Apologies on two counts - for sending an empty email a few minutes ago and for omitting the text!

Jenny
Get the latest news on Talis Source

See below for the latest news on:
*	Statistics from the new Talis Source website;
*	New contributors to the Talis Source service;
*	Welsh libraries getting more out of their efforts;
*	Major LMS vendors meeting to discuss resource sharing;

Get the facts from the new Talis Source website (www.talis.com/source)
Contributions to the Talis Platform are accelerating, let the new website give you the facts and figures on:
*	The numbers of records we are processing;
*	The rate of growth of holdings and bibliographic records;
*	The numbers of new contributions to the service;
PLUS
*	The latest news items in the resource sharing community;
*	And the Talis Source blog;

The Talis Source subscription period has begun
In the last 4 weeks, 90% of former UnityWeb subscribers have opted to move over to Talis Source.  If you would like to register for:
*	Free resource discovery in Talis Source
*	Or, a subscription to full ILL requesting in Talis Source
*	Or, a trial period to the full Talis Source service
You can do so at: www.talis.com/source.  

It's getting larger...
We have new subscribers which means - new contributions.  For instance, we have seen a 300% increase in participation from HE libraries, putting us on track to reach our next milestone of 50 million holdings in the Talis Platform. Contributors we are working with, or have committed to contribute include:

Bridgwater College, Camden Libraries, Cardiff County Council, City of Westminster College, Coventry City Libraries, Herefordshire Library and Information Service, Kingston University, Leeds Metropolitan University, Merthyr Tydfil Libraries, National Library of Medicine (US), Newman College of HE, St Mary's University College, Staffordshire County Council, Swansea Institute, Thames Valley University, Trinity College Dublin, University of Birmingham, University of Cardiff, University of East London, University of Glamorgan, University of Huddersfield, University of Leeds, University of Limerick, University of Plymouth, University of St Andrew's, University of Sunderland, University of Surrey, University of Swansea, University of Teeside, University of Worcester, UWIC, Worcestershire Libraries

And Welsh libraries get even more!
CyMAL have launched a Portal project called "@Your Library Wales".  The Portal aims to provide unified access to both electronic reference resources and library book holdings throughout Wales over the next two years.  The application makes use of a number of services from Talis' new technology platform, including a holdings service.  

Any library in Wales contributing their holdings to the Talis Platform can automatically update Talis Source and the CyMAL portal simultaneously.

Commenting on this innovative approach, Peter Simmonds, Business Development Manager for the Portal said, "The platform approach of Talis has enabled us to focus on developing the user experience and not worry about how we would access the data from libraries spread all over Wales."

And further portal projects are currently underway:
Sara Marsh, Deputy Director at University of Swansea said:
"From my point of view we're glad to be part of a new development and working with partners who have gone out of their way to make it easy for us to contribute our data, and we look forward to working with other libraries in our region who may be able to contribute data also so that we can pilot a cross-catalogue search service for the Swansea Bay area."

Any Welsh libraries that would like to ensure their holdings data is refreshed should contact [log in to unmask]  

Major UK LMS vendors convene to discuss resource sharing
On 9th May, AdLib, DS, Ex Libris, Innovative Interfaces, IS Oxford, SirsiDynix and Talis took part in a Research Day.  The focus of the event was to discuss the lowering of technical and cost barriers for libraries to enable them to contribute their data to regional and national resource discovery systems.
There was widely shared consensus in the room that vendors could play their part in making it easier for libraries to liberate their data.
Dave Errington, CEO of Talis said: "I think that the vendor community is ready to work together to make sharing data easier.  The days of data being locked into costly Library Management System silos are coming to an end and that's good for the library domain as a whole."
The meeting offered vendors the first opportunity to discuss how they would like their ILL Request or Library Management systems to interoperate with the holdings data in the Talis Platform.  Any libraries interested in participating in this discussion should contact [log in to unmask] for further information.

Dr Jenny Brine
Interlending & Document Supply
Lancaster University Library
Lancaster
LA1 4YH
Tel: 01524 592528
Fax: 01524 63806
IDS email: [log in to unmask]
Personal email: [log in to unmask]