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| **[[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/30/millions-wasted-on-attempt-to-create-nationwide-uk-library-website-campaigners-claim|Millions wasted on attempt to create nationwide UK library website, campaigners claim.]]** | **[[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/30/millions-wasted-on-attempt-to-create-nationwide-uk-library-website-campaigners-claim|Millions wasted on attempt to create nationwide UK library website, campaigners claim.]]** | ||
| - | Dalya Alberge. Guardian.30 Dec 2023 | + | Dalya Alberge. Observer. 30 Dec 2023 |
| "The UK’s beleaguered public libraries have been let down by years of indecision and delays over how to spend millions of pounds in funding earmarked for a nationwide website.This was among damning criticisms voiced on Saturday by campaigners who have lost patience with the government, the British Library and Arts Council England (ACE) over their longstanding failure to develop a nationwide scheme. The “Single Digital Presence” (SDP) – renamed LibraryOn – was meant to bring together public libraries in one website to enable the public to access collections across the country. The problem has been that there are 150 library authorities in England alone, each with their own technology and management systems. Government funds have been allocated in various tranches to ACE and the British Library to make it happen. | "The UK’s beleaguered public libraries have been let down by years of indecision and delays over how to spend millions of pounds in funding earmarked for a nationwide website.This was among damning criticisms voiced on Saturday by campaigners who have lost patience with the government, the British Library and Arts Council England (ACE) over their longstanding failure to develop a nationwide scheme. The “Single Digital Presence” (SDP) – renamed LibraryOn – was meant to bring together public libraries in one website to enable the public to access collections across the country. The problem has been that there are 150 library authorities in England alone, each with their own technology and management systems. Government funds have been allocated in various tranches to ACE and the British Library to make it happen. | ||
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| [[https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/blog/single-digital-presence-libraries|The Single Digital Presence for UK public libraries project get further £3.4m funding]]. "one national platform that can host library-curated content and services, showcase exhibitions as well as promote two-way traffic with local library websites, giving national visibility to local events and collections" Arts Council [blog] 3 June 2021 | [[https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/blog/single-digital-presence-libraries|The Single Digital Presence for UK public libraries project get further £3.4m funding]]. "one national platform that can host library-curated content and services, showcase exhibitions as well as promote two-way traffic with local library websites, giving national visibility to local events and collections" Arts Council [blog] 3 June 2021 | ||
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| + | ==== National Digital Platform for Wales ==== | ||
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| + | "One stop portal for Welsh Libraries – you can find out what’s happening in libraries, search for books, browse a wide range of online resources, join online, locate your nearest library, ask tricky questions, and lots more. This website has been created and designed as part of the Welsh Government’s support for libraries. \\ [[https://libraries.wales/|https://libraries.wales/]] | ||
| ==== Digital transformation for UK public libraries five approaches to a ‘single digital presence ==== | ==== Digital transformation for UK public libraries five approaches to a ‘single digital presence ==== | ||
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| ==== Essential Digital Infrastructure for Public Libraries in England. ==== | ==== Essential Digital Infrastructure for Public Libraries in England. ==== | ||
| - | A plan for moving forward.Prepared by BiblioCommons November 24, 2015. Commissioned by The Society of Chief Librarians in collaboration with The Reading Agency With funding from Arts Council England. (Also known as the [[http://goscl.com/wp-content/uploads/151130-DigitalPlatformFinalReport.pdf|"Bibliocommons report]]") | + | A plan for moving forward.Prepared by BiblioCommons November 24, 2015. Commissioned by The Society of Chief Librarians in collaboration with The Reading Agency With funding from Arts Council England. (Also known as the "{{:digitalplatformfinalreport_jan2016.pdf|Bibliocommons report}} ") |
| "This report argues that a standards-based digital platform is the only viable technology for realising recent strategic goals articulated by leaders for England’s public libraries. The platform would allow libraries and their partners to innovate, collaborate and share in ways they cannot now do. The report further argues that the primary mode of service on this platform must be co-production – among library authorities, and among library staff, national and local partners, and importantly, end users. We show how new digital divides have made the mission of libraries – literacy, learning, and community inclusion – as relevant as it ever was. And that in order to provide an energetic response, libraries must invite their users into their digital spaces: their catalogues, their websites, their ebook readers, their online events calendars. We argue that these two measures, a standards-based digital platform and co-production of services, will reinvigorate libraries and create substantial, tangible outcomes in literacy, digital and social inclusion, health, education, and economic participation." | "This report argues that a standards-based digital platform is the only viable technology for realising recent strategic goals articulated by leaders for England’s public libraries. The platform would allow libraries and their partners to innovate, collaborate and share in ways they cannot now do. The report further argues that the primary mode of service on this platform must be co-production – among library authorities, and among library staff, national and local partners, and importantly, end users. We show how new digital divides have made the mission of libraries – literacy, learning, and community inclusion – as relevant as it ever was. And that in order to provide an energetic response, libraries must invite their users into their digital spaces: their catalogues, their websites, their ebook readers, their online events calendars. We argue that these two measures, a standards-based digital platform and co-production of services, will reinvigorate libraries and create substantial, tangible outcomes in literacy, digital and social inclusion, health, education, and economic participation." | ||
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| ==== Sieghart on a national infrastructure for (English) public libraries ==== | ==== Sieghart on a national infrastructure for (English) public libraries ==== | ||
| - | See:[[http://www.local.gov.uk/web/guest/first-features/-/journal_content/56/10180/6287803/NEWS|Future]][[http://www.local.gov.uk/web/guest/first-features/-/journal_content/56/10180/6287803/NEWS| libraries,]] William Sieghart LGA website 19 June 2014 | + | 'Future libraries, William Sieghart LGA website 19 June 2014 [no longer accessible] |
| "It is possible to strengthen the service nationally without losing the local approach. My strong view is that part of the answer can be found through offering a digital network for libraries, which could include a **single management system, one library card** valid in all libraries in England,……Once set up, this network could also be a vehicle for improving the leadership of, and vision for, libraries; more joined-up procurement; the sharing of best practice and encouraging change – without conflicting with the need for local approaches. It could give users access to a much wider choice of materials…" | "It is possible to strengthen the service nationally without losing the local approach. My strong view is that part of the answer can be found through offering a digital network for libraries, which could include a **single management system, one library card** valid in all libraries in England,……Once set up, this network could also be a vehicle for improving the leadership of, and vision for, libraries; more joined-up procurement; the sharing of best practice and encouraging change – without conflicting with the need for local approaches. It could give users access to a much wider choice of materials…" | ||
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| ==== Fab Libraries ==== | ==== Fab Libraries ==== | ||
| - | FABLibraries provided access to more than 149 UK public library catalogues in a single search. It linked to the library’s own website, to provide availability information and showed you library locations on a map. It was an project based on an earlier inititaive by OCLC and The Combined Regions (TCR) to provide Britain's first freely accessible national public library union catalogue | + | FABLibraries provided access to more than 149 UK public library catalogues in a single search. It linked to the library’s own website, to provide availability information and showed you library locations on a map. It was an project based on an earlier inititaive by OCLC and The Combined Regions (TCR) to provide Britain's first freely accessible national public library union catalogue |
| ==== OCLC and The Combined Regions (TCR) union catalogue ==== | ==== OCLC and The Combined Regions (TCR) union catalogue ==== | ||
| - | While the objective was to ultimately include all UK public libraries within the catalogue, initially, the project aimed to provide a view of holdings contributed to WorldCat by the 149 local authorities. It was based on UnityUK. - a national network for resource sharing. UnityUK participants already provided regular updates of holdings records to WorldCat, which were intended primarily for inter-library loans purposes. The initiative provided an initial 'proof of concept' This preliminary version of the catalogue would then be extended to include other UK public libraries. As a pre-requisite for the project, the holdings data of participating libraries would need to be made visible on the open Web through WorldCat.org. | + | While the objective was to ultimately include all UK public libraries within the catalogue, initially, the project aimed to provide a view of holdings contributed to WorldCat by the 149 local authorities. It was based on UnityUK. - a national network for resource sharing. UnityUK participants already provided regular updates of holdings records to WorldCat, which were intended primarily for inter-library loans purposes. The initiative provided an initial 'proof of concept' This preliminary version of the catalogue would then be extended to include other UK public libraries. As a pre-requisite for the project, the holdings data of participating libraries would need to be made visible on the open Web through WorldCat.org. |
| - | ==== National Digital Platform for Wales ==== | + | ==== ==== |
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| - | "One stop portal for Welsh Libraries – you can find out what’s happening in libraries, search for books, browse a wide range of online resources, join online, locate your nearest library, ask tricky questions, and lots more. This website has been created and designed as part of the Welsh Government’s support for libraries. \\ [[https://libraries.wales/|https://libraries.wales/]] | + | |
| ====== Shared library system initiatives ====== | ====== Shared library system initiatives ====== | ||
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| The LLC’s vision is to be “the leading player in the success of the nation’s libraries; a powerhouse for new ideas for what libraries can deliver and the way that they work; and the most efficient and cost-effective provider of shared libraries support services.” | The LLC’s vision is to be “the leading player in the success of the nation’s libraries; a powerhouse for new ideas for what libraries can deliver and the way that they work; and the most efficient and cost-effective provider of shared libraries support services.” | ||
| - | ==== Welsh Libraries consortium ==== | + | ==== ==== |
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| - | [[http://www.sirsidynix.com/press/welsh-public-libraries-select-sirsidynix-symphony-to-support-nationwide|Welsh Public Libraries Select SirsiDynix]] Symphony to Support Nationwide Library System. | + | |
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| - | SirsiDynix Press Release November 2016 | + | |
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| - | "The new Wales system allows patrons to use a single card to check out materials from any public library location, rather than restricting users only to the local authority to which they are registered. In addition to the benefit of expanding patron access, the move from individual, local systems to a single, unified system will save authorities up to 70% on automation costs". | + | |
| ==== LibrariesWest. ==== | ==== LibrariesWest. ==== | ||
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| - | [[https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/librarieswest|LibrariesWest. ]]Gov.uk Case study. December 2015 | ||
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| - | "LibrariesWest is an established partnership between 7 neighbouring library services in the south west of England. In July 2015, Dorset County Council and the Borough of Poole joined existing members, resulting in a ‘coast to coast’ service. Somerset County Council (SCC) is the lead council for the partnership and employs a small number of staff to deliver shared services. Staff costs are shared between the partners proportional to their size based on the population served. The consortium is managed by a board compromising of the heads of service of the member authorities. A consortium agreement governs the management of LibrariesWest and outlines the scope of activity and responsibilities within it, and a Strategic Plan sets out the direction of travel and priority areas of activity. The partnership was established initially to share LMS and Bibliographical Services Unit, but has grown over the years to deliver partnership working in other areas such as shared marketing initiatives and activities, staff training and a shared public enquiry service". \\ consortium | ||
| ====== A national service for discovery and delivery of academic journal articles ====== | ====== A national service for discovery and delivery of academic journal articles ====== | ||
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| ==== EMLIB ==== | ==== EMLIB ==== | ||
| - | (Procured SirsiDynix in May 2014) | + | (Procured Axiell in 2024) |
| A partnership of 6 East Midlands authorities: | A partnership of 6 East Midlands authorities: | ||
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| ==== Libraries West ==== | ==== Libraries West ==== | ||
| - | (Selected SirsDynix Symphony in July 2015 -moving from Axiell) | + | (Selected Axiell in 2024 -moving from SirsiDynix) |
| * Bath & N. E Somerset | * Bath & N. E Somerset | ||
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| ==== Wales ==== | ==== Wales ==== | ||
| - | Welsh Government has awarded a single-supplier framework contract to SirsiDynix, one of the largest library management system vendors. The move could also save local authorities up to 70% on current costs, with all local authorities adopting one single system rather than each having individual ones, as is the current practice. The Welsh Government has [[http://gov.wales/newsroom/cultureandsport/2015/150904-all-wales-library-card/?lang=en|announced plans]] for an all-Wales library card, which would allow users to access library services wherever they are in Wales. From the Tender notice (12 January 2015) | + | Selected Axiell in 2024 |
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| - | [[http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/search/show/Search_View.aspx?id=JAN066218|Supply and Implementation of Library Management System for Public Library Authorities in Wales.]] | + | |
| Local authorities included: | Local authorities included: | ||
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