INSPIRE NW Alan Boughey and Nicola Siminson

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INSPIRENW Alan Boughey and Nicola Siminson

• Museums Libraries and Archives North West

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INSPIRE NW - key objective

• to develop an appropriate regional framework
  which will support the implementation of the
  INSPIRE initiative across Englands North West

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INSPIRE NW todays contents

• LISU research
• pilot projects (Cumbria
  and Liverpool)
• recommendations
• roll out of INSPIRE across NW

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LISU research mapping current arrangements

• number of Joint Access Agreements across all
  domains
• Liverpool Libraries Together (not Health Library)
• ALLIS (Lancashire)
• Cumbria (but F.E. libraries may review next year)
• range of provision and agreements
• sectoral / geographical
• methods and facilities

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Facilities and services available to learners

• reference subscription borrowing rights
• some electronic access
• referrals to other libraries
• staff support
• photocopying

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Benefits of resource sharing (librarians
perspectives)

• enhanced service to users
• sharing expertise
• improved relations between libraries
• raising profile of library service
• knowledge of other libraries working practices

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and the barriers

• insufficient financial resources
• time for additional demands
• insufficient knowledge of other libraries
  working practises (public)
• lack of space (FE libraries)

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The Liverpool pilot project

• Liverpool Libraries Together Partnership review
  of existing agreement
• focus on existing students, Open University,
  asylum seekers and refugees
• targeted marketing
• staff training

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Outcomes from the pilot projects

• take-up of services is lower than anticipated
  (libraries are not overwhelmed with external
  users)
• consultation is a key part of the process
  (learners, staff partners)
• Generic Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
• need for improved marketing
• need for sustainability

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Cumbria feedback

• I am reading books which are not sci-fi or
  fantasy because I have looked at different
  sections of the library
• I felt welcome because it was open and big and
  had a café right next to it
• It gives you confidence because I wouldnt have
  gone in alone
• I expected the staff to be typical librarians
  but they were normal people. I thought theyd be
  stand-offish

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Recommendations

• adopt a user-centred approach
• the simpler the better for everyone
• targeted marketing
• partnership working
• library staff ownership
• develop public libraries as gateways
• develop a minimum set of criteria for joint
  access agreements
• use the Inspiring Learning for All framework

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Roll out in the North West

• further training/awareness
• fit with national development
• initial aim Minimum access agreement for all
• stage 1 Sub-region agreements
• stage 2 NW then national agreement
• How? NW Steering Group?
• breakout groups
• feedback form!