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Integrating Library Resources Into Sakai

Jezmynne Westcott


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Jez91711 on AIM, Yahoo, and Gmail



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• Why Sakai?• Define Library Resources• Use of Tools and Best

Practices• Indicators of Success• Next Steps



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• Librarians have limited access to our website• Website is complex and difficult to navigate

with a poor search feature• Users already in Sakai for course work and

are familiar with how Sakai manages content• Easy to use



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• Web Links• Documents• Knowledge• Librarians



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• Point the description to a webpage– Create a page housed in another project

site or the “My Workspace” and make it publicly accessible

– Use a Meebo widget or similar if your institution monitors chat for reference

• Enables users to contact librarians when they are not logged into Sakai



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• Links to the OPAC, Databases, RefWorks, Library Website and Blogs– Links from tool menu bar refresh when the

page reloads; content requiring continued manipulation, like RefWorks, should open in a new window

– Many links should be in a Resources folder or your tool menu bar will be very long



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• Handouts organized by subject or objective• Restrict some folders to specific groups

– Duplicate relevant items across folders, e.g., Google Scholar Tips

– Use text files or HMTL pages for distance users who may not have Adobe or MS Office

– Make items or entire folders publicly viewable in the item’s details for linking from other pages/sites



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• Ideal for a “How To” step by step research guide

• Suggested library assignments beyond research papers– Work with faculty to share ideas– Encourage faculty to point students to the

library site



are needed to see this picture.Wiki Tool for Tutorials

• Use text, links, images, video/audio files– Store items in a folder in resources– Place items marked publicly viewable in

other sites and link to them

• Easy to use



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• 172 students and faculty have joined the site since fall began

• Science library site in the list of most highly visited sites several weeks of the term

• Faculty add librarians to course sites• Site stats indicate logins, events, and

resources accessed




• More librarian involvement– Enable librarians to use Sakai

• Course integrated instruction– Work with faculty to integrate the library site and

content into their research assignments

• Electronic reserves– Migrate content from current reserves server to

Sakai– Create admin login to enable library staff to upload

content to course sites

Next Steps

the claremont colleges integrating library resources into sakai jezmynne westcott the claremont...

Documents

library website

library staff

beganscience library

library sitewiki tool

library resourcesuse

items details

resourcesplace items

resources folder