This document discusses challenges related to library management systems (LMS) and strategies for addressing them. It lists the biggest challenges as climate and culture, value for money, shared services, user experience, staff experience, analytics, and integration. It provides links to resources on LMS change sessions, value challenges, integration challenges, checklists, and examples of enterprise and library platform perspectives. The document is intended to help those who are about to procure a new LMS.

1. Where are we now … some variables …

2. http://lmsguidance.jiscinvolve.org/wp/
http://lmsguidance.jiscinvolve.org/wp/

3. LMS Change Session
• The online resource – Owen
• Thirty (One) Challenges - David
• The Business Value Challenge - Ken
• The Integration Challenge – David
• Twitter – Join Helen using #jisclms

4. What’s the biggest challenge you face
regarding the effectiveness of library systems?
• Climate & Culture
– Strategic Impact, Attitudes to change, Service Mix
• Value for Money
– Demonstrating value, Value challenges
• Shared Services
– Objectives, Timing
• User Experience
– Library systems impact, Resource Discovery
• Library Staff Experience
– E-resource workflows, Realigning effort
• Analytics
– Management Information, Personalisation
• Integration
– Horizontal and Vertical, Local development
• Systems Responsiveness
– Flexibility, Influence

5. LMS Change Methods
http://lmsguidance.jiscinvolve.org/wp/methods-toolbox/

6. The Value Challenge

7. The Integration Challenge

8. Checklists point to Integration
http://lmsguidance.jiscinvolve.org/wp/checklists/

9. Enterprise Perspective Example

10. Library Platform Perspective Example

11. Task: About to procure an LMS …
http://lmsguidance.jiscinvolve.org/wp/methods-toolbox/business-ownership-map/