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There be dragons…Course Management and Library Systems at

SFU Library and BC Campus

There be dragons…Course Management and Library Systems at

SFU Library and BC Campus

Lynn Copeland

Simon Fraser University Library

IFLA August 2005

IFLA 2005: CMS and Library Inf. Sys. Interoperability Issues

ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONABOUT THE PRESENTATION

A Case Study in broader Canadian context Librarian<->Student<->Teacher, LMS<~>Librarian Optimistic signs but for the future What we’re doing till interoperability appears Thanks to SFU Librarians:

Mark Bodnar Gordon Coleman Carla GraebnerMark Jordan Sylvia Roberts Trish Rosseel


IntroductionIntroduction

Diana Laurillard, author of Rethinking University Teaching (Laurillard, 2002) reiterated what should be a commonplace: that “A university is defined by the quality of its academic conversations, not by the technologies that service them.”


Reasons for librarians’ non-involvementReasons for librarians’ non-involvement

Traditional role not course-specific Librarians as a whole haven’t made

their case Administrators and educators haven’t

bought in


Campus Learning and LibrariesCARL Univ . online learning/library collaboration factors 2005

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

WebCT/Blackberry etc.

Teaching Online

Library as resource

Interactive Online tutorial

Online tutorials

Online guides

Services to online s tudents

Services to fac include

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A very few Canadian examplesA very few Canadian examples

Univ. Victoria SFU Library UBC Library U Calgary Library York U Library …


Library resources: core valueLibrary resources: core value

“Scientists who read more tend to get achievement awards and other special honors. In universities, those whose teaching has been honored read about 26 percent more articles, while those honored for research read about 33 percent more articles.”


Library resources: core value (2)Library resources: core value (2)

In 2002/03, CARL academic libraries subscribed to 297,108 electronic journals, representing 46% of their serials subscriptions, and the number is growing.


Library resources core value (3)Library resources core value (3)

a positive relationship between academic achievement and use of open shelf library books


Librarian involvement core value (1)Librarian involvement core value (1)

“... the average essay grade is … a whole 2 grade points improved over last year. I suspect this is in no small part due to you and your excellent orientation.”

330,000 students at CARL institutions receive instruction


Librarian involvement core value (2)Librarian involvement core value (2)

College students’ self-efficacy in electronic information searching was significantly higher after library instruction.

Frequent use of library electronic databases correlated with self-efficacy, and posttraining self-efficacy correlated with grade points.


SFU Librarians: reasons for library/CMS integrationSFU Librarians: reasons for library/CMS integration

‘Value of going back’ esp. for ESL students; students learn at own pace

Students preference to stay inside domain (webct); students ‘live’ in WebCt; learning is contextual

Avoid reinvention of library wheel


General issues from SFU Librarians:General issues from SFU Librarians:

Library a ‘resource’ within WebCT but not within context

Building content within course:– Information dates and must be re-copied– Need to make multiple copies of the same material for

multiple courses or sections– Quiz content not easily imported

Student evaluation within course Student reluctant to leave course environment to

access important information


General LMS/library integration issues:General LMS/library integration issues:

Copying rather than linking of content Authentication/authorized vs. open environment –

esp. in multi-institutional environment Authentication/authorization - persistence Cross-course referral/links within one platform Cross course/platform evaluation Integration in planning should extend:

– DE model, f2f model Student preference for familiar


OCLC Best PracticesOCLC Best Practices

Technical and Functional Requirements

Information windows Aggregate access Provide bibliographic tools: easy searching

and reference completions Provide content in user-customized formats Integrate plagiarism software


OCLC Best PracticesOCLC Best Practices

Technical and Cultural Requirements Embed library resources in course

management systems Integrate commercial information services Customize personal preferences Provide virtual reference at point of need Embed information seeking training modules


Course 1 Course 3Course 2

Student 1

CMS Institutional environment

Library resources

and support

E-JournalsGuides

E- Reference

CourseInstruction

Printresources

Library guide (fixed)

LOR

Library RSS news feed

Learning object

Learning Management System today and envisioned

Citation management


Course 1 Course 3Course 2

Student 1

CMS Institutional environment

E- Reference

LOR

Library RSS news feed

Learning object

Learning Management System Ideal

Library resources

and support

E-Journals Guides

CourseInstruction

Printresources

Citation management


Reasons for optimismReasons for optimism

IMS SAKAI JISC/ELF DEST CanKNOWAll considering the role of library resources in CMS’s In Canada, national bodies eg CanKNOW are

involving CARL CARL position paper shows librarians’ engagement


IMS Resource List interoperabilityBest practice and ImplementationIMS Resource List interoperabilityBest practice and Implementation

First focus – reading lists (ie ereserves) Content Packaging: Create/read/delete

– Copyright issues– Time sensitive

Digital repositories: Search/expose, gather/expose, submit/store, request/deliver, alert/expose


IMS Stakeholders:IMS Stakeholders:

Learners:Faculty: in their course environment

Instructional designers:working with an authoring tool

Librarians: a combination of library services


IMS Use casesIMS Use cases

Resource List Is Created Online Public Access Catalog Records for Course Reserves Resource List Is Shared Supplying the Learner with a Course Reading List Resource List is Created from Harvested Meta-data Resource List can include Local Content Extensibility for Vendor Specific Needs Propagate changes Harvesting and Reusing Facilitating Reuse via Annotations (References) Library digital repository archives selected resource lists Resource list can be empty


JISC/ELF Framework: Library rolesJISC/ELF Framework: Library roles

Application Services: 6,8 of 17 Common Services: 13,9 of 38

Library roles are closely or somewhat tied to 36 of 55 services in the ELF framework


Simon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser University

15,000 students Highly decentralized LMS’s in wide use;

– WebCT, LonCapa, First class (phasing out)– LMS (proprietary – Surrey campus)– SEPP member of SAKAI but not installed

e-learning management isn’t easy!


SFU Library: ‘Our Library is where YOU are’SFU Library: ‘Our Library is where YOU are’

Liaison Librarian model: – Discipline based partnership– Collections, instruction, reference

Strong systems division– Local development

Presence on key committees, decisions


SFU Library: servicesSFU Library: services

Reciprocal borrowing Reference: online, in-person, email Instruction: general, course-based Online resources Etc. etc.


Local development (Open source)Local development (Open source)

ReSearcher: GODOT: ‘Where can I get this’ links from EBSCO, Proquest +++ Links to online journals, requests

– CUFTS: e-journal linker/ knowledge database Similar to SFX+Serials solutions

– dbWiz Meta search

– Citation Manager


SFU Library systems (cont’d)SFU Library systems (cont’d)

PKP OJS, OCS, OAI harvester MOSST (1999)

– Funded, open access, quizzes E-reserves Online reference:

– email; – Interactive w. U. Victoria; soon BCcampus


"Guess what, we had our first meaningful dialogue today.""Guess what, we had our first meaningful dialogue today."


SFU LibrarySFU Library

Plagiarism tutorial Librarian: Course pages ‘have it all’;

change regularly RSS feeds <-> WEbCT WebCT course site managed by Lib’n

not faculty member


ConclusionConclusion

Lynn Copeland

[email protected]

http://www.lib.sfu.ca

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