Submission Title
VALA2024 CONCURRENT Session 02
Tuesday 9th July 2024, 12.10-12.40pm
Michelle McLean
- Lead Shared Services
- Public Libraries Victoria
Presentation: (coming soon)
Abstract
Towards the end of 2022, the statewide tender for courier services, which covered the Public Libraries Victoria (PLV) deliveries, came to an end. New pricing for the courier options available to PLV rose between 200 and 300%. Victorian public libraries could not pay these increases, so an alternative had to be found. The solution included testing on a shared LMS, prolific communication and consultation with Victoria’s public libraries services, training and marketing. This paper will give an overview of the elements in this project and discuss successes, failures and lessons learned.
Biography
Michelle is passionate about professional development, libraries and technology. She is able to work with these, both in her role as Lead Shared Services with Public Libraries Victoria and in her work on the VALA Committee. Michelle previously worked in Information Services and Technology positions in Victorian public libraries for over 37 years and has been part of the massive development of technology in all our library sectors. She is a past-recipient of a Ramsay Reid Scholarship (State Library of Victoria), alumni of the Aurora Institute, is a published author and has presented at many conferences and seminars around Australia, as well as in the US. Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship) and a Master of Business (Information Technology).and image – right adjusted
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