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The article focuses on the report "Library Management Systems Landscape" published by the British Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc) and Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) and discusses its future aspects. Topics discussed include end of the Jisc library systems programme, development of library systems that could provide users with resources, support or guidance according to their specific needs and establishment of the Government Digital Services (GDS).

The article discusses the challenges of shifting library services and library systems to mobile technology. The discussion focuses on creating website pages or mobile apps (application software) that are based on the principles of simplicity and user-generated interaction data. The article notes libraries should take a creative approach to inventing information-sharing experiences for mobile device users.

The article reports on the role that open source library management systems (LMS) can play in helping libraries increase their levels of efficiency and in developing new methods of resource procurement. In the article the author offers his opinions on the benefits, including lower costs, no vendor lock-ins, and increased adaptation and innovation, that are associated with implementing open source library management systems.

The article explores some mobile delivery projects by university libraries in London, England. It mentions that the projects involved investigating how mobile phones can improve the use of online library resources, the PhoneBooth project, and M-Biblio. It notes that mobile infrastructure changes the way research and educational information is used by library users. It also emphasizes that these projects come from the CityUniversity, the London School of Economics and University of Bristol.

The article presents information on the Mobile Imaginations workshop that opened the recent Fourth M-Libraries conference entitled From Margin to Mainstream held in Great Britain. Librarians, academics interested in mobile technologies from nine different countries were featured at the workshop.

The article presents an analysis of the benefits of libraries and their users from innovating with library data. It is inferred that data innovation aids libraries to remain relevant to the needs of the users. The author suggests library staffs to develop an entrepreneurial spirit to recognise and develop the potential of the library's data as well as to respond to opportunities that may arise beyond the traditional boundaries of a library.

The article discusses the impact of new technologies and services to the users of the academic libraries in Great Britain. It highlights the availability of the digitised newspapers and the optical character recognition (OCR) text for library and information services of library innovation. It also notes that the libraries have used their staff for innovation and user needs within the communities and public spaces.