bells and whistles.. mandy phillips edge hill. edge hill – background 12,000 students, and 1,500...
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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
