SUMMER 2016
FOR LIBRARIES
A Connected, Courageous New World Exclusive interview with Lars G Svensson
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BDSLive Offered in France page
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Library Profile: The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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All New BDS
Find out about the complete data, web and design package from BDS
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LibrariesWest chooses BDS
BDS Wins Portsmouth Contract
The consortium of seven libraries authorities, LibrariesWest, has chosen BDS for its data supply in a new seven year contract to last until 2023. The deal marks a milestone in BDS’s dominance in library data supply for the UK. With the seven authorities of LibrariesWest signed up to BDS data, the company now supplies every local authority library service in the UK. LibrariesWest is one of the UK’s leading public library consortia and is a partnership between Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset, The Borough of Poole, Dorset County Council and South Gloucestershire library services. Continued on page 3
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Reflections on Professional Development...... 12
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Libraries Loved at LBF.............. 12
Portsmouth City Council Library Service has chosen BDS as its new metadata supplier. A two year contract with the option to extend to five years incorporates the supply of metadata and extended content alongside a complete retrospective conversion of the Portsmouth catalogue to bring it up to date with current RDA library standards. “We are delighted to be working with BDS,” says Clare Forsyth, Service Development Manager at Portsmouth City Council Library Service. “We are looking forward to an exciting new working relationship which offers a great deal for our customers and enables our library service to remain at the forefront of the latest metadata developments.”
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