The benefit of Foursite: a public library consortium for library management systems
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 March 1999
Abstract
Foursite is a consortium of public library authorities in the south west of the UK which came together to identify their replacement computer requirements, and subsequently went on to share a single system operated by Somerset. The article describes the objectives of the consortium and describes the project in some detail. The roles of the participants are described, and the advantages of joint working are explored. A number of lessons emerged from the project which are described, as are models for contractual arrangements and terms of reference for various stages and groups.
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Citation
Froud, R. (1999), "The benefit of Foursite: a public library consortium for library management systems", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 33 No. 1, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006910
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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