Digital Electronic Library Integration

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Digital Electronic Library Integration within
Virtual EnviRonments
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London School of Economics, De Montfort
University Supported by SIRSI, TALIS and WebCT

• The Concept
• Looking at the way that all resources are
  displayed and managed within VLEs (WebCT) and
  how this process can be better managed for all
  parties.
• Changing the way that reading lists are
  managed, presented and delivered to students.
  ANY RESOURCE CAN BE A LINK.
• Creating a layered, flexible approach that
  caters for Lecturers at different stages in
  course development.
• Central storage, distributed maintenance.

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London School of Economics, De Montfort
University Supported by SIRSI, TALIS and WebCT
The Tools 1. Generic Library Tool
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London School of Economics, De Montfort
University Supported by SIRSI, TALIS and WebCT
The Tools 1. Generic Library Tool
2. Subject Specific Tools. Basic LSE-EL
service, e-journals. One list for subject or
create your own with annotations.
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London School of Economics, De Montfort
University Supported by SIRSI, TALIS and WebCT
The Tools 1. Generic Library Tool 2.
Subject Specific Tools. Basic LSE-EL service,
e-journals. One list for subject or create
your own with annotations.
3. Course Specific Tools.      a.
Reading / Resource list management (exploring
both commercial and in-house solutions). b.
E-coursepack (management / standard appearance /
integration with other resources). c.
Multimedia. (management / searchable).
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London School of Economics, De Montfort
University Supported by SIRSI, TALIS and WebCT

• The Organisation
• Angel middleware (Angel-inside).
• Admin tools (databases) that work for the
  administrators, but can also usefully pass
  information on to academics (for presentation).
  Automatic (live?) lists.
• Each object can be tagged with additional
  information for administrators and users.
• Central repositories information is reliable.
  

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London School of Economics, De Montfort
University Supported by SIRSI, TALIS and WebCT

• To Summarise . . .
• Staff will be able to
• LINK to stored resource lists from own (or
  Departmental) online course information for
  students, and include links that will retrieve
  resource lists as HTML, with personal choice of
  formatting and style.
• CREATE a detailed interactive resource list -
  by week, topic, author etc.   A simple search
  will create a ready formatted list that can be
  placed directly into the right place in an online
  course.  This list may include appropriate access
  icons explaining the availability of the
  information, and will be centrally maintained so
  that location and other detail changes can be
  easily updated.  Resources may include    
• The Library Catalogue Items      
•   Subject Resource Collections                
• Appropriate Past Exam Papers                
• E-Coursepack Items                
• Multimedia Resources  

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London School of Economics, De Montfort
University Supported by SIRSI, TALIS and WebCT

• To Summarise . . .
• Staff will be able to
• EDIT resource lists with comments and
  additional information specific to the course.
  This may include notes about the reading,
  suggested ideas or information about how readings
  will be used in tutorials.
• RECOMMEND resources to be included in central
  repositories.  This could potentially be
  available to staff and students, with mediated
  decisions about resource inclusion.
• ORDER resources and UPDATE resources lists at
  the same time, and from a central location. 
  Information will be forwarded to the correct
  department for processing.

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Digital Electronic Library Integration within
Virtual EnviRonments
http//www.angel.ac.uk/DELIVER e-mail
N.V.Harris_at_lse.ac.uk