I’m overdue to give you an update on the Modern Library Management (Horizon replacement) project since our last update in January.

In this update I wanted to provide you with some of the background including:

• Who is involved along with their roles and responsibilities
  These are the people who have been involved in the preparation phase of the project. Once we get into the implementation phase, many more library staff will be involved
• An indicative timeline for what’s going to be happening this year
  Including where library staff  will be involved throughout the process

We’re currently working with the project team to finalize further details required in the Business Case in preparation for the Request for Proposals which will then be released out to the market. We’ve also been meeting with the Project Manager (Tony McNally) and Procurement (Ivo Wynn-Williams) to further clarify aspects around the procurement process. Helen and I will be meeting on Friday 24th February to do more thinking and planning around the Library implementation phase which will kick off in earnest in June/July once a new system is selected.

Comments and questions are most welcome at any stage. You can send these to me directly or comment in the Teams chat. I am compiling a list of questions and will be regularly updating this file with responses.

Tim Stedman
On behalf of the MLM Project Team