It can be a confusing landscape…
Hard economic times, disruptive innovation, digital content and ebooks, social media, open source, open data, cloud computing, ‘unified resource management’ (URM), new business models, shared services…….
A customer says: ‘The [Ken Chad Consulting] report has given us a clear overview of the options ….. It has helped us clarify the direction for the future.’ Greater Manchester Libraries Shared Services Project board .
We helped establish two important community resources:-
SCONUL’s Higher Education Library Technology wiki, HELibTech, provides data on library technologies used in UK HE and has articles on major library-related technology.
The Local Government Library Technology wiki, LGLibTech, provides data on library technologies used in UK public libraries and has articles on major library-related technology.
Open specifications for library systems. Ken Chad Consulting set up the ‘LibTechRFP wiki to enable the development of standard, open and re-usable specifications for library systems. This service will not only help to reduce costs in library technology procurement but facilitate an open dialogue amongst all interested stakeholders to help develop the functionality of library related systems.
