1. Learner Landscapes:
future for FE libraries
SLIC Annual Survey
2011
Elaine Fulton
Director
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Registered in Scotland No.129889/Scottish
Charity No.SC17886

2. Operating Plan for 2010/11
• Advocacy to stakeholders and with others
• Quality and impact
• Participation and communication
• Collaboration, co-ordination and shared services
• Skills for Scotland and lifelong learning
• leading the digital agenda
• transformational change for sustainable future
• succession planning, including skills
development, staff shortages
• developing member support, services and
products.
SLIC: Company Limited by Guarantee/
Registered in Scotland No.129889/Scottish
Charity No.SC17886

3. Working with library services
• Libraries Supporting
individuals and communities -
advocacy
• Scottish Library Excellence
Awards
• National Shared Programmes
– Procurement, Public
Libraries, SHEDL
– Services - Ask Scotland, Open
Source
– Promotions
• Innovation and Development
• Workforce Development
SLIC: Company Limited by Guarantee/
Registered in Scotland No.129889/Scottish
Charity No.SC17886

4. Responding and Advising
• Government
– Information and Evidence Base
– Responding to requests for information
• Working with partners
– ALMA-UK (PRS, ROI toolkit)
– SPL Reading Stars
– Scotland Excel
– JISC RSCs (FE Survey)
– SCURL, LIBNET, Heads of Public Libraries
– CILIPS
• Members
– Structural change
– PLQIM
– School Services
– Information and Digital Literacy
– Digital Access Scotland
SLIC: Company Limited by Guarantee/
Registered in Scotland No.129889/Scottish
Charity No.SC17886

5. SLIC FE Survey
• 3 key areas provides bench marks fcolleages to map their own
provision
– Resources and Services
– Technology
– Staffing and Training
• More Services offering Saturday opening
• Almost all colleges cite JISC ebooks collection as most used
online resources
• Good use is being made in the development and use of
technology, particularly QR codes to access resources and
services
• Although most library/learning managers are qualified, few with
no professional staff
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Registered in Scotland No.129889/Scottish
Charity No.SC17886

6. Looking to the future
• Reduced budgets
• Restructured services
• Shared Services
• Government policy
• User expectations
• Innovation
Consultation Workshop
– 7th Dec 2011
SLIC: Company Limited by Guarantee/
Registered in Scotland No.129889/Scottish
Charity No.SC17886

7. SLIC helps FE libraries respond and
deliver
• Improved library and information • Demonstrate the value of co-
provision in our ordination, collaboration and Co-
schools, communities, universities operation
and colleges • Provide a focus for knowledge
sharing and the development of user
• Promote and Contribute to Improved centred services; Co-operate and
standards of literacy and digital skills collaborate with other relevant UK
in Scotland agencies where appropriate.
• Build an evidence base to inform • Promote co-operation and
collaboration across all sectors of the
policy and support decision-making. library and information community
• Improve services through joint and and related organisations to
cross sectoral initiatives encourage co-ordinated service
development
• Support digital initiatives, promoting • High quality flexible workforce
the role of library and information • Develop positive and productive
services in all sectors relationships with emerging
information professions and related
disciplines
SLIC: Company Limited by Guarantee/
Registered in Scotland No.129889/Scottish
Charity No.SC17886