JISC wishes to work with the library community to develop and enhance understanding of Library 2.0 and the potential role of the international e-Framework.

The TILE (Towards Implementation of Library 2.0 and the E-Framework) project, led by Sero Consulting, is an immediate response to recommendations of the JISC and SCONUL commissioned study of the Library Management Systems and Electronic Resource Management System landscape (April 2008). http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/resourcediscovery/libraryMS

TILE will be approaching the problem space from two complimentary angles:

• Library 2.0 – investigating the implementation of library services based on Web 2.0 ('Library 2.0'), the professional implications (‘Librarian 2.0’) and the institutional impacts.




• The e-Framework - developing the library domain specification within the international e-Framework to shape service architectures to address those implementation challenges in the immediate and longer term. The focus will be on two particular 'pain points' - providing context and enabling contribution
  

TILE is undertaking this work between March and December 2008 and will be involving librarians, vendors and developers through a library survey, interviews and focus groups, supported by an expert Reference Group. Interim findings will be reported at the SCONUL June conference. http://www.sconul.ac.uk/events/agm2008/prog.html

The Sero team includes Prof. Paul Bacsich, Dr. Ian Chowcat, Ken Chad, Mark van Harmelen and Phil Nicholls (Psydev Ltd). Contact us at info@sero.co.uk.