Technology news and Jobs 
Technology Deals Oz library software success in UK
Technology Deals Oz library software success in UK | Oz library software success in UK |
|
| by Stan Beer | |
| Monday, 11 December 2006 | |
|
The announcement follows a recent £1.5 million (A$3.71 million), five-year deal with South East Library Management Services (SELMS), a consortium of six British public library authorities. The latest partnership will support Hampshire’s drive to deliver lending and education services to reflect 21st century tastes. The Spydus library management system will underpin new customer lending channels such as web-based individual borrowing profiles. There will be contact centre support for customers of the county’s local discovery centres as well as mobile library units serving rural areas. The contact centres will use real-time customer records. The agreement will help Hampshire Library and Information Services to deliver enhanced operations in line with Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) targets for improved accessibility, customer service and efficiency. Once completed, the platform will connect departments’ service operations more closely with Council’s main corporate CRM and financial management systems. This will provide a transparent view of the Library and Information Services’ financial performance, in line with addressing the government’s wider Efficiency Agenda for local authorities. The latest British successes follow a major contract in Singapore, when Civica was awarded a five-year, A$40 million government programme to provide a national managed libraries service for more than 330 schools and colleges. The library management solution has also been exported to the New Zealand, Taiwanese and United States markets and locally more than 350 Australian public, special and school libraries use the solution.
Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now
|
Tags
| < Next story in category | Previous story in the category > |
|---|
