Research Libraries UK (RLUK) (formerly CURL) comprises 33 University and other research libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its aim is to increase the ability of research libraries to share resources among themselves. It provides the basis of the Copac catalogue.
The Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) started in the 1980s with seven libraries (the university libraries of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, and Oxford). By July 1996 the number of members had increased to 19, including three more in London and Trinity College Dublin. In 2011, Queen’s University Belfast joined as RLKU's newest member, meaning that all then-20 members of the Russell Group of universities were now members. Of the Russel Group's four new members who joined in 2012, only Queen Mary, University of London has not also become a member of RLUK.
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