This post from Gavin is excellent and well worth reading; at Defra I merged a data team and a library team. There were some super synergies that enabled us to reduce costs and also points of difference that enabled the team to learn and grow its practice.
How should we think about a National Data Library? Using the analogy with more conventional 'libraries' to help us think through a big Labour data policy pledge gavin-freeguard.medium.com/how-should-w...
There have been some proposals for a national data library. How might using a library analogy help us think about it?
A key learning point was about working with service users to ensure we had the right things “on the shelf”. Weeding content (digital and print) enabled us to generate savings to invest in new products the users actually needed and valued.