inspire england a referral and access scheme for academic, national and public libraries inspire:...

INSPIRE EnglandINSPIRE England

A referral and access scheme for academic, national and public libraries

INSPIRE: empowering learners through libraries

The Society of College, National and University Libraries

What are we trying to achieve?What are we trying to achieve?

Cross-sectoral access pathway to information & knowledge for learners

Link across 875 HE, 4610 public and 3 national libraries in the UK

Interweave current network of successful access partnerships into single pathway irrespective of geography and sector

All libraries continue to fulfil current responsibilities to users

Managed reciprocal access and referral to other libraries with relevant collections and materials

LIS workforce development: building capacity and awareness of LIS resources across the UK


What are we trying to achieve?What are we trying to achieve?

Widen horizons Resource-sharing enhances access for all Our staff become more aware of the resources

available to our primary users Standard of resource discovery and information literacy

enhanced across current users of public and academic libraries

We aim to reach non-users and those currently excluded from access to learning opportunities


What are we building upon?What are we building upon?

Regional & National consortia

Currently 45 regional, national & local consortia http://www.sconul.ac.uk/SconulAccess.htm

Significant number include borrowing rights across HEIs

Many cross-sectoral covering public, FE, health, some workplace

Some cross-domain examples (archives/ libraries/ museums)


INSPIRE contextINSPIRE context

Libraries & Learners in London (LLiL) INSPIRE’s inspiration

Launched May 2002 and now enhanced beyond public &

academic to incorporate many special libraries Learning from LLiL: a major part of the Inspire England

rollout From major metropolitan area to issues of rural

conurbations, more dispersed populations, different transport infrastructure


INSPIRE partnersINSPIRE partners

BL, NLS, NLW Learning & Skills Council SCL (England, Northern Ireland and

Wales) SCONUL Scottish Library & Information Council Support from regional MLAs


INSPIRE England objectivesINSPIRE England objectives

Develop cross-regional library access map for adult learners

Encourage access by adult learners displaced in the educational system

Provide opportunities and access for socially excluded individuals and groups

Guide learners to libraries with collections and materials relevant to their needs


INSPIRE North WestINSPIRE North West

Survey of existing access arrangements Liverpool case studies

Testing services of Liverpool Partnership with groups of asylum seekers and refugees

Cumbria case studies Worked with three groups of learners from Eden

Rural Foyer, SureStart and the Open University


INSPIRE North WestINSPIRE North West

Working with NW MLA Training programme delivered in

Liverpool & Cumbria Raising awareness of INSPIRE through

professional LIS groups


INSPIRE England deliverablesINSPIRE England deliverables

Standard access agreement for learners from outside the HE sector agreed with the majority of HE Institutions in the 3 regions built from the LLiL experience

Clear referral process to take learners between public & HE library systems without barriers apparent to the learner

Staff briefing materials for front line, technical and senior staff


INSPIRE England deliverablesINSPIRE England deliverables

Training the trainers programme to empower effective

local delivery of staff briefing and training materials for

66 HEIs & 31 public library authorities in the North West

and West Midlands regions

Marketing strategy to reach library staff and users/non-

users

Recommendations on further rollout in England


What are we working on now?What are we working on now?

Role of a national Project Manager Networking with regional and national projects Ensuring coherence of “national offer” for learners

and libraries alike Marketing service to communities of lifelong

learners and aspirant HE learners Managing development of website as an

operational service Future sustainability of UK INSPIRE service


The role of the North WestThe role of the North West

Pilot projects will feed into development of INSPIRE England

Training the trainers programme will continue Cheshire, Lancashire & Manchester

NW Libraries Event at Manchester University 25th June, organised by NW MLA

inspire england a referral and access scheme for academic, national and public libraries inspire:...

Documents