diversity of representation across the three groups.</p><p>The two-year term of office can be extended by an additional term of up to two years. This would be considered if the member wishes to extend their term and be determined by the co-chairs of the group and Jisc. The decision would take into account whether the member has normally been able to attend meetings and ensure that terms of office ended at different times to prevent a large change in membership at any one time.</p><h3>Meetings and administration</h3><p>There will be 4 meetings per annum.</p><p>Meetings will take place between meetings of the <span class="lexicon-term has-tooltip" title="Universities UK"><abbr title="Universities UK">UUK</abbr></span>/Jisc content negotiation strategy group (CNSG), in order to allow the discussion at the learning content expert group to feed into the CNSG’s deliberations.</p><p>The papers will be shared with the UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group.</p><p>The group will decide what information about their work can be shared with the organisations that they represent, their institutions and other colleagues such as professional groups with whom they have links and would normally be open within the sector about non-confidential matters.</p><p>Where there is strategic benefit in sharing confidential papers or their content with sector groups, this will be advised when papers are distributed. In this situation, the papers and their content remain confidential in the sense they may not be shared further by those they are shared with, and those who receive them should be informed of this.</p><p>Detailed strategy and tactics and sensitive confidential information remain confidential to this group and the UUK Jisc content negotiation strategy group.</p></div></section><h2><a id="dates" name="dates"></a>Strategic groups meeting dates 2023</h2><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Month</th><th>Date</th><th>Group</th></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2">January</td><td>10th</td><td>Software negotiation strategy group</td></tr><tr><td>20th</td><td>Content negotiation strategy group</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">February</td><td colspan="1">1st</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2">March</td><td>8th</td><td>Software negotiation strategy group</td></tr><tr><td>21st</td><td>Content expert group</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2">April</td><td>25th</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group</td></tr><tr><td>26th</td><td>Content negotiation strategy group</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">May</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">June</td><td>7th</td><td>Software negotiation strategy group</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">July</td><td>13th</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">September</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">October</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2">November</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">December</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><h2><a id="dates" name="dates"></a>Strategic groups meeting dates 2022</h2><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Month</th><th>Date</th><th>Group</th></tr><tr><td>January</td><td>27th</td><td>Library purchasing coordination group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8675/1/Summary_of_LPCG_meeting_27.01.22.pdf">download the summary of the 27 January meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="3">February</td><td colspan="1">2nd</td><td>Content negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8674/1/Summary_of_CNSG_meeting_02.02.22.pdf">download the summary of the 2 February meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">16th</td><td>Learning Content Group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8870/1/Summary_of_learning_content_group_meeting_16.02.22.pdf">download the summary of the 16 February meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">28th</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8741/1/Summary_of_transitional_agreements_oversight_group_meeting_on_28.02.22.pdf">download the summary of the 28 February meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">March</td><td>23rd</td><td>Content expert group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8934/1/Summary_of_CEG_meeting_23.03.22.pdf">download the summary of the 23 March meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">April</td><td>28th</td><td>Content negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8933/1/Summary_of_UUK_Jisc_CNSG_meeting_28.04.22.pdf">download the summary of the 28 April meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="4">May</td><td>3rd</td><td>Software negotiation strategy group</td></tr><tr><td>9th</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8869/1/Summary_of_meeting_for_TAOG_09.05.22.pdf">download the summary of the 9 May meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>18th</td><td>Content expert group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8932/1/Summary_of_CEG_meeting_18.05.22.pdf">download the summary of the 18 May meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>25th</td><td>Library purchasing coordination group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8931/1/Summary_of_LPCG_meeting_25.05.22.pdf">download the summary of the 25 May meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2">June</td><td>22nd</td><td>Learning content group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8930/1/Summary_of_LCG_meeting_22.06.22.pdf">download the summary of the 22 June meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>29th</td><td>Content negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8929/1/Summary_of_CNSG_meeting_29.06.22.pdf">download the summary of the 29 June meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">July</td><td>11th</td><td>Software negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8928/1/Summary_of_UUK_Jisc_SNSG_meeting_11.07.22.pdf">download the summary of the 11 July meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">September</td><td>28th</td><td>Content expert group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8985/1/Summary_of_CEG_meeting_28.09.22.pdf">download the summary of the 28 September meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2">October</td><td>4th</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8984/1/Summary_of_meeting_for_TAOG_04.10.22.pdf">download the summary of the 4 October meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">18th</td><td>Library purchasing coordination group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/9003/1/Summary_of_library_purchasing_coordination_group_meeting_18.10.22.pdf">download the summary of the 18 October meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">November</td><td colspan="1">2nd</td><td>Content negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/9004/1/Summary_of_content_negotiation_strategy_group_meeting_02.11.22.pdf">download the summary of the 2 November meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1">December</td><td>6th</td><td colspan="1">Content expert group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/9005/1/Summary_of_content_expert_group_meeting_06.12.22.pdf">download the summary of the 6 December meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>Strategic groups meeting dates 2021</h2><table border="0"><tbody><tr><th>Month</th><th>Date</th><th>Group</th></tr><tr><td>January</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>February</td><td colspan="1">10th</td><td>E-textbook publisher strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8592/1/Summary_of_e-textbook_publisher_strategy_group_meeting_10.02.21.pdf">download the summary of the 10 February meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">March</td><td>3rd</td><td>Content expert group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8527/1/Summary_of_content_expert_group_meeting_03.03.21.pdf">download the summary of the 3 March meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>24th</td><td>Content negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8746/1/Summary_of_CNSG_meeting_24.03.21.pdf">download the summary of the 24 March meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>31st</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8524/1/Summary_of_TAOG_meeting_31.03.21.pdf">download the summary of the 31 March meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2">April</td><td>22nd</td><td>Library purchasing coordination group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8596/1/Summary_of_LPCG_meeting_22.04.21.pdf">download the summary of the 22 April meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>28th</td><td>E-textbook publisher strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8595/1/Summary_of_learning_content_group_meeting_28.04.21.pdf">download the summary of the 28 April meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2">May</td><td>6th</td><td>Content expert group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8593/1/Summary_of_content_expert_group_meeting_06.05.21.pdf">download the summary of the 6 May meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>10th</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8525/1/Summary_of_TAOG_meeting_10.05.21.pdf">download the summary of the 10 May meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2">June</td><td>9th</td><td>Software negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8597/1/Summary_of_software_negotiation_strategy_group_meeting_09.06.21.pdf">download the summary of the 9 June meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>16th</td><td>Content negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8745/1/Summary_of_CNSG_meeting_16.06.21.pdf">download the summary of the 16 June meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">July</td><td>8th</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8526/1/Summary_of_TAOG_meeting_08.07.21.pdf">download the summary of the 8 July meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>21st</td><td>Library purchasing coordination group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8654/1/Summary_of_LPCG_meeting_21.07.21.pdf">download the summary of the 21 July meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">September</td><td>22nd</td><td>Software negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8598/1/Summary_of_software_negotiation_strategy_group_meeting_22.09.21.pdf">download the summary of the 22 September meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>30th</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8588/1/Summary_of_TAOG_meeting_30.09.21.pdf">download the summary of the 30 September meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>19th</td><td>Content expert group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8612/1/Summary_of_content_expert_group_meeting_19.10.21.pdf">download the summary of the 19 October meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="5">November</td><td>2nd</td><td>Transitional agreements oversight group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8589/1/Summary_of_TAOG_meeting_02.11.21.pdf">download the summary of the 2 November meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>3rd</td><td>Library purchasing coordination group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8744/1/Summary_of_library_purchasing_co-ordination_group_meeting_03.11.21.pdf">download the summary of the 3 November meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>11th</td><td>Learning Content Group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8676/1/Summary_of_learning_content_group_meeting_11.11.21.pdf">download the summary of the 11 November meeting (pdf)</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>17th</td><td>Content negotiation strategy group<br/>(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230307051216/https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8743/1/Summary_of_CNSG_meeting_17.11.21.pdf">download the summary of the 17 November meeting 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