Objective
The CAMILE project brings together experience and expertise in library management through the partnership of four existing Libraries Programme projects working in the area of decision support in libraries. It is anticipated that this will lead to long term consensus, the development of common approaches and ultimately the development of new standards.
The action provides for information sharing beyond the life of all four existing projects (DECIDE, DECIMAL, EQLIPSE, MINSTREL) by means of three major initiatives:
Workshops have already been held in the UK and Greece and are planned for Sweden, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Ireland over the next few months. Each workshop is an intensive one-day event which aims to bring together interested librarians, library suppliers, library schools and others in order to establish a level of common understanding and communication concerning management information. Regional issues identified by local associate partners will be integrated into the sessions and relevant local experts will be invited to speak.
The CAMILE Discussion List provides a forum for interested library professionals from all over Europe to discuss the themes identified by CAMILE. The list provides librarians with the opportunity to relate their personal experiences, ask questions and debate the issues raised in the workshops. The list now has 248 subscribers from over 25 different countries. To subscribe to the CAMILE list, email the following message: subscribe camile to the following address: majordomo@mmu.ac.uk.
The CAMILE Web Site has been set up to disseminate information generated by the project to as many people as possible. It has been designed to complement and have close ties with the CAMILE discussion list. It can be found at: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~camile/(opens in new window).
Technical approach
The action is designed to directly exploit the outcomes of existing research activities, extending these through the development of common themes and the extension of communication processes. The action will:
build consensus on the issues and activities relating to library and information management, including decision making performance measurement, performance indicators and the measurement and assessment of quality both quantitatively and qualitatively;
provide a framework for technical and theoretical discussion, formulation of common policies and the development of standards;
bring together activities and ideas at a national level and contribute at European and international level to the identification of areas/topics worthy of further investigation and research;
provide a forum whereby information on new research areas, common issues and challenges can be relayed back to EC projects and programmes.
Key issues
Project interaction, cooperation and dissemination of results.
Impact, users and expected results
It is anticipated that this concerted action will lead to a greater and more effective use of management information tools and techniques in libraries in Europe. It will encourage the use of European focused performance measures and contribute to greater communication of information between libraries. The involvement of a range of library system suppliers will ensure the take-up of results into new generations of library systems. The contribution of library schools will ensure the penetration of ideas and actions into the library profession. The concertation will also establish communication between interested libraries designed to be continued after the end of the project.
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Programme(s)
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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Coordinator
LEICESTER
United Kingdom
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