1. “The smart person’s share…”
The SCURL library management platform framework and the benefits of shared services

2. The SCURL library management platform framework and the benefits of shared services
Scurl context lmp Framework tender Lessons Learned & Benefits future initiatives

3. SCURL shared services
to improve services for users and maximise resource through collaborative action
to work with other organisations, sectors and domains towards the creation of a co-operative library infrastructure in Scotland
to provide mutual support for members
SCURL Confederation’s aims:

4. SHEDL Contracts American Chemical Society ASME ACM Brill
Cambridge University Press
Edinburgh University Press
IEEE
Karger
Oxford University Press
Sage
Springer
Thomson Reuters
Wiley

5. SCURL LMP Project timeline
Benefits of Sharing
recommendations to further develop collaboration across Scottish higher education libraries
SCURL Plenary June 2014
to consider whether there was any appetite amongst the HE libraries in Scotland to proceed with a joint procurement
Task Group December 2014
Institutions investigating a developing marketplace and looking to migrate to next generation systems
APUC Meeting March 2015
decision to implement a vanguard approach to deliver a ranked framework agreement

6. SCURL / APUC Tender Statement of Requirements
Subgroups looked at 10 key functional areas identifying core questions
Submitted Tenders
Staff from SCURL Libraries assessed the bids & marked the submitted tenders
Product Demonstrations
2 Days allocated per supplier, attended by evaluation team & interested observers

7. Lessons Learned
Withdrawal of Suppliers
Assumptions made about the maturity of products in the marketplace
Non-Compliant Submissions
Additional time required to conduct contract negotiations and resolve issues
Number of Scored Criteria
Issues arising for evaluation of submissions & scoring demonstrations

8. “The tendering and demonstration elements were extremely rigorous…Alma and Primo impressed us as proven solutions.”
Jill Evans, Service Development Manager, SCURL
“We have to deliver integrated data and systems that improve processes relevant to the student and staff journey.”
Jim Huntingford, Head of Library Services Abertay University
“We are proud to be selected as the preferred solution provider for the Scottish higher and further education“
Ofer Mosseri, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Ex Libris Europe
“we will reduce the complexity, the cost, and the time taken to deliver new content to our students and academics”
Mike Roch, Director of IS, HWU

9. Implementation Migration & Configuration
Bibliographic Data & Electronic Resources
Student Data & Circulation Data
Systems Integrations
Training
Workflows

10. Institutional Benefits
Single search across library collections
Improved user experience
Improved workflows
Single source of management information

11. Future Initiatives Single Sign-On service, subscription based
Authentication
Single Sign-On service, subscription based
Metadata
SHEDL badged packages in discovery layer
Collections
SCURL Collaborative Collections Management

12. Negotiation
Procurement
Resource Description
Authentication
Fulfilment
Retention

13. “The smart person’s share is on every dish”
Iain Young
Head of Resource & Facility Services
Information Services
Heriot-Watt University