UK Print Book Collection
Keele University has joined the UK Print Book Collection (UK PBC) as a participating member.
Learn more about the initiative at: https://ukpbc.uk/.
The UK PBC is a national distributed collection of print monographs, supported by the British Library, RLUK, SCONUL and Jisc. Its aim is to secure long‑term access to print book content across the UK. As a participating member, we will support the UK PBC by checking our print book collections against national holdings on Jisc’s National Bibliographic KnowledgeBase (NBK): https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/. When we identify a title for which seven or fewer copies are held across NBK‑reporting libraries, we will retain our copy or, if we cannot keep it, offer it to another participating library. This process applies to monographs published in 2010 or earlier.
Membership of the UK PBC will help ensure the preservation of shared print holdings for current and future users. It also enables us to make informed, confident collection management decisions, allowing more effective use of our space and resources.
