Lewisham joins the London Libraries Consortium (UK)

"The London Borough of Lewisham becomes the 13th member of the London Libraries Consortium, bringing the number of residents in the consortium area to over 3 million. From March 2011 Lewisham's 250,000 residents will be able to access the consortium's shared library management system (LMS) from any internet-enabled computer, iPhone or via a library computer. The Borough is implementing the consortium's LMS, Axiell's OpenGalaxy, in just five months, so that its residents can gain access to over 5 million items held by consortium members as quickly as possible"