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Reading lists @ Stirling

This document discusses the development and management of academic reading lists using a central service model at Stirling University. It highlights the growth from 89 lists in 2005 to 311 in ASPIRE, showcasing benefits like improved communication with staff and enhanced access to required materials. Key challenges include costs, staff involvement, and integration with existing systems. Future plans involve increasing academic participation and further integration with university systems, demonstrating an ongoing commitment to supporting student learning through effective resource management.

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Reading lists @ Stirling

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  1. Reading lists @ Stirling SCURL Community of Practice July 2013 Lisa Haddow & Valerie Wells

  2. Background • 2003/4 Sentient Discover pilot • 2004 trial of TalisList • Our model is a Central Service Model with library staff creating lists • Range of staff involved in creation and management of reading lists • Documentation, guides, policies, workflows, templates for emails Lisa Haddow & Valerie Wells

  3. Growing like Topsy • Autumn 2005 semester 89 lists (just 3 created by academic staff) • Autumn 2006, 130 lists • Currently 311 lists in ASPIRE, approximately half of all modules Lisa Haddow & Valerie Wells

  4. Benefits • Increased contact and communication with staff. With academics and with CELD colleagues in Information Services. • Know what students are expected to read and equally importantly what they are to purchase • We have a better chance of getting the material in the library • Sweating our assets, for example increased our use of the CLA digitisation licence • 359 in 2009 • 1289 in 2013 Lisa Haddow & Valerie Wells

  5. Lisa Haddow & Valerie Wells

  6. Issues • Costs • £3525 for TalisList in 2005 • £18360 for the current subscription to ASPIRE • Staff • No additional staff • Scalability? • Alternatives - RebusList Lisa Haddow & Valerie Wells

  7. Challenges • Involving academics • Production of lists • Negotiation of size of lists (QEC recommendations) • Integration with existing workflows • Managing expectations – ours and academics • IT – issues with browsers, integration with our VLE –Blackboard • Student issues – difficulty using Aspire – libguide created Lisa Haddow & Valerie Wells

  8. Future • Roll-over – in Spring 2014 • More academics doing updates to list – pilot of 6 academics this semester • Funding • Further integration with existing University systems e.g. with • OPAC Lisa Haddow & Valerie Wells

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