Carleton participates in Collaborative Futures


The MacOdrum Library is participating in the implementation of OCUL’s (Ontario Council of University Libraries’) Collaborative Futures project. Work on this project began this summer and will take place over the coming year with a "go live" date of December 2019.

Project background
The Collaborative Futures project foresees the selection, procurement, and implementation of a shared library services platform (LSP) among OCUL members, allowing for:
  • improved management and preservation and of library collections
  • streamlined internal operations
  • improved discovery of and access to these collections
  • and increased support for the educational and research needs of students and faculty at Ontario’s university libraries.
Benefits of this shared LSP for users, including students, faculty and researchers include:
  • improved user experience
  • integration with university financial systems
  • and a shared user interface providing opportunities to collaborate in the areas of mobility, accessibility, and usability in order to improve the user experience across all OCUL libraries.
This collaboration envisions the implementation of a single system with a shared infrastructure that allows for tailoring to meet the needs of local user communities. The primary outcomes for Collaborative Futures include:
  • Common discovery interface
  • Shared patron services and policies
  • Interlibrary loan and fulfillment
  • Shared management of records for print and electronic resources
  • Shared analytics
We'll be sending out updates to the Carleton community throughout the project implementation. You can also check out our Collaborative Futures website for continued updates throughout the project: library.carleton.ca/collaborative-futures

This notice went out originally last July. If you have any questions about Collaborative Futures, please send them along to collaborativefutures@carleton.ca. I am also happy to answer any questions you might have about the project (martha.attridgebufton@carleton.ca).



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