International Coalition of Library Consortia

North West Academic Libraries
NoWAL
Website: http://www.nowal.ac.uk

NoWAL Office
Minshull House
Manchester Metropolitan University
47-49 Chorlton Street
Manchester
M1 3EU
United Kingdom

Phone (44) 0161-247-6673
Fax (44) 0161-257-6846

Peter M. Wynne
Executive Secretary
p.wynne@mmu.ac.uk

Number of office staff: 3

 

Brief description:

Formed in 2002, NoWAL is a consortium of all the UK University and Colleges of Higher Education libraries in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The consortium exists to enhance the delivery of services to users in a number of ways, including the design and delivery of staff training courses, a reciprocal access and borrowing policy and the consortial procurement of library materials.

Legal structure

University-supported (voluntary)

Primary functions

Number and type of member libraries

15, Academic

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