Rosemary Lynch

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• Rosemary Lynch
• Head of Library and Learning Services
• University for the Creative Arts
• Chair of M25 Director Services Group
• rlynch_at_ucreative.ac.uk

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Mission of the M25 Consortium

• To develop and improve access to library and
  information services across the region in support
  of learning and research, by facilitating
  co-operation amongst Consortium members and by
  collaborating with relevant regional and national
  bodies

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M25 Top Ten Facts

• 58 member institutions 160 libraries
• 50 million on information resources
• 1 million users
• 30 million volumes
• 35 million visits
• 28 million loans
• 80,000 enquiries per week
• 45,000 study places
• 24 hour virtual access
• 6 million income from outside HE

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M25 Strategic Priorities

• Services to learners and researchers
• InforM25
• Mutual Support
• CPD25
• Collaboration and Influence
• A single voice
• Governance and financial management
• Advocacy and communication

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M25 Services to Directors

• Identified a gap in support at Director level
• To support M25 Consortium directors and
  representatives in their work and personal
  development, facilitating communication,
  providing networking channels and fostering
  shared learning
• Directory of expertise and interest
• Secure area of the website
• Creating mentoring and other learning
  opportunities

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M25 Survey December 2007

• M25 Top Five
• E-environment and resources (80)
• Space and buildings (76)
• Leadership and management (72)
• Encouraging and capturing innovation (72)
• Quality (40)
• Other
• 25/58 returns
• 100 support for face-to-face
• 96 support for online
• Preference ?
• 4 online 40 face-to-face 56 equally valuable

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M25 Top Five and SCONUL Top Twelve
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Leadership and Management

• Strategic positioning of LIS
• Developing leadership and management skills
• Recruitment and retention
• Succession planning
• Performance management
• Cultural change
• Working collaboratively
• Mentoring, coaching and learning sets

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Outcomes 1

• Exchange
• A series of opportunities for Directors to foster
• shared learning
• Participants
• Limited to 12
• Have a strong interest in the subject
• Be committed to participating actively on the day
• Be willing to engage in associated activities or
  discussions real or virtual agreed by the 12
  attendees
• Themes so far?
• Leadership journeys

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Outcomes 2

• Directors Room
• An online environment for discussing ideas and
  exchanging
• information and advice
• Characteristics
• Personal profiles
• Directory of experience / interests
• Confidential discussion boards
• Group learning sets
• Mutual support

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Further Information

• www.m25lib.ac.uk