1. Nicola Perry
Systems Librarian, Bishop Grosseteste University
OCLC UK User Conference, 3rd
July 2013
From OLIB to the cloud
WorldShare Management Services (WMS) at
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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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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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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