We wanted to capture something of the mood of the day, and also to get a snapshot of what people were thinking. So, during the final tea break, we asked people to vote on the following questions:<\/p>\n
We asked everyone to answer \u2018yes\u2019 or \u2018no\u2019 to each question. Voting was anonymous.\u00a0 We go the following results:<\/p>\n
While the votes look overwhelmingly positive, it should be considered that the audience was self-selecting, and may be considered to have a bias towards the success of such a project.\u00a0 However, the audience did include \u00a0a broad range of participants, from Directors, Associate Directors, IT Librarians, librarians responsible for library functions.\u00a0 These groups have different agendas, some of which would bias towards and some bias against, such a shared project.\u00a0 In voting, the group had more concerns about the success of the project\u2014the barriers identified will certainly need to be carefully assessed in order to maximise the prospect of successful outcome. \u00a0\u00a0In summary, it will be important to assess these outcomes in a wider SCURL context, with the outcomes of this day providing an excellent starting point for further discussions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The response was a really good reflection of the mood of the day. In general, there was a great interest in and enthusiasm for the idea of a shared LMS. The success of SHEDL was given as an example many times during the day of how co-operation could work for everyone. This enthusiasm was also reflected in the practical questions throughout the day and a focus among all the groups on identifying the practical elements that would need to be managed if a shared LMS was to work in the real world, beyond our discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We wanted to capture something of the mood of the day, and also to get a snapshot of what people were thinking. So, during the final tea break, we asked people to vote on the following questions: Do you want … Continue reading