UK Regional Higher Education Library Consortia

Any corrections are welcomed and should be emailed to Susan Baker mailto:susanb@clayworthsj.demon.co.uk)

For library access schemes see www.uklibrariesplus.ac.uk/libraries/sconul.htm

For HE University Purchasing Consortia see http://www.lupc.procureweb.ac.uk/about/organisations.shtml

MLA means the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council for the English region.
The national MLA site is at http://www.mla.gov.uk/

This table is a list of all the UK HE Library consortia (or nearest equivalent) by region or home nation.

Any corrections are welcomed and should be emailed to Susan Baker mailto:susanb@clayworthsj.demon.co.uk)

For library access schemes see www.uklibrariesplus.ac.uk/libraries/sconul.htm

For HE University Purchasing Consortia see http://www.lupc.procureweb.ac.uk/about/organisations.shtml

MLA means the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council for the English region.
The national MLA site is at http://www.mla.gov.uk/

UK region	Higher Education library consortium (and significant sub groups or services)	Higher Education regional organisation	Cross sector group
Eastern England		Association of Universities of East of England www.auee.ac.uk/	MLA East of England http://www.eemlac.org.uk/index.jsp
East Midlands	East Midlands Universities Association - Librarians Group http://www.emua.ac.uk/pages/about-special.html#Librarians	East Midlands Universities Association http://www.emua.ac.uk/	MLA East Midlands http://www.emmlac.org.uk/ Libraries and Information East Midlands http://www.liem.org.uk/
London	M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries* - works improve library and information services within the M25 region and more widely across the East and Southeast. http://www.m25lib.ac.uk/ Inform25 - find libraries in the region plus guidance on visiting rights http://www.inform25.ac.uk/ CPD25 - staff development and training group working in association with members of the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries http://www.cpd25.ac.uk/	London Higher Education Consortium www.universitiesinlondon.co.uk/	MLA London http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/ London Libraries Development Agency (LLDA) http://www.llda.org.uk/cms/ contentpage/home
North East England	No consortium	Universities for the North East www.unis4ne.ac.uk/	MLA North East http://www.nemlac.co.uk/ LINE (Libraries North East) - a cross sector group including the university libraries (No website)
Northern Ireland	No consortium	No consortium	LISC(NI) - Library and Information Services Council Northern Ireland - co-ordinating body for academic and public libraries in Northern Ireland http://www.liscni.co.uk/
North West England	NoWAL (North West Academic Libraries) http://www.nowal.ac.uk/	North West Universities Association (NWUA) www.nwua.ac.uk/	MLA North West http://www.mlanorthwest.org.uk/
Scotland	Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL) http://scurl.ac.uk/	Universities Scotland http://www.universities-scotland.ac.uk/
South East England	SEUL (South East University Librarians) http://seul.open.ac.uk/	Higher Education South East www.hese.ac.uk/	MLA South East http://www.mlasoutheast.org.uk/
South West England	South West Higher Education Libraries (SWHELs) http://www.herda-sw.ac.uk/about-us/our-groups/libraries/ AULIC (Avon Libraries in Co-operation) http://www.uwe.ac.uk/library/aulic/	Higher Education Regional Development Association for the South West (HERDA-SW) www.herda-sw.ac.uk/ HERDA-SW - Libraries Group www.herda-sw.ac.uk/about-us/our-groups/libraries/	MLA South West http://swmlac.org.uk/
Wales	Welsh Higher Education Library Forum (WHELF) http://www.whelf.ac.uk/	Higher Education Wales http://www.hew.ac.uk/	CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales http://www.cymal.wales.gov.uk/
West Midlands	West Midlands Higher Education Association (Libraries Group) www.wish-uk.org/linkfiles/wmidland.pdf	West Midlands Higher Education Association http://www.wmhea.ac.uk/index2.asp	MLA West Midlands http://www.mlawestmidlands.org.uk/
Yorkshire and Humberside	Yorkshire University Library and Information Services (YULIS) Directors Group (also Staff Development and Information Skills Group) No web site: Access scheme is http://www.riding.ac.uk/	Yorkshire Universities Association www.yorkshireuniversities.ac.uk/	MLA Yorkshire http://www.mlayorkshire.org.uk/

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