Governance Working Groups Strategic Partnerships Working Group Strategic Partnerships Meeting Minutes 31 October 2007
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Collaboration and Partnership Working Group - Meeting MinutesMinutes of the Meeting held at the LSE LibraryPresent: Adam Edwards (Chair), Helen Cocker, Dilys Hall, Ann Sainsbury, Christine Wise (Secretary)
Adam Edwards welcomed members of the Working Group to the meeting. He reported that he had taken over the position of Chair of the Working Group, as Mary Davies had recently stood down.
These were confirmed as a true record. Under item 4, Future activities, the Chair would contact the Chair of the Marketing and Communications Working Group to seek a representative. Under item 5, Library access programmes, it was noted that the new SCONUL Access programme had been implemented from 1 August 2007. Under item 5, London Olympics 2012, the Chair would contact Dr Paul Ayris regarding initiatives under consideration by the University of London University Libraries Committee. Under item 5, Regional library consortia, it was agreed that HC would contact NOWAL to make arrangements for a speaker to address the next Working Group meeting.
The Chair reported that the Working Group had been asked to take on liaison with the London Health Libraries and M25 Consortium Joint Working Group. He had attended a meeting of this Group on 26 October 2007, and the unconfirmed minutes of that meeting and the draft terms of reference of the recently established London Health Libraries Council were discussed by the Working Group. At the meeting on 26 October 2007, those present had agreed that the LHL Council would be asked to approve formal representation on it from the M25 Consortium. The LHL has a series of subgroups, which map on to some M25 Working Group such as Resource Discovery, Quality and CPD25. It is suggested that there be formal links between these groups and the appropriate M25 WG. Working Group members noted that the new Council would address the needs of the sector at a strategic level, and that representation on the sub-groups would further promote dialogue. The Chair would bring the formation of the new Council to the attention of the M25 Steering Group and would seek formal endorsement of DH as the M25 Consortium representative. In addition, discussions would be held with CPD25 regarding a high profile event to explore the implications of the recent Darzi Review (http://www.ournhs.nhs.uk/2007/10/lord-darzi-laun.html). Working Group members noted that there was interest in the sector in developing a union catalogue of holdings, and it was agreed that there could be useful dialogue on this matter with the M25 Resource Discovery Working Group and with the M25 Systems Team. The Chair would discuss this with Richard Osborn, Convenor of the new Council. Specific points relating to the remit of the new Council were noted, which the Chair would also raise with Richard Osborn. 4. Review of Working Group’s remit The Chair noted that the Working Group’s remit had been amended by the M25 Steering Group to take on responsibility for liaison with the health sector through representation on the proposed Council. He further reported that the M25 Steering Group would in future deal with applications to join the M25 Consortium.
The Chair reported that the M25 Steering Group was in the process of compiling a new Strategic Plan, due to be presented to the M25 Consortium’s membership at the business meeting in January 2008. Chairs of Working Groups had been tasked to consider the strategic aims and objectives in their areas, and to propose specific projects for the period 2007-2008 – 2008-2009. To begin this discussion, Working Group members reviewed and updated the previous Action Plan for 2006-2007. The following points were noted to inform additions and amendments to be proposed to the draft Strategic Plan. • Strategic collaboration with London Higher remained of primary importance. The Chair had arranged a meeting with Dr Michael Reynier at end November 2007 to review progress so far on initiatives such as compiled a fact-sheet on computing provision in HE libraries, an update to the fact-sheet on academic libraries, and contributions to the London Higher Research Excellence Project. The Chair would consult with Mary Davies regarding work undertaken by Angela Conyers in support of these initiatives. • As the LLiL/Inspire programme had been rolled out, the role of the Working Group in facilitating this exercise had concluded, and the ongoing commitment was to publicising the programme. In the light of this, the Chair would consult with Frances Norton, Chair of the Marketing and Communications Working Group, about continuing this work. • As there had been no recent developments regarding the MLA initiative Routes to Knowledge, and as responsibility for dealing with membership enquiries would lie in future with the Steering Group, no further action on these areas would be taken. • There had been contact over time with the Government Libraries Group. The Chair would discuss with Mary Davies how this liaison could best be taken forward. • Working Group members noted that there was no current expertise or capacity to liaise and develop links with the Further Education sector. The Chair would contact the M25 Consortium Secretary regarding arrangements to recruit a suitably-qualified new member for the Working Group. • Working Group members noted that ongoing dialogue with the British Library was of mutual benefit. The Chair would contact the M25 Consortium Secretary to discuss representation and liaison with the British Library.
HC reported that she might be stepping down from membership of the SCONUL Access Board. The Chair noted that this would be kept under review. AS reported that she continued to maintain dialogue with ALCL, most recently attending the meeting held in July 2007. She would contact the M25 Administrator regarding updates to report to future meetings. 7. Date of next meeting To be confirmed by email in the week beginning 14 January 2008. Further meetings would be scheduled as follows, in line with the M25 Consortium Steering Group meetings programme: March 2008 – invited speaker from the Research Information Network
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