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@article{Dimitrios2021,

title = {Migrating to a shared Library Management System: evaluation from the perspective of librarians and lessons learned},

author = {Kouis, Dimitrios and Kyprianos, Konstantinos and Efthymiou, Foteini and Koulouris, Alexandros and Karabela, A.},

url = {https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/LM-12-2020-0177/full/html},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-12-2020-0177},

issn = {0143-5124},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-07-22},

journal = {Library Management},

volume = {42},

number = {6/7},

pages = {448-458},

abstract = {Purpose

The purpose of this article is to investigate certain aspects, problems and benefits from the migration to a shared Library Management System (LMS).



Design/methodology/approach

A review of the literature and a quantitative survey was conducted, based on a structured questionnaire, with a response rate of 44.7%.



Findings

Among the crucial issues that should be taken seriously into consideration when transiting into a new and shared LMS, are the audit of the data quality before migration, the employees' training design and the composition of the LMS central support team. The benefits of a shared LMS are mainly effectiveness in terms of libraries' budgets and time for the employees' day-to-day work.



Originality/value

The survey presented in this article evaluates the merits of a shared LMS and contributes innovative aspects to the existing bibliography by investigating issues and problems that arose during the transition. This way, the professionals involved in similar initiatives will benefit by avoiding possible mistakes and drawbacks when implementing such a project.},

keywords = {Academic libraries, library service platforms, lirbary management systems},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Kouis2020b,

title = {Library Service Platforms (LSPs) Characteristics Classification and Importance Ranking through DELPHI Method Application},

author = {Dimitrios Kouis and Georgios Agiorgitis},

doi = {10.1080/10572317.2020.1840001},

issn = {1095-9297},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-10-30},

journal = {International Information & Library Review},

abstract = {The purpose of this research is to identify the innovative features of the LSPs that differentiate them from the LMS, as well as to evaluate their importance, based on the opinions of the Greek information scientists. The method used is the Delphi 2-round questionnaire. The results show that the experts most value an all-in-one system that incorporates all modules within it, instead of different collaborating software. Interoperability between systems, the adoption of new metadata standards, the SaaS architecture and the multi-tenant model are also held in high regard. In contrast, the use of the mobile library applications feature has achieved low ranking.},

keywords = {DELPHI method, Library Management Systems, library service platforms, LMS, LSPs},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}