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Ireland FOYLE FOYLE is a co-operative venture between libraries, museums and archive centres in the Western Education and Library Board Area. It is part of the Inspire programme and hopes to exploit resources more fully by providing enhanced access for all and to reach non-users and those currently excluded from access to learning opportunities. This is a pilot project and a first in Northern Ireland. Whilst the primary aim for all the authorities involved is to support the effective delivery of services to their customers by working in co-operation, the project is also seen as an opportunity to share best practice and develop innovative approaches to service delivery. The following organisations are members of FOYLE:
http://www.welbni.org/news/Details.asp?ID=253 http://www.ulster.ac.uk/news/releases/2004/1302.html Ni-libraries.net The five public library services in Northern Ireland have implemented the Electronic Libraries project (ELFNI) which provides a single ICT network and library management system across the whole of Northern Ireland. In tandem with the technological advances co-operative arrangements have been put in place so that all public library users can search a single catalogue and request any item no matter which library or Board it is housed in. The Academic and National Library Training Co-operative This co-operative group was founded in 1995 with the aim of forming an ongoing co-operative training and development programme based on the training needs within member Irish academic and national libraries This training supplements each institution's own programme and through joint group consultation aims to offer a wide range of training opportunities to library staff at an economical rate. Co-operative training also enables staff to meet colleagues from other institutions. http://www.anltc.ie/ Library.ie Library.ie which is managed by An Chomhairle Leabharlanna aims to be a first stop shop on the web for information relating to all types of libraries in Ireland. For further information see http://www.library.ie Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL) CONUL was established by the university libraries and the National Library of Ireland to promote co-operation among the member libraries and to provide a forum for discussion on matters of mutual interest. The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) This association represents the interests of law librarians and information managers who work in law firms, third level institutions and government libraries and information services. It encourages research and co-operation. Irish BIALL members provide legal information services to a user group
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