Bells and Whistles..

Mandy PhillipsEdge Hill

Edge Hill

Edge Hill – Background

12,000 students, and 1,500 staffAlmost half students studying part-time40% are mature students (Over 21)3 Faculties – Education, Health and HMSASLargest provider of Secondary education in the UK

Learning Services - Background

120 Staff3 main sites – Ormskirk, Aintree and Woodlands5 Associated Health Libraries5 Outreach Centres and growing

(Isle of Man, Lincoln, Stockport, Cheshire, Lancashire)

Partnership with Innovative

Signed contracts November 2005

6 month implementation

Project managed from Maryland

Go live date of July 12th

Core products..

Circulation

Cataloguing

Acquisitions

Serials

Library Catalogue

http://library.edgehill.ac.ukhttp://library.edgehill.ac.uk

Additional products in place..

Airpac – Access through PDA and mobile phones

Electronic Resource Management (ERM)

Web Access Management (WAM)

Automated Telephone Renewals

Millennium Media Management

Yet to be rolled out..

Course Reserves (Reading Lists)

Inter-Library Loans

SMS Initiative

Metafind

WebBridge

Constant Change

LDAP implemented – Single Username, Single Password

Links to WebCT

Electronic Resource Access

New Student Records System

New workflows and processes !

In Conclusion…

Nightmares

Red Wine

Complete confusion

Selling the benefits

Publicity and Merchandising

Teamwork

Questions…

Mandy PhillipsProject Manager – Library Systems

Mandy.phillips@edgehill.ac.uk01695 584297