Help is at hand: Reviewing and developing Welsh Academic Library Collaboration

Abstract

This article describes the work undertaken for the Higher Education Libraries in Partnership (HELP) project by Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF). The project received funding from Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and was concerned with reviewing and developing Welsh academic library collaboration. The study describes the various elements of the project: Collaboration Review, E-Learning Feasibility Study, Journals Case Study, and the development of an Action Plan for future collaborative activity.

Acknowledgments

The authors are only two of the many people involved in WHELF's HELP project. Thanks are also due to other members of the Project Steering Group: Dr Mike Hopkins (University of Wales Aberystwyth), Paul Riley (University of Wales Institute Cardiff) and Chris West (University of Wales Swansea), to the other project officers: Wayne Morris (University of Glamorgan) and Wendy Smith (University of Wales Institute Cardiff), and to all members of WHELF for their numerous contributions.

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