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Libraries of Course:
integrating library content and services into
the e-learning environment.
Brian Flaherty
Digital Services Manager
University of Auckland Library
The University of Auckland Library
The University of Auckland Library
500+ bibliographic databases
58,000+ electronic journals
180,000+ electronic books
1.9 million volumes
Course-specific Library resources
Currently delivered from multiple locations
and applications
Time-consuming for Library staff to manage
Difficult for students to find everything
Troublesome for academics to incorporate in
their teaching
What are we trying to achieve?
Seamless integration of Library resources
with Cecil (the University’s LMS)
Improved administration of course-related
Library services
Two options
Work with Cecil developers to design
a database of Library resources inside
LMS
To build an application outside the
LMS
Inside LMS +
easier integration with teaching material
and potentially a single database of learning objects.
We are in the fortunate position of having a homegrown system with Cecil developers keen to assist
Inside LMS the requirement to include a number of Library-specific
processes Short Loans, Digitisation, Acquisitions
(purchase of materials) in the application.
some lecturers expressed concern about providing
librarians access to “staff side” of their Cecil courses.
In addition, any future development would be reliant on
the availability of Cecil developers
External Repository +
easier to incorporate complex Library processes
a degree of autonomy in the development and testing
process
External Repository More difficult to achieve contextual learning
existing staff in Digital Services were already
managing a heavy workload
Survey of existing course-specific content
Exams database - digitised exam papers
Short loan items – desk copies from the Voyager
Course Materials module
E-reserves – digitised articles and book chapters
Course Resources web pages – with contact details of
Subject Librarian
Information skills material – specific database tutorials
etc
A Bookshop database of prescribed texts
Links to relevant Internet sites
Canned (pre-defined) Voyager searches
Functional Requirements
Simplification of web forms
Easy data input
Authentication
Administration of Requests
Publishing flexibility
Continued…
Link maintenance
Reference styles
Inter-relationship with Voyager Course Materials (Short
Loan) module
Web Services!
Policy Decisions
A page for every course
The database should not become a defacto
LMS
Subject Librarians (in collaboration with
Lecturers) will have overall responsibility for
the delivery of content in their subject areas
Advantages - lecturers
will be able to add Short Loan items,
request the digitisation of print articles and book
chapters,
create links to prescribed texts in Voyager,
add links to e-journal articles, e-books and
Internet sites,
and structure these resources under headings.
Advantages - Librarians
will be able to administer Short Loan and
digitisation requests
assist in selecting electronic content
provide dynamic links to digitised exam
papers and relevant Library tutorials and
instructional material
manage URLs via LF+ Knowledge base
manage content without editing html
Advantages - students
will be able to find all their course-related Library
resources in one place, accessible via the Library
website LEARN, and Cecil
Technical
SQL database
A number of stored procedures & web
front-end in ASP
Course information data loaded from
PeopleSoft
Server redundancy
How far down the track are we?
As of November 2005 the project is in mid-flow, with a
launch set for Semester 2, 2006 (July).
Database tables complete, admin interface and frontend being finalised
Testing regime, communication plan…
Future plans
web services
a link creation applet for Cecil
federated search engine (ENCompass)
Simplified Sign On (SSO) Project
a “My Library” personalised service
integration into Cecil?
Other Projects…
Voyager Tutorial
Voyager Tutorial
Voyager Tutorial
Voyager Tutorial
Voyager Tutorial
Early New Zealand Books
www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz
Early New Zealand Books
Early New Zealand Books
Smithyman Collected Poems
www.smithymanonline.auckland.ac.nz
Anthropology Photographic Archive
www.library.auckland.ac.nz/databases/alt/apa/
Libraries of Course:
integrating library content and services into
the virtual learning environment.
Brian Flaherty
Digital Services Manager
University of Auckland Library