There are some fundamental changes happening to the way library resources can be searched, accessed, harvested and reused. Come and have your say on the way forward, as choices made now will impact on everything that the Library does. This session will start with a 15 minute presentation on the Library IT views for the future. The rest of the session will be open group discussions on what you think is the best way forward for the Library and our users.

Some of the questions are:

– Should we purchase Summon, replacing 360 Search?
– What is the role of our local catalogue? We still need it for accessing print and managing our collection.
– Should enriched content come from elsewhere, TOC, reviews, recommendations etc.
– Do we need a next generation catalogue? The options previously identified were Aquabrowser and VuFind. Library IT like VuFind, but see it as a secondary search to Summon.
– How do we integrate other collections such as the IR, archives, photos etc.

This session will be held on Wednesday 21st October at 2pm, in the Level 4 Training Room, Central Library.
Please click here if you wish to attend. Access to Library Resources – the way forward

A second session will now be held on Thursday 22nd October at 11am. If you wish to attend, please click here Access to Library Resourcees – the way forward

Thank you.
Maureen