London Borough of Hackney moves to Axiell and joins London Libraries Consortium - January 2009
The London Borough of Hackney has moved to the OpenGalaxy LMS provided by Axiell and joins the London Libraries Consortium (LLC), which now totals 12 members.
The London Borough of Hackney serves a population of 209,000. By moving to the OpenGalaxy LMS and joining the LLC, Hackney Libraries now have access to a London-wide catalogue of over 3 million books, CD’s, DVD’s and other items. This improves the service available to library users and, because cataloguing records are shared, reduces the administrative overhead for the cataloguing and acquisitions process.
Edward Rogers, Head of Libraries, Archives and Information for Hackney Council, said: “We are delighted we can now provide our users with access to a vast catalogue of items as members of the London Libraries Consortium. The advice we received as part of the system switch over ensured a smooth implementation process that was completed in under a week.”
