Innovation in Libraries and Information Services by Baker David;Evans Wendy;Evans Wendy;

Author:Baker, David;Evans, Wendy;Evans, Wendy;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Defining a ‘pathfinder’ approach

The Jisc call

Jisc issued a funding call in 2012:

Based on a 3-phase work plan, the LMS Change project will develop and disseminate a vision for the future of library systems and a delivery ‘roadmap’.

Working with the companion Pathfinder projects, the project will explore the potential for new approaches to library systems infrastructure, taking account of considerations beyond the traditional LMS to include other business critical and curatorial systems, both within and above campus.13

Building upon an earlier initiative called ‘COILS’ (Collaborative Approach to Integrated Library Systems), which was the brainchild of the (since-retired) Birkbeck Librarian, the Bloomsbury Librarians wrote a bid to this call, which was not successful. The Jisc explanation for this was that the ‘funding pot was cut’ otherwise ‘the BLMS bid would have been successful’. The Bloomsbury Librarians decided to spin this by saying ‘Jisc said we were big enough and ugly enough to manage without Jisc funding’. Take your pick. Certainly, the process of writing the bid and thinking through the aspiration was a strong factor in the decision to carry on.

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