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 ===== Single digital presence for UK public libraries ===== ===== Single digital presence for UK public libraries =====
  
-[[https://​www.ukauthority.com/​articles/​british-library-to-prototype-uk-wide-digital-platform/​ |Single Digital Presence project aims to provide a service for all public libraries]]. UKAuthority web site 4th May 2020+[[https://​www.artscouncil.org.uk/​blog/​single-digital-presence-libraries|The Single Digital Presence for UK public libraries project get further £3.4m funding]]. "one national platform that can host library-curated content and services, showcase exhibitions as well as promote two-way traffic with local library websites, giving national visibility to local events and collections"​ **Arts Council [blog] 3 June 2021** 
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 +[[https://​www.ukauthority.com/​articles/​british-library-to-prototype-uk-wide-digital-platform/​|Single Digital Presence project aims to provide a service for all public libraries]]. UKAuthority web site 4th May 2020
  
 The British Library has begun work on a prototype of a UK-wide digital platform for public libraries.It has begun the work over the past few days with its delivery partner, public sector digital services specialist dxw, to test the concept as part of its Single Digital Presence project. The British Library has begun work on a prototype of a UK-wide digital platform for public libraries.It has begun the work over the past few days with its delivery partner, public sector digital services specialist dxw, to test the concept as part of its Single Digital Presence project.
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 "This report argues that a standards-based digital platform is the only viable technology for realising recent strategic goals articulated by leaders for England’s public libraries. The platform would allow libraries and their partners to innovate, collaborate and share in ways they cannot now do. The report further argues that the primary mode of service on this platform must be co-production – among library authorities,​ and among library staff, national and local partners, and importantly,​ end users. We show how new digital divides have made the mission of libraries – literacy, learning, and community inclusion – as relevant as it ever was. And that in order to provide an energetic response, libraries must invite their users into their digital spaces: their catalogues, their websites, their ebook readers, their online events calendars. We argue that these two measures, a standards-based digital platform and co-production of services, will reinvigorate libraries and create substantial,​ tangible outcomes in literacy, digital and social inclusion, health, education, and economic participation."​ "This report argues that a standards-based digital platform is the only viable technology for realising recent strategic goals articulated by leaders for England’s public libraries. The platform would allow libraries and their partners to innovate, collaborate and share in ways they cannot now do. The report further argues that the primary mode of service on this platform must be co-production – among library authorities,​ and among library staff, national and local partners, and importantly,​ end users. We show how new digital divides have made the mission of libraries – literacy, learning, and community inclusion – as relevant as it ever was. And that in order to provide an energetic response, libraries must invite their users into their digital spaces: their catalogues, their websites, their ebook readers, their online events calendars. We argue that these two measures, a standards-based digital platform and co-production of services, will reinvigorate libraries and create substantial,​ tangible outcomes in literacy, digital and social inclusion, health, education, and economic participation."​
  
-====   ​Unified Digital Platform for All Libraries in England ​  ​====+==== Unified Digital Platform for All Libraries in England ====
  
-March 2015: The Society of Chief Librarians is working to create a unified digital platform for public library resources aimed at increasing use of libraries by existing and potential customers "The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) has begun work to envision a unified digital platform for all public libraries in England. This new digital platform for public libraries will improve how library customers can access, understand, and use the information and resources that libraries provide, including book catalogues, digital resources, IT training, events calendars, and library locations and opening hours. This web platform will help bring new users into public libraries, both virtually and physically, and enrich the library experience for existing customers.As a result of a public tender for the work, SCL appointed BiblioCommons,​ a Canadian company that works to transform how libraries serve communities online. The initial phase of the project, which is funded by a £30,000 grant from Arts Council England, will research consumer and library sector needs and create a vision and roadmap for the unified digital platform. Work on stage 1 is expected to complete at the end of March 2015."+March 2015: The Society of Chief Librarians is working to create a [[https://​www.bibliocommons.com/​news/​2015/​3/​5/​bibliocommons-working-with-the-society-of-chief-librarians-to-develop-plan-for-unified-digital-platform-for-public-libraries-in-england|unified digital platform]] ​for public library resources aimed at increasing use of libraries by existing and potential customers "The Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) has begun work to envision a unified digital platform for all public libraries in England. This new digital platform for public libraries will improve how library customers can access, understand, and use the information and resources that libraries provide, including book catalogues, digital resources, IT training, events calendars, and library locations and opening hours. This web platform will help bring new users into public libraries, both virtually and physically, and enrich the library experience for existing customers.As a result of a public tender for the work, SCL appointed BiblioCommons,​ a Canadian company that works to transform how libraries serve communities online. The initial phase of the project, which is funded by a £30,000 grant from Arts Council England, will research consumer and library sector needs and create a vision and roadmap for the unified digital platform. Work on stage 1 is expected to complete at the end of March 2015."
  
 ==== Universal Digital Platform : Concept Development and Test ==== ==== Universal Digital Platform : Concept Development and Test ====
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 ==== Registry of libraries: The WorldCat Registry ==== ==== Registry of libraries: The WorldCat Registry ====
  
-The WorldCat Registry is a Web-based directory for libraries and library consortia. "It is an authoritative single source for information that defines institutional identity, services, relationships,​ contacts and other key data often shared with third parties."​+The [[https://​www.worldcat.org/​webservices/​registry/​xsl/​about|WorldCat Registry ​]]is a Web-based directory for libraries and library consortia. "It is an authoritative single source for information that defines institutional identity, services, relationships,​ contacts and other key data often shared with third parties."​
  
-===== Past (failed) attempts to create a national infrastructure/​catalogue =====+===== Past (deceased) attempts to create a national infrastructure/​catalogue =====
  
 ==== Bookmark your Library [now deceased] ==== ==== Bookmark your Library [now deceased] ====
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