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freedom by design Requests Direct Forum for Interlending Workshop 2 July 2002
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freedom by design Introductions Margaret van Mellaerts Document Supply Manager Essex County Council Katie Anstock Product Manager Fretwell-Downing Informatics
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freedom by design About Essex County Council Largest public library service in the UK Unitary authorities include Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea Population - approx. 1 million Number of ILL requests per month - 3000 LMS - GEAC
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freedom by design In the beginning... 25 years of Interlending at Essex County Council How has the service developed from 1975 - 2000? What was the ILL service’s objectives? From manual to semi-automated
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freedom by design A new broom… “Times they are a changing” October 2000 Management changes ILL service - new post created New managers = Radical change
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freedom by design A new broom… New managers Librarians ILL experience? Workshop exercise (1): Take your “ILL hats off” and think about your ILL service and your public library ILL service from the users’ perspective…. Utopian exercise!
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freedom by design Initial impressions Not service-oriented ILL Department not public-facing Slow and labour-intensive paper dominated service Time consuming process e.g.: searching multiple bib databases Semi-automated with multiple tools
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freedom by design UK Public Library Model Distinct from academic libraries Supplier order: Region i.e. Co-East Outside region ie Conarls, non-Conarls British Library OCLC & IFLA libraries
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freedom by design Year 1: Action packed Day 1 British Library changed their service model price charge increase for books Cost? September 2001 LASER ceased trading
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freedom by design In the background... Co-East developing library community Essex fully committed Cutting edge: innovative services: –ILL, CI, cooperative purchasing of e-resources ILL –distributed standards-based model –resource sharing model using ISO ILL
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freedom by design A bright idea! February 2001 Defined strategy and business plan for Essex County Council ILL Service
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freedom by design Visionary strategy Front-line service Utilise IT to the full Automate and eradicate the paper chase
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freedom by design ….. But how?! Hmmm - let’s come back to that one, but don’t get bogged down in the detail!
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freedom by design Demise of Laser … and the rise of Co-East Essex had to radically rethink Workshop exercise (2): What would you do? New service model? “Go it alone”? –Loose LASER’s V3 - what then?
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freedom by design What about Co-East? Local government reorganisation Start-up members: Essex (includes Thurrock and Southend) Suffolk Cambridge (includes Peterborough) Essex more eastern region than London and South-East 10 members
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freedom by design Co-East’s resource sharing model Distributed not centralised Standards based Z39.50 for searching ISO ILL for requesting
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freedom by design The distributed model
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freedom by design Co-East and Essex Requesting system for Co-East items … but can it be used for more? Requirements analysis May 2001
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freedom by design A potted history LIDDAS consortium in Australia Australian academic libraries State wide library systems in USA up to 3000 libraries in Colorado and Ohio Pharmaceutical companies RIDING Virtual Union Catalogue British Library’s ISO Gateway Docusend project Essex County Council (last but by no means least!)
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freedom by design So here we are… Z39.50 simultaneous searching Essex and Cambridge catalogues an in-print source other library catalogues inc. OCLC Further service development UnityWeb searching via VDX Web-based interface for public use requesting and monitoring
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freedom by design Innovative messaging Live ART ISO messaging with British Library Co-East requests via ISO ILL Further service development: OCLC interoperability testing scheduled Improved communication with branches currently automated using email Email to non-ISO library suppliers
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freedom by design Requests Direct - why? A direct requesting service telephone email web branch library i.e. whichever way the user prefers
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freedom by design Requests Direct - the team ILL team direct contact with users responsibility for public face of service no longer second hand with branch as intermediary
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freedom by design Requests Direct - communication Call centre model tell user directly when item available locally from Essex or Cambridge whether it’s in print available from Unity members user told directly that request has been actioned user defines pick up location
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freedom by design Requests Direct - communication Push technology: user emailed with request status reports Pull technology: user can check request status on the web
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freedom by design Requests Direct - Objective “The mystery of Interlending will be a thing of the past and the service will be truly direct“
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freedom by design Lessons learned Be prepared for frustrations but... Don’t lose sight of the vision! Don’t run before you can walk! Go for incremental service development radical service development doesn’t happen overnight! staged go-lives Invest in staff training and technology but be patient!
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freedom by design Vendor perspective Interoperability in a competitive environment - a contradiction in terms?! Customer expectations? Let’s be realistic! Project management - on-going problem-solving Maintain positive attitude Communication is key
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freedom by design So, what now? Workshop exercise (3): Is RequestsDirect the ideal model? Could this model be adopted in your library or sector? Academic?, public?, NHS? Regional? What would you do next?
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