Press Releases from London Libraries Consortium (4 total)
Merton joins the London Libraries Consortium
Merton announces it has joined the London Libraries Consortium. Started in 2004, the consortium now numbers 15 London Boroughs, almost half the capital’s 32 Boroughs and covering over 3.6 million residents. Lewisham and Kingston-Upon-Thames have also joined in the last 12 months.
Anthony Hopkins, Head of Library and Heritage Services, says, “Merton Libraries boasts high customer satisfaction but like many other library services we are not well funded and we will…
London Libraries Consortium subscribes to smartsm to drive efficiencies around t …
Now more than ever, public libraries are having to find ways to make their resources stretch further and as well as buying new material more effectively, there is an opportunity to look at innovative ways to better utilise current stock. smartsm is the world leading stock performance improvement toolset for public libraries. It helps libraries practice the proven Evidence Based Stock Management (EBSM) Methodology allowing them to manage and develop…
London Borough of Lewisham joins the London Libraries Consortium; Consortium now …
The London Borough of Lewisham becomes the 13th member of the London Libraries Consortium, bringing the number of residents in the consortium area to over 3 million. From March 2011 Lewisham’s 250,000 residents will be able to access the consortium’s shared library management system (LMS) from any internet-enabled computer, iPhone or via a library computer. The Borough is implementing the consortium’s LMS, Axiell’s OpenGalaxy, in just five months, so that…
Enfield Library Service increases use of digital reference sources by over 300 p …
Enfield Library Service now has 7,500 – 12,000 users a month of its online resources, a massive increase from just 2,500/month a year ago. The higher usage comes after a thorough review of the Library’s reference services by Peter Brown, Information and Digital Citizenship Manager for Enfield Libraries.
Peter explains, “The review also involved a mystery shopping exercise to test staff knowledge of online resources, revealing that only 50…
