16
1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/

1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Page 1: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

1

Possible Ways Forward

Sarah Ormes

UKOLN

University of Bath

Bath, BA2 7AY

http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/

Page 2: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

2

New Learning: New Libraries?

“Any place, any time, anywhere,There’s a wonderful world you can share, That’s Lifelong Learning”.

•Learning becoming cross-sectoral and networked based

Page 3: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

3

Introducing Hilary

•Yet another scenario• Part time office administrator• Studying for a diploma in Spanish• Evening classes in IT• Lives in Lanmore

•Multi-library user

Page 4: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

4

Introducing Lanmore

•Lanmore is a medium sized city

•Two universities

•Fairly large public library service

•A number of further education colleges

•All geographically dispersed

Page 5: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

5

Hilary goes to the library

•Not easy to search catalogues

•Only allowed into one University Library

•Staff unable to help her

•Local public library is shut

•Can’t borrow just photocopy

Page 6: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

6

Flows or Blockages

•Difficult finding information about library resources

•Inconsistent access policies• Some libraries do and

some libraries don’t

•Differing resources policies

•Not flows but blockages

Page 7: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

7

First Steps

•Access to all libraries (Sheffield)

•Union catalogue of journals (SULOS)

•Joint training and awareness (WMRLS)

•Making catalogues available where possible

•Promotion and raising awareness of the public - (Sheffield, Sunderland)

Page 8: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

8

A New Scenario?

•College librarian suggests using union journal catalogue

•Goes to the university library with the right journal

•Staff explain the level of service they can provide her

•Finds the journal and but not the book but finds out where it is.

Page 9: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

9

Scenario Two

•Uses city learning centre CD-Roms

•Finds article immediately

•Uses web page linking to all local library catalogues

•Finds book in nearest FE college

•Uses library card to borrow book

Page 10: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

10

Scenario two - how it works

•All Catalogues online

•The city wide library card

•High level of cooperation (WRMLS)

•City wide vision of supporting learning (Sunderland)

Page 11: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

11

Scenario Three

•Accesses electronic journals over city learning network

•Searches all library catalogues at once

•Finds a new electronic edition available

•Purchases a cheap copy using her library card

Page 12: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

12

Scenario Three - how it works•Consortium purchasing of electronic resources (Sunderland)

•The Learning Card (Sunderland)

•Consortium stock selection (CALIM)

•Cross catalogue searching (Clumps)

Page 13: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

13

Sunderland - the learning city•Learning World

• Multi-agency electronic library

•LASH - Library Access Scheme

•Awareness sessions for staff

•Full text electronic provision across the city

Page 14: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

14

Other Issues

•Study space

•Heavily used resources and special collections

•Role of the Regional Library Services

•Student use of public libraries

•New Library - new librarian?

Page 15: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

15

Looking forward

•Most of the solutions technically possible already

•Not three separate models but one continuous one

•Networking makes it easier but it won’t work without cooperation

•Are we ready for the challenge?

Page 16: 1 Possible Ways Forward Sarah Ormes UKOLN University of Bath Bath, BA2 7AY

16

UKOLN is funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre, the Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Councils, as well as by project funding from the JISC’s Electronic Libraries Programme and the European Union. UKOLN also receives support from the University of Bath where it is based.