This reminds me of LAMSAC
I wonder whether anyone has done the history?
That would help the argument against Green, for sharing buying and organising has always been around in libraryland, I can remember GLASS. In the ILEA we did shared cataloguing, and recording video off air, until the Tories destroyed ILEA.
Now we have Browne to deal with too.
Yes Prime Minister, there are alternatives.
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1. London Libraries Consortium introduces shared stock management and
acquisitions
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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:05:39 +0100
From: Catherine Dhanjal <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: London Libraries Consortium introduces shared stock management and acquisitions
Thought this would be of interest to the list. For further information, contact The London Libraries Consortium via Madeline Barratt, Libraries Strategy & Performance Manager, Enfield Libraries: [log in to unmask] or 0208 379 3784
Warm regards
Catherine
Enfield and Havering library services are sharing stock management services across the two boroughs. The new arrangement means that one stock manager covers stock acquisition, performance and disposal, for Enfield and Havering, boroughs which have roughly the same population size, demographic, and funding levels. The arrangement has been made possible as both are members of the 12-borough strong London Libraries Consortium which services a population of three million across London.
Mark Bennett has been in the joint post since May 2010 and handles budget control, supplier performance, contract monitoring and stock services. As he was previously employed in the role at Enfield, he had all the required skillsets of experience in acquisitions and stock control, knowledge of the consortium’s library management system (Axiell’s OpenGalaxy) and electronic procurement using EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), performance and budget control including the use of payments interfaces between OpenGalaxy and corporate finance systems, stock management and RFID; consequently he was able to move seamlessly into the joint role without any training. He is also involved in the renegotiation of local and LLC stock contracts covering purchase of stock and associated ‘added value’ services such as supplier selection, EDI provision, RFID tagging, shelf-ready stock and direct branch delivery.
The consortium has recently purchased SmartSM, stock performance improvement software, which accesses the OpenGalaxy LMS and takes stock information for analysis. Mark will be using this data to identify areas for development such as which branches have too much or too little of particular categories or authors. The data will be used to develop supplier selection profiles and measure performance of those, ensuring a more evidence-based case for stock management and purchase. As most consortium members will use OpenGalaxy’s library management system and SmartSM, they will be able to benchmark and share stock performance data between themselves to identify areas for enhancement.
London Libraries Consortium members: Barking & Dagenham, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth.
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