First presentation from #2015M25

1. www.m25lib.ac.uk
The M25 Consortium
of Academic Libraries
Thomas Baldwin
M25 Executive Manager

2. www.m25lib.ac.uk

3. www.m25lib.ac.uk

4. www.m25lib.ac.uk

5. M25 Consortium’s governance and
staff
• M25 Officers & Steering Group
• cpd25 Steering Group and task groups
• Other M25 working groups
• M25 Support Team
www.m25lib.ac.uk

6. M25 Consortium’s (selected)
activities
• Continuing Professional Development (cpd25)
• Resource Discovery (Search25)
• M25 Access and Borrowing Scheme
www.m25lib.ac.uk

7. www.Search25.ac.uk
www.m25lib.ac.uk

8. M25 Consortium’s (selected)
activities
• Continuing Professional Development (cpd25)
• Resource Discovery (Search25)
• M25 Access and Borrowing Scheme
• Annual Conference
• Annual Networking Event
• Consortial purchasing
www.m25lib.ac.uk

9. E-video usage in M25
• During the trial, usage of multi-disciplinary academic
video collections increased, overall, by 13 times (1300%)
over baseline levels of holdings by M25 Library member
institutions, with some institutions reaching 29 times
increase (2900%).
• Outcomes from this trial indicate that current library
acquisition of academic video is not matching wider
academic demands for AV material for use in teaching
and learning.
www.m25lib.ac.uk

10. M25 Consortium’s (selected)
activities
• Continuing Professional Development (cpd25)
• Resource Discovery (Search25)
• M25 Access and Borrowing Scheme
• Annual Conference
• Annual Networking Event
• Consortial purchasing
• Directors’ support & training
• Disaster planning
• Advocacy
www.m25lib.ac.uk

11. M25 Consortium: 2015-16 focus
• Communications strategy
• Website refresh
• Membership
• Access and Borrowing
• Support for Associate Directors
• Capturing expertise within M25
www.m25lib.ac.uk

12. Contact
Thomas Baldwin, M25 Executive Manager
m25libadmin@london.ac.uk
www.m25lib.ac.uk
www.cpd25.ac.uk
www.search25.ac.uk
@m25_consortium
@cpd25_M25