1. Bringing the Library to You: Integrating Library Resources into Online Classrooms ACRL/CNI/EDUCAUSE Joint Virtual Conference - Innovate and Motivate: Next Generation Libraries April 20, 2006 Susan Mee and Jonathan Jiras Rochester Institute of Technology

2. Big Picture Integration of library resources and course reserves into campus courseware Design and implementation of a modular, web-based, linking application Customization of library resources to college, program, and course levels

3. Agenda Why? (Sue Mee) How? (Jon Jiras) Demo (Sue Mee) Technical Details (Jon Jiras) Questions / Discussion

4. Historical Perspective Courseware Progression: FirstClass  Blackboard  Prometheus  Desire2Learn Distance Learning Courses  Campus, Distance, Blended Pilot Project  Every Course with Course Shell History of Strong Library Involvement: Evaluation  Vendor Training  Implementation  Faculty Workshops

5. The Challenges Duplicate Prometheus Features: Separate Reserve Module – integration of electronic reserve material into course outline or syllabus by Library staff Online request form for faculty to request electronic reserves Administrative access available for Library Generic library information in every course shell Meet Faculty Expectations for Integration Short Implementation Timeframe

6. The Simple Solution Modular, web-based application All the features of Prometheus and more Integration of all reserves and customized Library resources Link is available by default in every course and from every screen myLibrary link branded for RIT’s myCourses

7. myLibrary Link – Added Benefits Sits completely outside of D2L Links to existing systems – pages on web server and the ILS reserve module Does not require library staff to edit course shells or duplicate processing Decreases reserve processing by at least 25% Encourages librarians to participate in the success of D2L Customizes the library experience for users Makes the library and library resources important D2L assets Easy migration from quarter to quarter

8. Three types of content 1) Course specific - reserve material 2) College or Program specific - contact info, database lists, subject guides, website lists 3) Neither (common to all courses, colleges, and programs) - research tools, library account, books tab

9. Three Different Views 1) Student 2) Faculty 3) Distance Learner

10. Similar to an OpenURL link server Takes a URL parameter and returns related links

11. Software ColdFusion and Windows Internet Information Server Can also be done in PHP, ASP, or other middleware Not a database driven application All logic resides in ColdFusion pages Very simple application Took 70 hours of programming 3 or 4 meetings with Sue

12. Customizing the Navigation Bar

14. http://ellie.rit.edu/D2L/course.cfm? CourseNum={OrgUnitCode}&Role={RoleID}

15. Course numbers at RIT 052210170.20051 05 is college 22 is program 101 is course number 70 is section 20051 is quarter

16. Course specific (reserves) Uses ODBC connection to the ILS (Millennium III) RIT is an III Oracle site SQL script pulls reserve items ColdFusion page generates links to catalog

17. College/Program Specific (contact info, find articles, subject guides, select websites) HTML fragment files (find articles tab example) databases_01.htm  01 – College of Business databases_06.htm  06 – College of Applied Science and Tech. databases_0607.htm  0607 – Packaging Sciences databases_0619.htm  0619 – Hospitality Service databases_0627.htm  0627 – Instructional Technology databases_0635.htm  0635 – Health Systems Administration databases_0640.htm  0640 – Reserve Officer Training

18. College/Program Specific (contact info, find articles, subject guides, select websites) Logic (find articles tab example)

19. College/Program Specific (contact info, find articles, subject guides, select websites) Fragment file example Engineering Databases Patent Databases

20. College/Program Specific (contact info, find articles, subject guides, select websites) Fragment file example Engineering Databases Patent Databases

21. Propagating the Link Courseware administrator Added to Default Navigation Bar Made it appear across all existing shells Occasional tweak

22. Maintenance Links are to web pages that list resources by discipline – not to the resources themselves Bibliographers update web pages (as they always have) Minor tweaks/troubleshooting

23. Statistics General D2L stats Spring 2005 -- (15 pilot courses) Summer 2005 -- (light load) Fall 2005 -- (3,422 courses) myLibrary link stats Over five month period from October through February application was accessed 5,127 times

24. Future Development Bibliographers develop new web pages to support more programs May develop this into a database driven application Integrate with additional courseware packages ERM implementation Content Management System

25. More information http://library.rit.edu/desire2learn/ Susan Mee Distance and Online Learning Librarian samwml@rit.edu Jonathan Jiras Library Technology Specialist jjjwml@rit.edu