1. The Claremont Colleges Integrating Library Resources Into Sakai Jezmynne Westcott The Claremont Colleges jez@hmc.edu Jez91711 on AIM, Yahoo, and Gmail

2. The Claremont Colleges Introduction Why Sakai? Define Library Resources Use of Tools and Best Practices Indicators of Success Next Steps

3. The Claremont Colleges Why Sakai? 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

4. The Claremont Colleges Defining Library Resources Web Links Documents Knowledge Librarians

5. The Claremont Colleges Home Tool 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

6. The Claremont Colleges Science Library Home

7. The Claremont Colleges Web Content Tool 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

8. The Claremont Colleges Web Content Links

9. The Claremont Colleges Resources Tool 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

10. The Claremont Colleges Assignments Tool 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

11. The Claremont Colleges 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

12. The Claremont Colleges Wiki Welcome

13. The Claremont Colleges A Wiki Tutorial

14. The Claremont Colleges Wiki Text

15. The Claremont Colleges Indicators of Success 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

16. The Claremont Colleges 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