Completed Actions 2009-2010
| PROCUREMENT | |||
| Action/Target | Timescale |
Contact | Progress/Outcome |
| Seek agreement from existing monograph suppliers to migrate
participant libraries from the terms of existing NoWAL Monographs
Contract to those of the new Joint Consortia Book Agreement. |
1 October 2009 |
Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Agreement was secured from all suppliers by end of September 2009. Libraries moved to new terms on the 1 November 2009. |
| Renew access to the NoWAL/NetLibrary legacy collection for the coming year, and notify partners of this decision. | Summer 2009 |
Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Following a consultation with member libraries, NoWAL renewed the agreement for 2009-2010 with the cost split, as in previous years. |
| Consult partners on preferred action in respect of the NoWAL/NetLibrary legacy collection 2010-11, implement agreed action and notify partners. | Spring 2010 |
Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Board resolved to renew access for 2010-11 in January 2010. |
| Participate in a joint tender for serials led by LUPC which will cover the period August 2010 - July 2011. | December 2009 - August 2010 | Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Tender notice placed in OJEU in February 2010. Evaluation of suppliers' submissions completed in May 2010. Contracts to be awarded June 2010. |
| Convene a Serials Tender Working Group to participate in a multi-regional tender with contracts to be let from Summer 2011 | 1 August 2010 |
Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Clarification is currently being sought from other consortia as to whether the multi-regional initiative will go ahead. |
| Co-ordinate North West regional contract monitoring of suppliers’ performance in the new Joint Consortia Book Agreement. | Beginning October 2009 and continuing | Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Following a meeting to discuss management of suppliers' performance held on 27/11, regional monitoring will begin summer 2010 |
| STAFF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT |
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| Action/Target | Timescale |
Contact | Progress/Outcome |
| Put together a smaller programme for 2009-10 in the first instance. One leaflet covering the period of October 2009 – June 2010 will be produced and will include both General Programme and Management Theme courses. Exchange of Experience events will take place as and when members request them as will visits. | September 2009 - July 2010 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Leaflet sent out 5 October 2009. No courses have were cancelled in 2009-10 and a number of additional events were added to the
programme. Overall bookings were up on the previous year. |
| Examine the possibility of running events in partnership with other institutions/organisations | Spring 2010 | Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
A course took place in June 2010 in partnership with the University of Huddersfield. This was a success and it is hoped to run similar events in future. |
| Market the training programmes to a wider audience within the NoWAL institutions and to institutions in Yorkshire and the North East. | September 2009 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
There has been a slight increased interest in the programmes from these two markets but nothing significant. |
| Complete the review of the CLIP programme |
Spring 2010 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Completed. It is recognised that a reduction in demand meant that this programme should be discontinued. It is proposed to re-purpose some of the content from the TLS module into shorter courses within the General Programme. |
| Review the strategy of the Staff Training and Development Group |
May 2010 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Completed - the Board approved the new strategy on the 21 May 2010. |
| Develop a NoWAL Work Experience Scheme with the aim of providing an
introduction to working in the library and information service for
graduates with a keen interest in undertaking a post-graduate qualification in library and information studies (or a closely related discipline). |
Summer 2010 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
The Board does not wish to progress with such a scheme - no further action to be taken. |
| Review the NoWAL Graduate Trainee programme |
Summer 2009 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Completed - It is recognised that these activities are no longer cost effective and should be discontinued. |
| Review the programme of training NoWAL offers to Chartership candidates |
Spring 2010 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Completed - It is recognised that these activities are no longer cost effective and should be discontinued. |
| Produce a review of NoWAL's training and development activities over the last 12 months to be presented to the STDG. | Autumn 2009 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Presented and accepted at the meeting on the 30 November 2009 |
| Hold a graduation ceremony for the successful CLIP candidates from the last 2 academic years. |
Autumn 2009 | Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
The graduation ceremony took place on the 30 November 2009 at the University of Salford. |
| Conduct a CLIP survey amongst staff who have completed at least one unit since the programme began. The results will be used to evaluate the longer-term impact of the CLIP programme on individuals’ roles, job satisfaction and career development. Feedback will also be used to improve the programme. | Autumn 2009 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Survey went out on 12 November 2009 and closed on 26 November 2009.The results were used to inform the review of the NoWAL STDG and it's activities in May 2010. |
| SPECIAL PROJECTS |
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| Action/Target | Timescale |
Contact | Progress/Outcome |
| Digitisation This project delivered a number of services based around digitisation processes to NoWAL institutions. The services fell into three categories:
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April 2010 | Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Phase one August 2009 to January 2010:
February to April 2010:
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| Cross-Search Utility Convene a working party to examine the implications of a consortial implementation of a search platform product. The group will consider both existing search platforms and the possibility of developing a wholly new product. |
Summer 2010 |
Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Demonstrations took place in May 2010. A table which compares the main
features of the three products demonstrated to NoWAL members is
available here. Completed high level outline specification was accepted by Board in May 2010. Possibility of consortial procurement will be revisited in 2011. |
| Workforce Development This project will research the skills which current NoWAL Senior Managers look for in professional library and information workers and then compare/contrast this to the skills which recent entrants to the profession possess and the ones they rate as important. The final report will include proposals to address any identified differences between the two groups with particular emphasis as to how NoWAL and the North West undergraduate and postgraduate library and information course providers can address the gaps. |
May 2010 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
The interviews and questionnaire are now complete. The results were used to inform the review of the NoWAL STDG and it's activities in May 2010. A brief summary of the findings is available on the NoWAL intranet. |
| PROMOTION & COMMUNICATION |
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| Action/Target | Timescale |
Contact | Progress/Outcome |
| Examine ways of promoting the work of NoWAL using Web 2.0 technology. |
Summer 2009 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
NoWAL has set up a Twitter account - see http://twitter.com/NoWALnews The Digitisation Project Manager has set up a blog to enable NoWAL members to keep to up to date with the project and provide a platform for individuals to make comments and provide some feedback on what's happening. |
| Review the usefulness of the NoWAL databases. |
Spring 2010 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
The databases are not used and need to be removed from the website. |
| DIVERSITY | |||
| Action/Target | Timescale |
Contact | Progress/Outcome |
| Revise the Diversity Group remit | Summer 2009 |
Gil Young 0161 247 3021 |
The remit was revised by a small working party consisting of
members of the Diversity Group. The revised remit can be found on the Diversity Group web page. |
| Review the MLA Access for All Toolkits over the summer and discuss
any changes at the next meeting of the Diversity Group. |
7 December 2009 | Gil Young 0161 247 3021 |
There are no significant changes to report with regard to the
toolkits. The Diversty Group have agreed to investigate other methods
of collecting this or similar information which has more relevance to
the academic library sector. Resources to investigate include the
performance management and benchmarking consortium, and work done by
the White Rose Consortium. Alternatively, the Group may investigate the
possibility of devising their own toolkit. |
| Produce good practice guidelines on assistive technology to go on the NoWAL website. | Summer 2009 | Gil Young 0161 247 3021 |
Completed - The page went live on the 21/08/2009. See Assistive Technology |
| Benchmarking | |||
| Action/Target | Timescale |
Contact | Progress/Outcome |
| Investigate the interest across the consortium in setting up a NoWAL benchmarking group. |
Autumn/Winter 2009 |
Gil Young 0161 247 3021 |
A meeting to discuss this took place on the 18 November 2009 at
MMU. There was a limited response to the follow up-email sent out
in December 2009. GY has put together
spreadsheets detailing opening hours, loan allowances etc of NoWAL
institutions. This can be accessed via the NoWAL intranet. |
| General | |||
| Action/Target | Timescale |
Contact | Progress/Outcome |
| Prepare and submit to Board the annual report including a review of NoWAL's activities over the period Aug 08 to Jul 09. |
January 2010 |
Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Report accepted January 2010 |
| Prepare and submit to Board a revised budget proposal and financial forecast for 2009-2010 |
Autumn 2009 | Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Revised budget completed September 2009. Accepted at the Board meeting on the 23 October 2009. |
| Prepare and submit to Board a budget proposal for 2010-2011 |
Winter 2010 |
Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Accepted at the Board meeting on the 22 January 2010. |
| Review the staffing structure in the NoWAL Office |
Summer 2009 |
Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
The post of Support Assistant became vacant over the summer. The
decision was made to reduce the hours of this post to 20 and to move
the line management responsibility to the Support Officer. See below. |
| Advertise, interview and appoint a new NoWAL Support Assistant |
Autumn 2009 | Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Sophie Williamson was appointed and took up her post on the 1 March 2010 |
| Review and revise all office procedures |
Autumn 2009 |
Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Completed October 2009 |
| Move all NoWAL's data to the All Saints server and update the website accordingly. |
Autumn 2009 | Gil Young 0161 247 6021 |
Data moved as of November 2009. Web site was updated in February 2010. |
| Actively participate in planning the Northern Collaboration agenda. | Summer 2010 | Peter Wynne 0161 247 6673 |
Northern Collaboration agenda planning meeting took place on 04/06/2010. This set the agenda for the Northern Collaboration meeting to be held in October 2010. |
Plan agreed August 2009
Updated 10/06/2010
Updated 10/06/2010
