Library Management Systems: Building the 21st Century Library

A recently released JISC report examining the role of the LMS in the future of library services raises some timely questions for libraries. The report titled: JISC & SCONUL Library Management Systems Study, examines the state of LMS software and the wider information environment in which library services exist. There are a number of recommendations for Libraries considering the future of their LMS. I, however, particularly like this section from the Executive Summary:

1.6 Service Developments
1.6.1
The ability to aggregate user behaviour has significant implications for the potential relevance and immediacy of resource discovery services based on click streams, data aggregation, personalisation and contextual information searching.
1.6.2
Libraries are not yet exploiting the metadata they are able to collect about user habits and needs as an asset in a network economy to consolidate their position in the information value chain.
1.6.3
Libraries are increasingly aware of the need to 'liberate' their data to allow users to create new and innovative services and applications. To do so their platforms will require easy-to-use and accessible services for discovery and delivery.
1.6.4
Once open to that model, services such as the individual institutional OPAC will become seriously challenged. The LMS may be reduced to a set of back-of-house systems.

I think this is an area that libraries haven't kept pace with the wider information landscape. John Blyberg had some sage words regarding the future of the LMS in his ILS Customer Bill-of-Rights.

What do you think of your LMS?