Nicola PerrySystems Librarian, Bishop Grosseteste University

OCLC UK User Conference, 3rd July 2013

From OLIB to the cloudWorldShare Management Services (WMS) at

Bishop Grosseteste University

www.bishopg.ac.uk

Bishop Grosseteste University

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Founded in 1862

Recently awarded university status

2,000 students; mostly teacher training

Library has 135,000 items and 3,300 borrowers

14 members of staff in Library Services

Bishop Grosseteste University

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Bishop Grosseteste University

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Why WMS?

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Why WMS?

Web-based, hosted off site

WorldCat Local as search interface

Regular software updates

Long-standing relationship with OCLC

Opportunity to be part of something big!

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Why WMS?

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Timescale and project management

Project has taken one year to complete

Fortnightly project meetings using WebEx

Basecamp used to store project documents

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WorldCat dataload

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WorldCat dataload

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WorldCat dataload

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WorldCat dataload

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WorldCat dataload

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WorldCat Local and WMS configuration

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Training

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Loading patron and circulation data

Data cleansing of address records

Patron records loaded

Circulation data loaded: items on loan, fines, holds

Checking!

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Go live!

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Go live!

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What is it like?

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What is it like?

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What is it like?

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What is it like?

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What is it like?

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Our verdict…

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Thank you!

Any questions?