1. Presenter or main title…
Session Title or subtitle…
The three ages of library systems: The Jisc
Library Systems Programme

2. Ben Showers
Programme Manager:
Digital Infrastructure
b.showers@jisc.ac.uk
@benshowers
http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/wp/

3. Supporting the innovative use of Information
and Communication Technology (lCT) in support of
learning, teaching, and research

4. Three ages of... library systems

5. the age of stand alone

6. Standing alone...
Decoupled (discovery, ERM)
Siloed (limited systems and data
interoperability)
Back office (a management tool)
Proprietary (no viable alternatives)

7. Jisc/SCONUL LMS
landscape report...
“The study recommends libraries invest in
systems with caution but not complacency...”

8. • Mature Market
• Dominated by small number of providers
• No product differentiation
• Significant customer loyalty

9. the age of integration

10. The current age of
Integration...
A certain vibrancy!
Sharing (data, systems, services...)
Digital first (ejournals, ebooks, open)
Of the web (integrated discovery etc)

11. Jisc Library Systems
Programme...
How can library systems ensure they are able
to serve the needs of next-generation library
services and users, as well as being both
effective and efficient in meeting reduced
budgets and rising user expectations?
http://bit.ly/JISClibsystems

12. LMS Change...
The LMS Change project will develop and disseminate visions for the future of
library systems and a series of tools and guidance to support the community in
adopting to a new systems future.
University of Westminster, Sero Consulting,
Ken Chad and Owen Stephens
Plus 10 institutional steering group members
Phase 1 – Synthesis
Phase 2 – Landscape
Phase 3 – Evaluation and Scoping
http://bit.ly/LMSchange

13. Pathfinders...
These projects are about building (disruptive) communities, and ensuring the work
of the synthesis project is embedded in practical examples and is implementable.
Shared systems and services:
Consortiums in Wales and Scotland (and Bloomsbury)
Electronic Resource Management (workflows and processes):
Huddersfield and KnowledgeBase+
Repository Content:
Anthologizr (University of London)
Shared Collection Management
KCL and Senate House Libraries
eBook procurement and Patron Driven Acquisition
Royal Holloway, Jisc Collections, NHM and M25

14. Jisc Library Systems
Programme...
• Community collaboration
• Proprietary and open (community)
• Eternal integration
(repository, RDM, ebooks)
• Procurement

15. an age of contingency...?

16. ecosystems

17. Disrupt Procurement

18. Think like a dandelion!

19. Ben Showers
Programme Manager:
Digital Infrastructure
b.showers@jisc.ac.uk
@benshowers
http://infteam.jiscinvolve.org/wp/