The Consortium furthers its objective of developing and improving access to library resources across the region by pursuing initiatives in a range of areas. The production and management of the resources found on this page rests with the Working Groups, with the Steering Group taking overall responsibility.

Disaster Management

Resources produced by the Disaster Management Group to assist members in the area of disaster preparedness:

• Disaster Management Plan - templates with commentary that can be used when producing a Disaster Control Plan
• Mutual Support Agreement - covers the support available for full Consortium members in the event of a disaster.

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Quality Management

Resources that can be used to support service quality monitoring and measurement.

• Service Level Definition Template - can be used to develop Service Level Definitions in a wide variety of areas. Includes examples that serve as a guide to how the templates can be used. 
  
• Survey of quality practices 

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Disability Support

Resources to support Consortium staff in providing a service for users with disabilities

• Directory of websites
• Disabilities contacts list
  

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Staff Development

• cpd25 - provides high quality cost effective staff training for members of the M25 Consortium
• Events Programme - Calendar of cpd25 training events
• Staff Development Document Repository

Find out more about cpd25

Access to Catalogues

The Consortium has been involved in resource discovery projects and services for over 10 years and carries out a number of activities to develop and strengthen access to the region's diverse range of library resources.  

• InforM25 Services
• Report on 'Planning for Future Resource Discovery Needs
• M25 Systems Team Consultancy
• M25 Systems Team Annual Report

Find out more about promoting access to catalogues

Collaborative Storage Solutions

The M25 Consortium and the University of London Libraries Committe jointly funded a feasibility study for a collaborative journals store (COOLPerStor) in 2004/5.

The report found that while at present there was insufficient committed interest for a regional collaborative journals store, the possibility of smaller groupings collaborating around the storage of particular subject areas would be of benefit. It outlines a number of alternative storage solutions and identifies recommendations for the operation of a collaborative store. The report also provides very useful costings of a collaborative store and potential cost savings for the participating institutions.

Link to report