the university library. library user group 2013-11-25
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The University Library.
The University Library.
Library User Group
2013-11-25
The University Library.
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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
The University Library.
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
The University Library.
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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
The University Library.
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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
The University Library.
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Budget and subject funds 2013/14• Notifications sent to DLCs• Content budget inflation-protected• Additional £200K recurrent uplift (£400K
relative to 2011/12)• Centralised InterLibrary Request fund
being piloted• Library Development Fund bids by 24
December
The University Library.
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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
The University Library.
The University Library.
Service Level Agreement
Report on service measures2013-02-01 to 2013-07-31
Keith DeanAssistant Director & Head of Corporate
Services
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