Our Members
The current membership of SCURL comprises all Scottish HEI and research libraries, the two major public reference libraries in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the National Library of Scotland, National Museums Scotland, the Open University, Queens University Belfast and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
A representative of the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) attends meetings.
Business Committee
chair: Richard Parsons
CIO Director of LLC and Uni Librarian at the University of Dundee and SCURL Chair 2022-24.
vice chair: martina mcchrystal
Director of Library Services at the University of Glasgow and SCURL Vice Chair 2022-24.
honorary treasurer: Iain Young
Head of Research Support & Resource Services Division at Heriot Watt University and SCURL Treasurer from June 2020.
honorary secretary: jeanette castle
University Librarian at the University of the West of Scotland and SCURL Secretary 2018-2020.
gillian daly: SCURL executive officer
richard aird
Director of Service Delivery and Change at the University of Stirling
Simon bains
University Librarian, University of Aberdeen
caroline cochrane
Head of Information Services at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Joseph Marshall
Associate Director of Collections Management at the National Library of Scotland and Chair of the SCURL Collections & Metadata Group
Robert ruthven
Director of Library Services at Glasgow Caledonian University
pamela tulloch (ex officio)
Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Library and Information Council
jeremy upton
Jeremy is Director of Library and University Collections at the University of Edinburgh