Presentation for 13/5/11 to be given at Cilip Cymru Conference 2011

1. CILIP Cymru 2011 Shared Services ..an overview for Wales Mark Hughes Head of Collections Swansea University @Mark_H_Swansea

4. Why shared services? More on these later!

10. The UK context : Shared Services / Consortia

16. 'The Consortia Effect' “ (an) increase in the use of libraries which results after they join a resource sharing consortium” Dr Bob Molyneaux 2011 Consortia = Wider patron choice = Increased use for all Georgia Pines / Swift consortium statistics http://blog.esilibrary.com/2011/04/05/the-consortial-effect/

18. CILIP Cymru 2011 Case study : Evergreen LMS Consortia designed open source LMS ..fastest growing system in North America? [email_address] [email_address] [email_address] [email_address] [email_address] [email_address] Systems 46 48 63 160 251 424 Outlets 240 253 284 428 609 873 Consortia 1 1 4 10 13 18

19. The future : Wales “ Reviewing service delivery” “ Local..Regional..National context” “ Encourage the establishment of new collaborative service delivery models” “ ..will work..in partnership to investigate the potential of joint Library Management System procurement”

21. The Future: Wales Expect Shared Services to be high on the agenda Expect pilot projects to spring up over next 12 months Expect some of those projects to be cross sectoral Expect shared LMS to be a big priority for investigation Expect some UK wide projects to start up Expect Open Source software to be a considered option ..expect change..some compromise..more co-operation, improved services, and hopefully, survival

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