Library information provider OCLC has announced that Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln is the first institution in the UK to go live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS). Bishop Grosseteste University is now among the more than 100 libraries worldwide using OCLC's cloud-based library management services that easily integrate with institutional systems to help libraries become more efficient with print and electronic workflows.
With WMS, library staff at Bishop Grosseteste University saw they could modernise their workflows, create savings on both IT infrastructure and staff time, and drive up student satisfaction levels.
The University is also introducing OCLC's WorldCat Local, the student-facing discovery layer for WMS. WorldCat Local offers the same unified approach to print and electronic resources, delivering a one-stop shop to students.
Bishop Grosseteste University is one of the first European universities to implement WMS. Tilburg University in the Netherlands has already implemented the full service. Going live with WMS on schedule, as the academic year draws to a close, comes at the end of a well-organised implementation project at Lincoln, throughout which staff from OCLC and BGU have come together regularly to review progress on set-up and configuration work.
