Delivering the library to its users: from the BIBDEL Project to the Virtual Academic Library of the North-West

• Published in: Interlending & document supply 1997-12, Vol.25 (4), p.166-174
• Main Authors: Wynne, Peter M, Butters, Geoff, Brophy, Peter
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic libraries; Applications (e.g. Digitizing,...); College campuses; Colleges & universities; Communications networks; Cost analysis; Documentation institutions; Exact sciences and technology; Experiments; High education and university libraries; Information and communication sciences; Information and communication technologies; Information management; Information science. Documentation; Information technologies: storage media, equipment; Information technology; Librarians; Libraries; Libraries. Virtual and electronic libraries. Media centers. Documentation centers; Library associations; Library catalogs; Library collections; Library management; Library materials; Library staff; Sciences and techniques of general use; Small libraries; Students; Studies; User services
• ISSN: 0264-1615; 2398-6247; 1758-5848; 2398-6255
• DOI: 10.1108/02641619710194306

Describes the networking solutions used in the experimental extension of academic library services from the University of Central Lancashire to an agricultural college some 100km distant, under the EC-funded BIBDEL Project. Includes a detailed description of the functionality of each service. Summarizes the experimental findings of the research, in terms of cost, staff training needs, user training needs and liaison with external third parties. Considers the University of Central Lancashire's retention and expansion of the extended service, on an operational footing, after the close of the experiment. Contrasts the functionalities of the operational services with those of the experiment.