1 / 21

Library User Group

Library User Group. 2013-11-25. Report from the Director of Library Services. Alma implementation IC East/New Engineering building Research data management update Open access update Budget and subject fund allocations FutureLearn DLC meetings being organised for February 2014

darryl
Download Presentation

Library User Group

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Library User Group 2013-11-25

  2. Report from the Director of Library Services Alma implementation IC East/New Engineering building Research data management update Open access update Budget and subject fund allocations FutureLearn DLC meetings being organised for February 2014 Library organisational changes

  3. Alma implementationnext generation library management system • Cloud born and vendor hosted unified system developed in partnership with other Early Adopters, 2011 to the present – work in progress • Replaced multiple legacy systems reducing interoperability overheads and overall lifecycle cost, capturing efficiency gains • Integrates with digital supply chain and campus IT systems e.g. uBase • Migrated on schedule, and “go live” was 20 June 2013 • Bibliographic records 1 768 886; serial holdings 78 784 • Loans 41 836; staff and student records 48 507 • New functionality to improve lending services e.g. autorenewals • Retained existing key functionality supporting variable dynamic loans, 24/7 self service offer and access control to sites • Feedback on autorenewals welcome • Thanks for your patience during implementation

  4. New Engineering Building Building name to be confirmed The NEB will contain our new Information Commons East (ICE) 800 to 1,000 study spaces Work has started on site following completion of planning process and demolition of Jessop Edwardian wing Programme shows building open September 2015

  5. Research data management update • Laurian Williamson RDM Coordnator now in post • RDM service delivery group convened to map out services • N8 work strand on RDM • Training • Archival storage and curation • Systems architecture • Data catalogue/metadata

  6. Budget and subject funds 2013/14 Notifications sent to DLCs Content budget inflation-protected Additional £200K recurrent uplift (£400K relative to 2011/12) CentralisedInterLibrary Request fund being piloted Library Development Fund bids by 24 December

  7. Report from the Director of Library Services Alma implementation IC East/New Engineering building Research data management update Open access update Budget and subject fund allocations FutureLearn DLC meetings being organised for February 2014 Library organisational changes

  8. Service Level Agreement Report on service measures 2013-02-01 to 2013-07-31 Keith Dean Assistant Director & Head of Corporate Services

  9. Any other business

More Related