collaboration = growth hlg 2010 gwen giles & david law
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Collaboration = GrowthHLG 2010
Gwen Giles & David Law
The Base-line!
• Where are we?• Background to development of the consortium• Some of the benefits of Base-library• How we have worked together strategically• Branding & the Base-library website• How we have improved effectiveness• Next steps…
Where is BaSE?Birmingham and Solihull
The Black Country
Staffordshire
Coventry & WarwickshireWorcestershire
Shropshire
Herefordshire
BaSE 1999 - 2010• 1999 - Birmingham and Solihull Education
Library Accreditation group• 2003 - BaSE LMS Project Group• 2004 - Base-library catalogue went live in July• 2006 - Merger with Black Country patch group• 2008 – Black Country library catalogues merged
with Base-library in April• 2008 – LMS Administrator appointed in June
Benefits
• New funding model for LMS administrator post and maintenance contract
• Access to more resources• Support and development• Reduced inconsistencies and inequities between
different library services• Turning point!
Strategic Collaboration• Sub groups….
– Clinical Governance– Equality & Diversity– E-Books– Serials– Trainers– HE Liaison– Horizon scanning
Birmingham & Black CountryBaSE Library - A Brand!
• Base-library website– Creates a web facing interface allowing users to
search, renew, reserve, up date details.– Regularly updated with local library details, new
evidence– Creates a brand that is recognised by core usersBase = Broadening access – supporting education
Effectiveness as Library Services• How effective are we, as a group from diverse
and disparate Trusts, in delivering strategic aims as a single group?
• 2 away days organised. Highlighted need for individuals to adopt different roles (Belbin). Improve communication and take action rather than make decisions!
Birmingham & Black Country Next Steps
• Increasing collaboration across boundaries;•working across patch groups•accessible catalogues across boundaries• jointly funding posts• empowering all grades of library staff through partnership working• working with HE partners
• Realising the challenges but also opportunities of “Transforming Community Services”• reacting to the new White Paper
Birmingham & Black Country Collaboration and Growth
Continue being Productive by
• working beyond or without SHA boundaries
• delivering nationally on a Do Once and Share philosophy
• being connected to our partners
Are there any questions?