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This article presents selected results from a study investigating the promotion of recreational reading in university libraries in the United Kingdom. An email questionnaire survey and follow-up interviews with a sample of respondents explored provision and attitudes toward recreational reading. The results suggest that recreational reading promotion is increasing in UK university libraries. Participants were positive about the benefits of recreational reading but they identified a number of barriers preventing them from increasing their activity including finance, staff time, and mission drift. The article concludes with recommendations for increasing recreational reading including the need for better staff awareness and training. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents the study "Optimising Storage and Access in UK Research Libraries" by John Fielden, Colin Harris, Helen Hayes and Allan Schofield. It evaluates the present shortage of research library storage, the options for the most efficient and cost-effective nationwide solution and to make recommendations. The growth of print collections is constant despite the growing number of electronic journals. Research libraries are surveyed, with a response rate of 88 percent. More information could be found in the article.

This is a report and summary of the debate of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) and British Library commissioned report Optimising storage and access in UK research libraries held at a seminar at the British Library Conference Centre, 13 December 2005.1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses various issues related to the report, Monograph Interlending for the Higher Education Research Community, of Great Britain. This report has been commissioned by the Consortium of University Research Libraries with the support of the British Library Cooperation and Partnership Program in order to recommend the best Great Britain wide monograph interlending infrastructure and associated business model for the higher education research community for the next ten years. The current monograph interlending system based on the British Library Document Supply Center has several important strengths: first and most importantly, it works, and has done so successfully for many years.