Articles

Here you will find published or forthcoming articles drawing on my consultancy experience, These articles contain advice on a range of topics including: things to consider when buying library software, negotiating software licences and how to implement new library software. I hope you find them useful.

Penny Bailey,
Managing Director

Buying Library Software

• Procurement Strategy: Evaluating Library Software
  CILIP Update, October 2007 Vol 6(10), pp.35-37
  Published article
• Is your Library Software Really User-friendly?
  Further Education Today, January 2007, 20
  Published article
• Be an 'Innovator': Invest Less and Gain More
  Further Education Today, October 2006, 24
  Published article
• Negotiating Software Licences
  Further Education Today, July 2006, 22
  Information sheet
• 10 Steps for Successful Implementation of your New Library Software
  Further Education Today, July 2006, 22
  Published article
• Get the Best from your Supplier
  CILIP Library Information Gazette, 30 June - 13 July 2006, 7
  Published article
• Improving your Library Services
  Further Education Today, Jan 2006, 20
  Published article

Federated Searching

• Recent Developments in Federated Searching
  CILIP Update, Mar 2008
  Published article

Knowledge Management

• Collection Development for KM: Presentation at BIALL Annual Study conference June 2007
  Legal Information Management, Winter 2007 Vol 7, No.4, pp247-250
  Information sheet

Online Catalogues

• Let Someone Else Provide your Online Catalogue
  CILIP Library Information Update, October 2006, Vol 5 (10), 39-41
  Published article
• On-line Cataloguing: The 24 Hour Library
  Library Archives, Issue 1, 2006, 23
  Published article

10 Steps to Successfully Implement your New Library Software