S2.2.11

=Library staff are involved in the (re)development of institutional e-learning strategies and policies. =

Evidence
Access to library resources may involve multiple systems environments. Porter (2005) discusses varying degrees of integration between library and e-learning related systems environments, and differing views on how far that integration should go. She concludes that all major stakeholders need to be involved in strategic planning to ensure that implementation and maintenance of facilities, resources, and services meet shared objectives: ‘In all cases the role of the LIS [Library and information services] should be carefully considered in order to maximize investment in library systems and to improve user support’ (p. 26). Expressing a similar concern about the challenges of providing LIS resources, Liber (2005) comments on how ‘technical innovation… accompanied by changes in organizational processes and structures…must involve the widest possible range of participants to identify how and which changes and uses of technology are best suited to their specific contexts’ (p. 52).