1. The Hybrid Library Project Leeds University Library

2. Faculty Teams at Leeds n Small groups of subject librarians who liase with academic staff to provide library support to students n Also deal directly with student enquiries n Liaison Group is a group of Faculty Team Librarians who meet to discuss liaison activities

3. Virtual/Managed Learning Environments at Leeds n Nathan Bodington Building is a ‘virtual’ building. Each academic department has a ‘floor’ on which ‘suites’ of ‘rooms’ are used to provide course materials, assessments, etc to students n VSP (Virtual Science Park) is similar to Nathan Bodington but is a commercial venture of the University. Companies can purchase a ‘tenancy’ in the park n Webpages are used by some departments to deliver teaching/learning materials

4. Key Aims of the Project n Develop liaison with academics to provide library support for specific modules n Allow students to access the ‘universe of information’ as well as module materials n Work with a wide range of subjects and students from 1st year Undergraduates to taught Masters and off-campus students n Support the students within their learning environment, I.e. departmental webpages, Nathan Bodington Building

5. Project Information n Internally funded n One full time member of staff n Part-time managerial and technical support n Funded for 15 months from June 2000

6. Liaison and Development of ‘Hybrid Library’ Resource n Contact with Faculty Team Librarians to embed the project within Faculty Teams n Faculty Team Librarians suggest possible modules/academics n Contact/meeting with academics n Development of the resource n Report back to academic with ‘draft version’ of resource n Continued liaison via meetings, phone, email

7. Components of a ‘Hybrid Library’ Resource n Course materials such as lecture notes, assessments n Electronic reading lists n Past exam papers n Links to relevant websites/databases n Online counter collection n Tutorials/training materials n Library contact information n etc….

8. Evaluation Activities n Questionnaires for students n Structured Interviews with academics n Focus Groups with students and Faculty Team Librarians n Cohort study n Anecdotal evidence/comment

9. The Future n Need a well planned exit strategy to hand over to Faculty Teams n Hybrid Library ‘template’ or ‘toolbox’ to enable academics to create their own resources n Retain liaison between Faculty Teams and academics to provide best support for students

10. URLs and Contact Information n Claire Ryan, Hybrid Library Project Officer –Tel: 0113 2336364 –Email: c.a.ryan@leeds.ac.uk c.a.ryan@leeds.ac.uk n Demo Hybrid Library URL: –http://www.fldu.leeds.ac.uk/opensite/nbodi ngton/students/library/hylib/10105959/