Dear David,
My wish list would be:
1)Establishment of an adequately funded and empowered regional library IT
support team tasked with eliminating current variations in IT provision and
support to libraries accross the region and promoting best practice.
2)A regional subscrition to OVID or a similar full text online collection of
databases, possibly in partnership with HE institutions as Judith Hilton
suggected.
3)An investigation of the potential value and costs of installing Arial or a
similar e-mail and scanner based document request and delivery system in the
region's libraries. Sadly, the costs might be prohibitive for the moment,
but the speed at which ILLs can be processed, the saving in staff time and
the elimiation of stationary and postal costs may eventually make it worth
while.
John Rule
Library Services Manger
Blackpool Victoria Hospital HPEC Library.
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