1. Developments in EEVL What EEVL can do for you Linda Kerr EEVL Co-ordinator l.kerr@hw.ac.uk

2. EEVL Developments Aims of this meeting: to inform librarians about subject-related support activities and resources To explore the relationship between national information services and learning and teaching support Networking opportunity for engineering, maths, computer and information science librarians Inform librarians about the work of the LTSN

3. So you’re a subject gateway - what now? EEVL has been around since 1996… Aim: More people find what they are looking for, via EEVL –Increase the content available to EEVL users –Make our resources available to third party sites –Improve and expand marketing and support

4. More people, more resources EEVL now covers Further Education –X4L project –Internet for Further Education http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/ –FE Friendly logo (under development) Expanding Computer Science catalogue section –2,000 resources –collaboration with LTSN ICS –subject consultants required

5. More people, more resources News http://www.eevl.ac.uk/news.htm

6. RDN Case Studies

7. Embedding EEVL in other sites Working with EEVL –http://www.eevl.ac.uk/workingwith.htmhttp://www.eevl.ac.uk/workingwith.htm

8. Embedding in other sites

9. EEVL search tool on your own site http://www.eevl.ac.uk/searchbox.htm

10. EEVL data via other services Edina Compendex and EEVL cross-search

12. Marketing Materials Generic materials: –poster –leaflet Tailored to individual users –EEVL booklets –What can EEVL do for you http://www.eevl.ac.uk/publications/index.htm t-shirt...

13. New printed materials Three booklets

14. What EEVL can do for you

15. EEVL Helpfiles Help files improved –EEVL Quick Start Guide –Searching –Browsing –EEVL FAQ http://www.eevl.ac.uk/help.htm

16. EEVL Help Files

17. New EEVL initiative Best selling computing books at substantial discount for EEVL users http://www.it-minds.com/goto/eevl

18. New EEVL initiative Free trade pubs to professionals

19. LTSN-RDN Collaboration Starting Feb 2003 –initiative to improve partnership between RDN Hubs and LTSN Subject Centres –avoid duplication of effort –improve resources available from each –improve support for teaching and learning from Hubs

20. Make our mark

21. Questions? EEVL the Internet guide for Engineering, Mathematics and Computing http://www.eevl.ac.uk