PARTNERS IN KNOWLEDGE: A CONSPIRATOR’S GUIDE TO

COLLABORATION IN WALES

Janet Peters

Director of Library Services and University Librarian,

Cardiff University

Outline: 3 plots

1. WHELF (Wales HE Libraries Forum)

2. Wales Information Literacy Framework

3. Shared LMS

Gregynog Hall

Context. . .WHELF began in 1993, but has changed …Welsh Government: clear strategic intent for

higher education (employability, widening participation; Digital Wales)○ Open & online report: ‘Competitive threat to HE in

Wales’; ‘opportunities afforded by technological development’; ‘economies of scale’; ‘constrained public expenditure’; ‘is Wales working collectively?’

HE: new student fees modelMergers: new relationships and challenges

WHELF: past & present 2011

1. Aberystwyth

2. Bangor

3. Cardiff

4. Cardiff Met

5. Glamorgan

6. Glyndwr

7. Lampeter

8. National Library of Wales

9. Newport

10. Open University in Wales

11. Swansea

12. Swansea Met

13. Trinity

14. University of Wales

20141. Aberystwyth

2. Bangor

3. Cardiff

4. Cardiff Met

5. Coleg Genedlaethol Cymru

6. Glyndwr

7. National Library of Wales

8. Open University in Wales

9. South Wales

10. Swansea

11. University of Wales Trinity St Davids and Swansea Met

Conspiring to develop a new plot In 2012, WHELF collectively undertook:

Appreciative enquiry session: what are we good at?

What can we - Wales - and us - academic libraries - offer?

Rich pictures: creative SWOT analysis and prioritisation

How are we going to get there?: strategies and actions

WHO can help us? WHOM can we help?

Co-conspirators

Plotting. . .

e-Learning rich picture – Professor Gilly Salmon

Mission

WHELF’s mission is to promote collaboration in library and information services, seek cost benefits for shared and consortial services, encourage the exchange of ideas, provide a forum for mutual support and help facilitate new initiatives in library, archives and information service provision.

Student Experience

and Employability

Student Experience

and Employability

International and

Globalised University

International and

Globalised University

Research and

Enterprise

Research and

Enterprise

Workforce Development

And Lifelong Learning

Workforce Development

And Lifelong Learning

Strategic themes

Welsh context

Quality & impact of service

Shared services

Sustainability & value for money

Legal compliance

How?

Members responsible for areas of Strategy

Sub-groupsWHISD (Staff development – Libraries and

IT)CopyrightArchives and Special CollectionsALIS Wales (supporting disabilities)Reading lists

Key conspirator

Rachael Whitfield WHELF Development Officer

Email: ○ r.b.whitfield@swansea.ac.uk

Web: ○ http://whelf.wordpress.com/

Twitter: ○ https://twitter.com/WHELFed

Current outcomes

Shared LMS Shared e-resource procurement (WHEEL) Colloquium Walk-in Access HE in FE conference Shared repository for WW1 Annual report/blog/Twitter Wales Information Literacy Framework

2. Wales Information Literacy Framework WHELF set up cross-sectoral workshop,

including Welsh Government in 2009 Funding obtained from CyMAL Steering Group established and Project

Manager appointed Now in year 5; adopting sustainable

model Network of Academic Library Information

Literacy Champions established

Outcomes

Framework

Units

Case studies

Unit Code Title Level Credits Unit IDLast

Registration

HC73CY131

Information Literacy Llythrennedd Gwybodaeth

Three 3 CCZ143 31/07/2015

HC74CY001

Information Literacy Llythrennedd Gwybodaeth

Four 3 CCZ144 31/07/2015

HD3E1CY031

Information LiteracyLlythrennedd Gwybodaeth

Entry One 3 CCZ138 31/07/2016

HD3E2CY029

Information LiteracyLlythrennedd Gwybodaeth

Entry Two 3 CCZ139 31/07/2016

CQFW Units

Welsh Information Literacy Project

UnitsUnits are available at entry level 1, entry level 2, entry level 3, level 1, level 2, level 3 and level 4 of the

Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW). The units are now all available in Welsh from the Agored website: 

Wales Information Literacy project: Case studies

2. Shared LMS Phase 1a: Scoping study funded by CyMAL (2011) Phase 1b: Feasibility study funded by Jisc Digital

Infrastructure programme (2012)Agreed to adopt ‘consortium with governance’ modelThe approach requires all participating HE’s to jointly procure

the same LMS system, located in the cloud, but with individual instances for each HEI rather than a single instance.

Phase 2: Procurement (2013/14)Appointed Programme ManagerProcurement led by Cardiff University Purchasing department

Phase 3: Implementation (2015 – 17)

Governance

Steering Group – all WHELF Directors Working Group – representatives from

all libraries, including NHS health libraries

Funding – project funding obtained for Feasibility and Procurement Phases; plus 50% of Programme Manager for Implementation Phase; remainder to be covered by HEIs.

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References WHELF web site. Available at: http://whelf.wordpress.com/ Welsh Government (2014) Open and online: Wales, higher

education and emerging modes of learning. Available at: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/publications/reports/report-of-the-online-digital-learning-group/?lang=en

Welsh Information Literacy Project (2011) Information Literacy Framework for Wales. Available at: http://welshlibraries.org/skills/information-literacy/

Cardiff University (2013) Welsh Shared Service Library Management System Report. Available at: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/sharedlms/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2013/03/JISC-Shared-LMS-Report.pdf