Blending the Library into your Course Management System Marianne Foley SUNY College at Buffalo SUNYLA Conference 2010

For Today …. What is a nugget? Buffalo State overview Library nugget history The library nugget at Buffalo State Pointers and Positives Live demo! Feedback

What’s a Nugget? “A nugget is a component that presents a module of data that can be added to a portal page. Nuggets are synonymous with channels in some other portal systems.” – ANGEL 7.3 Administrator Reference Box within ANGEL that contains information or performs a function.

CMS at Buffalo State CMS is ANGEL Adopted in 2005 Currently on Version 7.3 Hosted with ANGEL Learning (Blackboard) All courses in ANGEL … … but not all faculty/classes use ANGEL

ANGEL Use at BSC Fall 2008 Spring 2009 Summer 2009 Fall 2009 Spring 2010 # of Courses # Enabled % Enabled 22%18% 34%39%

Library at Buffalo State ≈ 35,000 journals ≈ 200 databases 12 Reference librarians Actively maintained web site Myriad online guides Multiple virtual reference avenues

Nugget Origins Reference librarian disturbed by Google default in ANGEL Wanted more library integration with ANGEL courses SUNY COCID - Library2LMS: Integrating Library Services into a Learning Management System Pauline Shostack presented OCC customized library nugget

Birth of the BSC Nugget Librarian suggested nugget to me Contacted OCC for HTML code BSC created an empty nugget Added BSC customizations

BSC Customizations Reference librarians identified key resources ₋Articles + - combines 20 popular periodical DBs ₋Library Catalog ₋Encyclopedia Britannica ₋Oxford English Dictionary ₋Research Services, Library databases, Subject guides ANGEL team chose tab and named nugget ₋Resources Tab → Information Resources ₋Institutional Resources nugget Went live in Summer 2008

Typical Course Home Page

Information Resources Tab

The Nugget

The Nugget & Its Code Quick Searches Library Catalog Keyword Author Title Subject ISBN

Features Appears in every course in same place

Features Appears in every course in same place Maintains color theme of course

User’s Theme Maintained

Features Appears in every course in same place Maintains color theme of course Compatible with 7.x versions

Features Appears in every course in same place Maintains color theme of course Compatible with 7.x versions Single sign-on: one authentication!

Benefits ANGEL links to Google, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster Dictionary -- why not connect to your own library? Uses resources already purchased Librarians vet and update these resources Drills down to quality library resources Puts library at their fingertips Crucial to distance learners

The Current Nugget

Demo!

To Make Successful Need ability and rights to create nuggets Familiar with HTML and ANGEL programming Test! Test! Test! Work with reference librarians Make it single sign-on

Results Very positive feedback from faculty New faculty request nugget BSC Ebsco database usage increased dramatically in – 1 st in state – 5 th in world

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