1. WHELF’s HELP Project Higher Education Libraries in Partnership Elizabeth Kensler HELP Project Officer UC&R Wales 11 th February 2005

2. HELP Project Brief ‘To define a strategy and a complementary action plan to strengthen resource sharing and deepen LIS collaboration between HE institutions at a local, regional and national level in Wales and with institutions in others sectors, particularly the National Library of Wales’

3. HELP Project Collaboration Review E-Learning Feasibility Study Journals Case Study Partnership Programme

4. Collaboration Review History of collaboration in Wales Existing activity Benefits Drivers / Challenges International collaboration Future initiatives

5. Focus Groups Details of the current state of collaboration in HE libraries in Wales Impact of the external environment on existing collaboration Perceived and real benefits of existing collaboration Potential of future collaborative activities Challenges to collaboration

6. Collaborative collection management Improved resource discovery Collaborative purchasing Deep-resource sharing E-prints archive Shared storage Access to NLW resources

7. Service Provision Collaborative inter- lending and document supply Reciprocal access and borrowing schemes

8. Training/Staff Activities Collaborative staff development & related issues Collaborative Information Skills Data Protection/ Records Management/Copyright Disaster Planning WHELF Development Role

9. Technical Issues Shared systems Shared MLE/VLE Wales-wide portal

10. Collaboration Review - future Link to Project’s action plan Live document of collaborative activity in Wales http://whelf.ac.uk

11. HELP E-Learning Feasibility Study

12. Feasibility Study Objectives 1 Sharing of experience and expertise Content driven approach: development of shared portal to digital resources Investigation of extent to which collaborative approach is effective in meeting user needs

13. Feasibility Study Objectives 2 Identification of advantages/disadvantag es of collaborative approach Relationship of shared portal to library websites, VLEs etc Sustainability and scalability

14. Feasibility Study Methodology Subject, course and research focus Definition of user requirements Definition of existing and potential resources Development of portal User evaluation

15. Some Benefits Portal facilitating collaboration Identification of potential resources Wider perspective for academic staff Discounts for joint purchasing Spoon feeding or wider reading

16. Some Constraints Different subject coverage Authentication issues Inclusion of local information Competition between universities Scalability

17. Feasibility Study Recommendations 1 Resource discovery: subject-based portals Collaborative liaison with suppliers of electronic resources E-prints: Wales-wide approach

18. Feasibility Study Recommendations 2 Value added support material: collaboration Cross sectoral approaches Digitisation and rights clearance: Wales wide approach Preparation of toolkit

19. Journals Case Study Original brief Focus groups UK initiatives: RSLG, SUNCAT Case Study Group

20. Case Study Deliverables Data Collection Management Action Plan Recommendations

21. Data Collection Global & title holdings Complexity SCONUL ALS & HCLRG Statistics Title holdings data

22. Data Snapshots 2001-02: over £3.8 million on serials subs (Welsh HEIs) Increase of 40% over past 6 years on journal expenditure 16% on library expenditure Swets - 8.85% UK increase 2003-4

23. Policies & Practice Spending percentages Spending trends E-journals Core titles benchmarking Space problems

24. Recommendations 1 Data collection Resource discovery Access National Library of Wales

25. Recommendations 2 Collaborative acquisition Collaborative storage Core titles

26. WHELF Partnership Programme

27. Environmental Factors Political climate Institutional factors Strategic development Professional landscape

28. Challenges Physical landscape Professional landscape Resource implications

29. Opportunities Strategic approach Holistic vision Welsh dimension UK contribution

30. Strategic Objectives 1 Developing library collections Improving resource discovery Widening access to collections Connecting with the National Library

31. Strategic Objectives 2 Creating the virtual academic library Promoting the e- learning agenda Delivering a more efficient service

32. Practicalities Operational detail Organisational capacity Funding Implementation

33. Next Steps Task Force VALW – Virtual Academic Library for Wales CyMAL