UKSG
business association in scholarly communication
UKSG is an international association that exists to "connect the information community" and "encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication". The name was originally United Kingdom Serials Group, but the association now uses only the term UKSG without definition, because it has expanded outside the UK and beyond serials, to include e-books and other electronic resources.
UKSG's 450 or so member organisations include libraries, publishers, information suppliers, intermediaries and technology vendors from around the world. Membership of UKSG and associated benefits cover all employees within an organisation. Individual membership is also available as is free membership for students over 18. UKSG is a registered charity led by a main committee of volunteers (two Honorary Officers (Chair and Vice Chair), and a further seven elected and co-opted members) who work in a variety of capacities within the scholarly communication industry.
UKSG works to facilitate discussion, stimulate research, support the professional development of its members and disseminate information about the scholarly communications sector. It runs an annual conference in the spring and a One-Day Conference and Forum in the late autumn. It also runs regular seminars, webinars and training courses. It supports an active email discussion list, lis-e-resources: a forum in which members can exchange and discuss industry news and developments.
“UKSG” enters the record as business association in scholarly communication. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what UKSG, business and association can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7864794. VIAF identifies the subject as 142480661. The Library of Congress control number is n83236524. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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