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**Shared Services**



Are library systems shared with other authorities?



Yes: the library management system (Spydus) is shared with the AGMA library consortium. At the moment, only bibliographic data is shared.

**Outsourcing**



Is the service or aspects of the service outsourced?



Telephone renewals or membership enquiries by 'phone are dealt with by arm's-length Contact Centre.

**RFID**



In all libraries?



No: three libraries: Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Central (this latter based in Number One Riverside, the new municipal buildings)

**E-books**



Does the library provide e-books?

**Playaways** available for loan in some libraries

**Online:** 



OneClickDigital e-audiobooks,



Overdrive scheduled for later in 2014.



Also the usual access to Librivox and Gutenberg.

**EDI**



What EDI mesages are used?



Quotes, Fulfilments and Invoices. Acknowledgements scheduled for Summer 2014

**Integration between Library Systems and Finance**



How is this achieved?



Manually via a weekly report that's emailed over for import into Civica Financials