WHELF Annual Colloquium 2023 – a report
This year’s WHELF Colloquium was held online over two half-days on Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th June 2023, from 09:30 – 13:00. WHELF Begins at 30 The conference celebrated WHELF’s 30th anniversary. We shared reflections on how we have developed our services...
Save the date and call for speakers: WHELF Reading Lists event
WHELF Reading Lists event WHELF will be holding a virtual Reading Lists event on 13 and 14 July and we’re looking for speakers. If you have an...
WHELF Annual Colloquium 2021
WHELF Annual Colloquium 2021 There and back again: using lessons learned from the pandemic to shape the library services of the future. The WHELF...
WHELF Annual Colloquium 2021
WHELF Annual Colloquium 2021 There and back again: using lessons learned from the pandemic to shape the library services of the future. The WHELF...
WHELF Library Management System Benefits 2017-19
With thanks to Jenny McNally
WHELF Library Management System Benefits 2017-19
Thank you to Jenny McNally for your work on this.
WHELF LMS Business Manager
Jenny McNally will be starting as the WHELF LMS Business Manager on 27th June. Jenny has worked in academic libraries for over 15 years in...
WHELF Annual Report 2017-18
The WHELF Annual Report for the academic year 2017-18 is now available. The report highlights the collective work of WHELF along with news and...
WHELF Shared LMS: measuring the benefits of collaboration
WHELF is pleased to announce the publication of “Evaluating the benefits of the WHELF consortial approach to a library management system”. Funded by...
Call for papers – Gregynog Colloquium 2017
Every year WHELF and HEWIT organise a residential colloquium at Gregynog Hall, the University of Wales’ conference centre. This is an annual...
Academic Book Week
Academic Book Week celebrates the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books in all their forms and will be taking place from the...
WHELF Annual Report
The WHELF Annual Report for the academic year 2015-16 is now available. The report highlights the collective work of WHELF along with news and...
Toolkit for library collaboration
The Sconul Collaboration Strategy Group have developed a toolkit for library collaboration "to aid the selection and development of efficient and...
Celebrating Library Cooperation
New Wales-wide library system will foster greater collaboration between universities A new library management system which will promote...
Fantastic news: Implementation completed for the WHELF Shared LMS!
Bangor University went live with Ex-Libris Alma and Primo on 25 August, completing the implementation cycle for all of the 11 Wales Higher Education...
RWCMD, Cardiff University & NHS Wales Libraries go live with WHELF Shared LMS
Cardiff University Library celebrated going live with "Alma cakes"!Congratulations to Cardiff University Library, the NHS Wales Libraries and the...
Measuring and monitoring the benefits of a shared LMS
This presentation was delivered by Graham Hay and Michael Lee from Cambridge Econometrics at the recent Gregynog Colloquium. The presentation...
From multiple legacy systems to a single LMS at UWTSD
With thanks to John Dalling (Senior Learning Resources Adviser, UWTSD) for the first of our blog posts from cohort 2. About UWTSD The University of...
Implementation at the NLW
With thanks to Sian Thomas (Systems Manager, NLW) and Glen Robson (Head of Systems, NLW) for this article: Tell us about the National Library of...
Cardiff Metropolitan University goes live with WHELF Shared LMS
March 2016 brings a double success for the implementation of the WHELF Shared LMS as Cardiff Metropolitan University went live this morning with the...
A unified system and interface for the University of South Wales
The third in a series of short blog interviews with project leads at WHELF institutions which have already gone live with the shared LMS and...
UWTSD go live with WHELF Shared LMS
As Wales celebrates St David's Day today, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) have another reason to celebrate as they go live with...
It’s all about collaboration…
The second in a series of short blog interviews with project leads at WHELF institutions which have already gone live with the shared LMS and...
Data, data, data…..
The first in a series of short blog interviews with project leads at WHELF institutions which have already gone live with the shared LMS and...
Sconul Focus article on the WHELF Shared LMS
Gareth Owen, Programme Manager of the WHELF Shared LMS and John Dalling, Senior Learning Resources Adviser at the University of Wales Trinity Saint...
NLW goes live with WHELF Shared LMS
The National Library of Wales (NLW) has gone live with the WHELF Shared LMS. This marks the successful implementation of all Cohort 1 institutions...
Swansea University goes live with WHELF Shared LMS
WHELF Shared LMS project reaches major milestone The 23rd June 2015 will be a landmark achievement in the WHELF Shared LMS project as the first...
WHELF wins at THELMAs 2015
WHELF are the proud winners of the Outstanding Library Team Award, announced on Thursday June 18th at the Times Higher Education Leadership and...
WHELF wins at THELMAs 2015
WHELF are the proud winners of the Outstanding Library Team Award, announced on Thursday June 18th at the Times Higher Education Leadership and...
WHELF Shared LMS shortlisted for THELMAs Award 2015
The WHELF Shared LMS project has been shortlisted in the "Outstanding Library Team" category of the Times Higher Education Leadership and...
WHELF Shared LMS shortlisted for THELMAs Award 2015
The WHELF Shared LMS project has been shortlisted in the "Outstanding Library Team" category of the Times Higher Education Leadership and...
WHELF Shared LMS announces chosen supplier
Welsh Universities, the National Library of Wales and the NHS Libraries in Wales select a shared Library Management System We are pleased to...
International interest in WHELF Shared LMS
As the WHELF Shared LMS project gathers pace so does international interest in our progress! Last week the WHELF Development Officer received an...
Shared LMS news update
Another big step forward has been taken in the procurement process on the WHELF Shared Library Management System project. Following an assessment...
EU tender issued for WHELF LMS
Today marks the start of the procurement process for a single cloud hosted library management system for higher education institutions in Wales,...