Ken Chad Consulting is to produce a Marketplace Review of Library
Information Technology in UK Local Government. Over the last few years there
have been very significant changes in the market for Library Management
Systems (LMS) and related products with most vendors coming under new
ownership in the last two years and private equity playing a controversial
and growing role.
‘A review is timely and much needed,’ explains Ken Chad, Director of Ken
Chad Consulting Ltd, who will be producing the report. ‘Not only are there
big pressures from central and local government, but also library services
face growing commercial competition'. The review, to be published later in
the year, will analyse the current state of the library IT market, focussing
on the core LMS. It will also provide information about trends such as
shared services, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), web services and new
‘Web 2.0’ based approaches.
CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, is
supporting the project. ‘Libraries have major IT assets and must look hard
at how they can make them work as effectively as possible,’ comments CILIP
Enterprises MD John Woolley.
Full press release available from our web site: www.kenchadconsulting.com
Regards
Ken
Ken Chad, Director
kenchadconsulting
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About Ken Chad Consulting Ltd
Ken Chad Consulting works with organisations such as government, local
authorities, universities, colleges and schools to help leverage technology
to realise the full potential of their library and information function.
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