A New Library Consortia: a view from Ireland

The MIS (Management Information Systems) Project, is a national initiative installing a common Library and Academic Management system in fifteen Institutes of Technology in Ireland.1 Its role is to manage the selection, implementation, and development of software installations in key business areas. These areas include student registration, personnel, financial administration and library management. The Institutes involved in the MIS Project, through an MIS Project Consortium Board (and a previous body called the Project Steering Committee), control and govern the MIS Project. All Institutes involved in the MIS Project are represented on the MIS Project Consortium Board. As with all projects, the MIS Project is a one-time unique opportunity to do something that has not been done before, within specified resources, constraints and objectives.