Jisc Collections

About Jisc Collections

Jisc Collections works on behalf of the UK higher education sector, to negotiate and license high-quality digital content that meets the requirements of institutions to support academic research, teaching and learning. 

We provide publishers with an efficient, cost-effective way to offer their digital content to the academic and research communities at a national level. 

Find out more on the Jisc Collections website.

Benefits for institutions

We represent the interests of all UK higher education institutions by:

• Negotiating the best possible price, terms, and access conditions for licensed digital content
• Supporting the transition to open access through negotiated off-setting arrangements for article processing charges
• Working closely with librarians, and other sector representatives, to identify content that will add value to their collections
• Providing a single online portal to manage subscriptions, acquisitions and invoicing
• Offering a dedicated helpdesk to support institutions with subscriptions and purchasing of Jisc-negotiated content
• Carrying out research into innovative resources, licensing models and evaluation tools
• Sharing knowledge about e-resource acquisition and research

Eligibility

All UK publicly-funded higher education institutions are automatically members of Jisc Collections and are eligible to subscribe to the agreements we negotiate for them. 

Browse the Jisc Collections catalogue