PRESS RELEASE        

A new perspective on resource management systems for libraries in Higher
Education -"the cloud is becoming the new normal"

Library management system to library services platform. Resource management
for libraries: a new perspective. By Ken Chad. Higher Education Library
Technology (HELibTech) briefing paper. 2015. Available at: www.helibtech.com
and www.kenchadconsulting.com/publications/

6th October 2015


A briefing paper written by Ken Chad for Higher Education Library Technology
contrasts the library resource management landscape now with the situation
in 2008 when a Jisc/SCONUL LMS study 1 recommended that the time was not
right for libraries to purchase a new library management system. In the
intervening period a new generation of 'library services platforms' (LSPs)
has emerged to replace library management systems (or integrated library
systems -as they are also known) and the pace of procurement has quickened.
Ken Chad analyses the current landscape and looks at the strategic issues
around the changing nature of library collections, shared services,
workflows, analytics and the cloud. He predicts that LSPs will move to
encompass additional resource silos. Furthermore cloud-based library
platforms will unleash further opportunity for shared services.  "The cloud
is becoming the new normal" he suggests, quoting Amazon's cloud strategy
chief Andrew Jassy.  

The paper is available under a Creative Commons license to enable easy,
unrestricted re-use. It is published by Higher Education Library Technology
(HELibTech), a free and open service for anyone interested in issues around
library technology in Higher Education. 

Jackie Marfleet, Librarian of Senate House Library, University of London
commented: 

"At a time of great change in libraries and library technology we need clear
analysis. This short briefing paper provides very helpful insights into a
complex technology and library collection landscape. It will be invaluable
not just for librarians but also a wider audience of managers in Higher
Education."

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1 Jisc & SCONUL library management systems study: An evaluation and horizon
scan of the current library management systems and related systems landscape
for UK higher education. March 2008.
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20140615073047/http://www.jisc.
ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/resourcediscovery/lmsstudy.pdf
<http://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20140615073047/http:/www.jisc.
ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/resourcediscovery/lmsstudy.pdf> 

 

About Ken Chad Consulting

www.kenchadconsulting.com

Ken Chad Consulting Ltd was set up in 2007 to help libraries become more
effective through the better and more imaginative use of technology.
Consulting activities have included work for businesses, academic
institutions including the universities of Cambridge, Kent and Manchester,
and sector bodies such as Jisc and SCONUL (Society of College, National and
University Libraries). Projects have encompassed ebooks, resource discovery,
open and linked data, archives, repositories and research management
systems. Ken has published articles and presented widely on the strategic
impact of technology-driven change He is a member (MCLIP) of the Chartered
Institute of Library and Information Professional CILIP, and the American
Library Association (ALA). Ken is also a main and research & innovation
committee member of UKSG which 'exists to connect the information community
and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication'. 

About Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) 

www.helibtech.com

HELibTech is a free and open community resource that aims to provide a
starting point for anyone interested in library technology in Higher
Education. HELibTech originated in a major sector project: The Jisc & SCONUL
Library Management Systems Study that was completed in March 2008. HELibTech
has enabled the work of that project to be kept up to date and expanded
beyond the scope of the original project.  As well as vital data on the
various kinds of library technology employed across UK Higher Education, it
also includes articles on major issues such as shared services, ebooks, open
source and library services platforms. 

 

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Twitter: @kenchad Skype: kenchadconsulting 

 


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