All Muck or Magic

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All Muck or Magic?

• The Inspire access scheme in Coventry and
  Warwickshire
• Rachel Speake
• Coventry Libraries and Information Services
• 13th July 2006

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Overview

• Inspire access schemes
• Inspire pilot in Coventry
• Inspire in Coventry and Warwickshire

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The Inspire Vision

• Information Sharing Partners in Resources for
  Education
• Empowering the Learning Community
• Framework for the Future 2013 vision
• Any member of a public library can also access
  materials held in Higher Education (HE) and
  Further Education (FE) libraries
• Anyone seeking opportunities for learning and
  training can be guided to a course through a
  public library

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Inspire Pilot schemes

• London
• North West
• West Midlands
• Coventry, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
• Common objectives
• Cross-sector collaboration
• identification and removal of barriers to access
  (physical, procedural, cultural)
• testing of access and referral procedures
• marketing and promotion of collections
• piloting of training materials

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Collaboration in Coventry

• Involved Coventry Public Libraries, Coventry
  University and the Health Promotions Unit
• focussed on specific subject needs
• Health, Art and Design, Returning to Work
• established referral and access procedures
• monitored uptake
• evaluated process and benefits
• made recommendations for future rollout

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Potential problems

• Cowpats
• Bureaucracy and Administration
• Operational and service differences
• Overwhelming numbers staff time
• Training needs - yet more to learn!
• Demands on resources (staff materials)
• User expectations

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Benefits

• Clover..
• Positive opportunity for collaboration
• Training was mutually worthwhile
• Manageable uptake
• appreciative visitors
• Widening Perspectives
• Review and rationalisation of procedures

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Coventry and Warwickshire

• Branching Out
• Sub regional networking
• Agreed referral methods
• Publicity and Launch May 2006
• Website (local)
• https//www.warkscol.ac.uk/inspire/

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Inspire the National programme

• National website
• National coordinator Sally Curry
• Regional workshops
• Details of regional collections - Findit website
• Inspire registration
• Inspire Kitemark Criteria

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A magic partnership

• Commitment
• to work together
• to compromise
• to respect each other
• to grow and progress
• to succeed
• Coordination and communication
• Keeping the long term goal in sight

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Contacts

• Website
• http//www.inspire.gov.uk/
• https//www.warkscol.ac.uk/inspire/
  http//www.findit.org.uk/
• E-mail
• c.rock_at_coventry.ac.uk
• Rachel.Speake_at_coventry.gov.uk
• sally.curry_at_ncl.ac.uk