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A presentation detailing some of the lessons learnt from the JISC library management systems programme. The session it was a part of was aimed at 'reducing costs and making effeciencies'.
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Joint Information Systems Committee
Presenter or main title…
Session Title or subtitle…
7th April, 2011 – INF11 programme meeting
Ben Showers, Programme Manager
Digital Infrastructure
Library Management Systems Programme
Learning the lessons of the JISC Library Management Systems Programme.
Or:
Why you shouldn’t bother with advanced search
Library Management Systems Programme
Reallocation of scarce (institutional) funds from costly redundant, legacy services and systems to those next generation services that represent the future of teaching and research
Themes...
Usability and user testing
Open source software and
systems
Search Functionality
Electronic Resource
management
Web widgets and mobile interfaces
Core library management
systems
Open Source...#CReDUAL (University of Sussex)...
Step-by-step implementation of VuFindConnecting VuFind to Talis for holdings data
Installing VuFind and Blacklight
#OSSviab (University of Swansea)...
Exploring the viability of open source LMS EvergreenThe UK Core Specification (UKCS v3) has now been
released under a creative commons licence
(Shared) Electronic Resource Management...
Salford ERM implementation:
Developed a single ERM process map which documents all of their e-resources processes.
JISC/SCONUL requirements for a shared ERM system:
16 participating institutions Use cases collected and blogged
£600k secured from HEFCE to develop a Shared ERM
Mobile and web widgets...
University of Cambridge Library (#culwidgets)
• Embedding access to content in social networking sites and VLEs.• Developed a comprehensive resource for otherInstitutions to exploit.
University of East Anglia (#UEAWolfie)
• Embedding library services in Facebook
Opportunity to rethink services; not simply adapt them for mobile access...
Advanced search is hard to get right - Really hard
Mind your language...
Users will challenge your assumptions
‘Tagging’ doesn’t work within the library environment
Users don’t know what we’re talking about
Technology led – not evidenceBased (?)
More information...
http://lmsmash.blogspot.com/2011/03/final-curtain.html
Project synthesis report and project directory