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Cross-Sectoral Partnership in Action: The Ayrshire Libraries Forum

Explore the impactful cross-sectoral partnership of Ayrshire Libraries Forum (ALF) for enhanced service provision and community benefits. Learn about their achievements, challenges, and future plans in library and information services. Discover the value of collaboration and shared resources in meeting societal needs.

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Cross-Sectoral Partnership in Action: The Ayrshire Libraries Forum

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  1. Cross-Sectoral Partnership in Action: The Ayrshire Libraries Forum Stuart James Chairman, Ayrshire Libraries Forum ELISA Open Day Edinburgh 3 May 2005

  2. What is ALF? • A cross-sectoral partnership of library and information services within a defined geographical area, founded 1998 • Ayrshire County retains a strong identity, although ‘reorganised’ into three local authorities • Emphasis on public sector partnerships for enhanced service provision • Lifelong learning, social inclusion across whole population of Ayrshire

  3. Who is ALF? • Three public libraries • Two HE libraries • Three FE colleges • Three hospital libraries and NHS Ayrshire & Arran Library and Knowledge Services • School libraries • National Library of Scotland • Ayrshire Archives

  4. What does ALF do? • Ayrshire LIP • Joint training • Loan support service from University of Paisley • Joint digitisation projects • Joint service overviews (e.g. DDA provision, library profiles) • Monthly meetings, regular exchange of experience • RSS Project

  5. What benefits does ALF bring? • Enhanced services through collaboration • Projects and services collaboratively we might not be able to do as well – or at all – individually • Demonstrate how we address political agendas and Executive priorities through collaboration • Bring a range of services together as appropriate for particular requirements • Mutual support

  6. What obstacles has ALF met? • Different funding streams: problem of getting cross-sectoral funds • Changing internal politics • A small county with limited resources: creating a critical mass • Getting our message across through the media • Plethora of agencies on our periphery – variable responses to our involvement

  7. Where is ALF going now? • Have demonstrated possibilities of collaboration • Convincing political masters without diminishing local resource input • Develop a marketing plan • RSS project: implications crucial whatever technical and service outcomes • Await outcomes of Cultural Commission • But continue to develop joint service provision on local basis

  8. Where is ALF in the wider picture? • One of several local collaborative organisations • CoSMIC – development plan • Relation with other domains • SLIC – forward plan • NLS – strategic plan • Sectoral bodies (SCURL, Heads of Service, SHINE etc.) • Formal and informal involvement

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