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-<font 18px/​inherit;;​inherit;;​inherit>​**Higher Education Library Technology Briefing Papers Briefing papers available to all – under a very open (CC0) license -so feel free to share**</​font>​+<font 18px/​inherit;;​inherit;;​inherit>​**Higher Education Library Technology Briefing Papers Briefing papers ​and webinars are available to all – under a very open (CC0) license - so feel free to **</​font><​font 18px/​inherit;;​inherit;;​inherit>​**share**</​font>​
  
-<font 18px/​inherit;;​rgb(192,​ 57, 43);;​inherit>​**"​I just want to say how perfect these are for our librarian audience. Perfect length, perfect tone, and perfect amount of technical info". **</​font>​<font 18px/​inherit;;​inherit;;​inherit>​**Jim Lynch, Techsoupglobal.org**</​font>​+<font 18px/​inherit;;​inherit;;​inherit>​**Briefing papers**</​font>​
  
-====    Open library systems ​  ====+//**"I just want to say how perfect these are for our librarian audience. Perfect length, perfect tone, and perfect amount of technical info". ** **Jim Lynch, Techsoupglobal.org** // 
 +==== New approaches to resource sharing ​====
  
-**[[https://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2022/​05/​Open-library-systems-Ken-Chad-May2022.pdf|Open library ​system ​– a new perspective**]]**//​Ken Chad. Higher Education Library Technology [HELibTech] Briefing Paper No. 7, May 2022. //In the last decade or so open source software became a defining factor in how librarians perceived ‘open’ library systems. Open source library systems such as Koha gained market share were often seen in terms of a ‘battle’ with the more common proprietary solutions. ​ With the rise of cloud computing, software ‘platforms’ have come to dominate. Because the solution is hosted in the cloud, rather than implemented on local servers, the underlying technology becomes of less concern. These platforms, including Library Services Platforms (LSPs) typically embrace open source components and combine them with proprietary solutions. The value of a ‘platform’,​ as opposed to a software ‘product’ comes not only from its own features, but from its ability to connect to external solutions, data, and processes. To do this it needs to be ‘open’ in terms of data and the ability to integrate, via (typically open) application programming Interfaces (APIs), with other products which may be developed by customers or provided by other independent software vendors (ISVs). ​ This, open interoperability,​ perspective is now a more fruitful way to consider open library systems.+[[https://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2022/​12/​New_approaches_to_resource_sharing-_Dec2022-1.pdf|New approaches to resource sharing: transforming library collections and the user experience]]\\ 
 +//Ken Chad. Higher Education Library Technology [HELibTech] Briefing Paper No. 8, December 2022.// 
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 +InterLibrary loan (ILL) is an essential library service. Even the largest, most well-funded library cannot meet, from its own collections,​ all the resource needs of all its users. However, InterLibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery (DD) workflows and software solutions can be complex with staff intensive workflows. A new generation of library resource sharing solutions is helping libraries transform legacy ILL practices and systems and challenge past assumptions. In the past, key factors limiting efficient ILL/DD were the complex nature and poor interoperability of ILL systems and the resultant staff intensive workflows and costs. As we move into the second quarter of the 21st century, technology has transformed ILL/​resource sharing. 
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 +While Open Access is widely acknowledged as having challenged conventional subscription publication models, a full solution to enabling the free flow of research is still to be found. OA combined with persistent work by librarians collaborating regionally, nationally and internationally to break down barriers to sharing resources, creates potential for a dramatically new approach. New approaches to resource sharing will encourage a reassessment of library collections and drive forward a more open research agenda. 
 + 
 +==== Open library systems ==== 
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 +**//[[https://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2022/​12/​Open-library-systems-KenChad-May2022.pdf|Open library ​systems ​– a new perspective.** //]]//  ​** 
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 +//Ken Chad. Higher Education Library Technology [HELibTech] Briefing Paper No. 7, May 2022. // 
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 +In the last decade or so open source software became a defining factor in how librarians perceived ‘open’ library systems. Open source library systems such as Koha gained market share were often seen in terms of a ‘battle’ with the more common proprietary solutions. With the rise of cloud computing, software ‘platforms’ have come to dominate. Because the solution is hosted in the cloud, rather than implemented on local servers, the underlying technology becomes of less concern. These platforms, including Library Services Platforms (LSPs) typically embrace open source components and combine them with proprietary solutions. The value of a ‘platform’,​ as opposed to a software ‘product’ comes not only from its own features, but from its ability to connect to external solutions, data, and processes. To do this it needs to be ‘open’ in terms of data and the ability to integrate, via (typically open) application programming Interfaces (APIs), with other products which may be developed by customers or provided by other independent software vendors (ISVs).This,​ open interoperability,​ perspective is now a more fruitful way to consider open library systems.
  
 ==== Aggregate and amplify -enhancing the value and use of theses and dissertations ==== ==== Aggregate and amplify -enhancing the value and use of theses and dissertations ====
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 The last five years have seen a sizable increase in the number of universities in the UK, Australia and New Zealand deploying library centric reading lists solutions. A notable change in the last year or so is that library resource list solutions are beginning to be adopted in the US. The paper suggests that reading/​resource list systems will have a major impact on the global library technology market just as library ‘discovery services’ did over a decade ago. The last five years have seen a sizable increase in the number of universities in the UK, Australia and New Zealand deploying library centric reading lists solutions. A notable change in the last year or so is that library resource list solutions are beginning to be adopted in the US. The paper suggests that reading/​resource list systems will have a major impact on the global library technology market just as library ‘discovery services’ did over a decade ago.
  
-The paper analyses the impact of reading list solutions on students, academics/​faculty,​ the library and the library supply chain. It looks to future developments including the more extensive use of analytics and the increasing role of reading lists in pedagogical ‘scaffolding’.\\ +The paper analyses the impact of reading list solutions on students, academics/​faculty,​ the library and the library supply chain. It looks to future developments including the more extensive use of analytics and the increasing role of reading lists in pedagogical ‘scaffolding’.
-The student consumer and the rise of e-textbook platforms By Ken Chad. HELIbTech briefing paper No. 4. 28th March 2018\\ +
-A recent report for the Society of College, National & University Libraries (Sconul) listed ‘students as customers’ as one of the five top '​transformational’ trends that will impact libraries over the next ten years. These student consumers are not all happy and one reason is the rising cost of textbooks and the lack of availability from libraries. The briefing paper looks at the textbook market and moves to digital and more interactive learning. It analyses new approaches to textbook provision including Open Textbooks and the rise of e-textbook platforms.+
  
-==== E-textbook platforms ====+==== The student consumer and the rise of E-textbook platforms ====
  
 [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​03/​Student_consumer_and_e-textbook_platforms_March2018.pdf|The student consumer and the rise of e-textbook platforms]]. By Ken Chad.Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) briefing paper (No. 4). March 2018. [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​03/​Student_consumer_and_e-textbook_platforms_March2018.pdf|The student consumer and the rise of e-textbook platforms]]. By Ken Chad.Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) briefing paper (No. 4). March 2018.
  
-2017 report for the Society of College, National & University Libraries (Sconul) listed ‘students as customers’ as one of the five top transformational’ trends that will impact libraries over the next ten years. These student consumers are not all happy and one reason is the rising cost of textbooks and the lack of availability from libraries. The briefing paper looks at the textbook market and the moves to digital and more interactive learning ​resources. It analyses new approaches to textbook publication ​including Open Textbooks and institutional initiatives ​and new ways libraries are delivering e-textbooks to students. It concludes with an analysis of the potential disruptive impact of new user focused e-textbook platforms+recent ​report for the Society of College, National & University Libraries (SCONUL) listed ‘students as customers’ as one of the five top 'transformational’ trends that will impact libraries over the next ten years. These student consumers are not all happy and one reason is the rising cost of textbooks and the lack of availability from libraries. The briefing paper looks at the textbook market and moves to digital and more interactive learning. It analyses new approaches to textbook publication and the new ways libraries are delivering e-textbooks to students ​including the rise of e-textbook platforms, Open Textbooks and institutional initiatives to combat rising textbook costs. It concludes with an analysis of the potential disruptive impact of new user focused e-textbook platforms
  
 ==== The role of the library in teaching and learning outcomes ==== ==== The role of the library in teaching and learning outcomes ====
  
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 [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​09/​Library_and_teaching_learning_outcomes_June2017_2a-1.pdf|The new role of the library in teaching and learning outcomes]]. By Ken Chad & Helen Anderson. HELIbTech briefing paper No. 3. 20 June 2017 [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​09/​Library_and_teaching_learning_outcomes_June2017_2a-1.pdf|The new role of the library in teaching and learning outcomes]]. By Ken Chad & Helen Anderson. HELIbTech briefing paper No. 3. 20 June 2017
  
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 ==== Rethinking the Library Services Platform ==== ==== Rethinking the Library Services Platform ====
  
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 [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​09/​Rethinking_the_LSP_Jan2016a.pdf|Rethinking the Library Services Platform]]. By Ken Chad HELIbTech briefing paper No. 2. [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​09/​Rethinking_the_LSP_Jan2016a.pdf|Rethinking the Library Services Platform]]. By Ken Chad HELIbTech briefing paper No. 2.
  
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 [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​09/​Resource_management_briefing_HELibTech_KenChad_Aug2015.pdf|Library management system to library services platform]]. Resource management for libraries: a new perspective. Ken Chad HELibTech Briefing Paper August 2015\\ [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​09/​Resource_management_briefing_HELibTech_KenChad_Aug2015.pdf|Library management system to library services platform]]. Resource management for libraries: a new perspective. Ken Chad HELibTech Briefing Paper August 2015\\
 This briefing paper contrasts the library resource management landscape now with the situation in 2008 when the Jisc/Sconul LMS study recommended that the time was not right for libraries to purchase a new library system. In the intervening period a new generation of '​library services platforms'​ (LSPs) has emerged and the pace of procurement has quickened. Ken analyses the current landscape and looks at the strategic issues around the changing nature of library collections,​ shared services, workflows and analytics. The paper is made available under a CC-0 license to enable easy re-use. This briefing paper contrasts the library resource management landscape now with the situation in 2008 when the Jisc/Sconul LMS study recommended that the time was not right for libraries to purchase a new library system. In the intervening period a new generation of '​library services platforms'​ (LSPs) has emerged and the pace of procurement has quickened. Ken analyses the current landscape and looks at the strategic issues around the changing nature of library collections,​ shared services, workflows and analytics. The paper is made available under a CC-0 license to enable easy re-use.
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 +====== Webinars ======
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 +=====    HELibTech Dialogues with library technology thought leaders (Webinars) ​   =====
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 +==== **A new age for library metadata?​**. ====
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 +27th September 2023
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 +Catalogue records remain at the heart of the library technology ecosystem. Metadata are critical to making library resources discoverable. Poor metadata results in wasted resources, missed opportunities,​ and builds error into any system. Creating quality records can be time consuming and expensive and libraries are increasingly looking for more efficient and effective approaches. How should academic libraries respond to this new environment?​ To explore the issues, library consultant Ken Chad is in conversation with Lesley Whyte, Managing Director of Bibliographic Data Services. BDS has a long record of providing metadata services to academic and public libraries, the British Library and library suppliers. **[[https://​youtu.be/​Sv43_mG84C4|Link to the webinar recording**]]**
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 +====   ​Rethinking and measuring librarian impacts on student success - information literacy ​  ====
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 +**  {{:​jared_oates_niche_academy_webinar_video_jan_2023.mp4|Rethinking and measuring librarian impacts on student success}}
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 +Supporting information** literacy offers** an opportunity for academic librarians to play a key role in students'​ academic success. Library Consultant Ken Chad is in conversation with Jared Oates to discuss his analysis of the issues, potential ways forward and the implications for library technology. Jared Oates is co-founder and COO at Niche Academy, which provides solutions to librarians looking to deliver more effective information literacy programmes. Prior to starting Niche Academy, Jared was the Director of Product Strategy for SirsiDynix. Jared is a writer, software engineer, and an entrepreneur. Over many years working with hundreds of libraries, he’s spent a lot of time thinking about the challenges they face and the unique ways they can positively impact their communities.
  
  
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