JISC & SCONUL Library Management Systems Study

JISC & SCONUL Library Management Systems Study

An Evaluation and horizon scan of the current library management systems and related systems landscape for UK higher education

Click here to download the full report or choose from the sub-sections below.

Section 1 - Executive summary & key messages
Section 2 - Summary report
Section 3 - Horizon scan
Section 4 - Library survey
Section 5 - Vendor perspectives
Section 6 - Reference group feedback
Section 7 - Making decisions (a guide for librarians)
Appendix 1 - Survey data
Appendix 2 - Vendor profiles


Briefing paper Library Management Systems: Investing wisely in a period of disruptive change
This briefing paper is an abbreviated version of the decision-making guide for institutions at section 7 of the full LMS study, which suggests ways in which libraries, individually and together, can respond to a new landscape of Library System provision. It excludes the references and some of the evidence of the full report.