I have just realised that I have not updated my blog for sometime, which for many is like not changing your underwear!
2010 I feel is going to be a steady year after all the ups and downs of 2009, which resulted in me being one kidney down and a wife up! We returned from our honeymoon last week which included a three day trip to Vegas, as well as a cruise along the ‘Mexican Reviera’. I feel fully replenished, ready for the tasks of the year:
Single sign-on
In Easter 2010 Bath Spa Library and Information Services plan to ditch ‘classic Athens’ authentication for all of our electronic resources, reverting instead to the new OpenAthens LA 2.0 product which we have been successfully trialling for some months now. In fact (and as you will see) our success has enabled us to be presented as a case study on Eduserv’s site.
Blackboard
I had some excellent discussion with some colleagues at other University Libraries toward the end of 2009 on how their services integrate with Blackboard. I begin this year by presenting some of these ideas to my colleagues, before putting them into practice in the summer.
Image Management System
Last year we bought a range of products through Extensis, allowing us to catalogue a large number of images before publishing them online. So far we have catalogued hundreds of images and 2010 will see a whole lot more if the DACS licence is updated (fingers crossed).
Institutional repository
We currently sit within a small group of Universities in the UK that are yet to implement a repository. This year will see the development of the project, selecting a system and exploring our hosting options.
