Linking the Library and Campus Course Management System

Dygert, Claire; Moeller, Paul

doi:10.1300/j123v52n03_09

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“…They recommended that libraries create new information delivery systems and the means for a potential 24-hour demand for library resources. Jackson (2007) encouraged librarians to form relationships with campus CMS administrators and IT programmers to facilitate the integration of library resources into the CMS, while Dygert and Moeller (2007) went a step further to suggest that librarians get administrative access to the system. Researchers advised librarians to proactively pursue partnerships with faculty and software developers to enrich online education with their expertise and authoritative online resources (Machovec, 2001;Beagle, 2000;Bell & Shank, 2004;Rieger, Horne, & Revels, 2004;Buehler, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…With micro-level integration, individual librarians work "with faculty as consultants to participate in developing a customized library instruction and resource component for the courseware-enhanced courses" (p. 38). The macro-level approach of American University took the form of a library site within the CMS that provides a central information point for virtual services (Dygert & Moeller, 2007). The micro-level strategy provides targeted resources to help students focus their research from the beginning but requires significant commitment from librarians (Gibbons, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Putting the Library at Students’ Fingertips

Foley¹

2012

Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

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The absence of a well-defined space for library resources within course-management systems has been well documented in library literature. Academic libraries have sought to remedy this deficiency in numerous ways. This article describes how a "library nugget," or module, was added to the Buffalo State College course-management system, ANGEL. The nugget features direct access to the library catalog and several popular databases from within ANGEL. Links to library guides and research services are also provided. The nugget was a collaboration between reference librarians and the campus ANGEL administrator, who is the college's former systems librarian. User feedback has been extremely positive and campus database usage has soared.Course-management systems (CMSs) have become ubiquitous on college and university campuses. These asynchronous online systems are also known as learning-management systems, content-management systems, learning content management systems, and coursemanagement software, among many other terms. They allow faculty to create dynamic, interactive, secure web sites for their courses with notes, assignments, assessments, grades, internal e-mail and instant messaging, streaming media, interactive video, and many other Web 2.0 technologies. As Hightower, Rawl, and Schutt (2007) explain, CMSs "came into use during the latter half of the 1990s. Initial development for some occurred on campuses where faculty sought tools to support distance learning courses. Several systems evolved into commercial enterprises whose products have been purchased by thousands of educational institutions worldwide" (p. 542).Once the domain of distance education, CMSs are now used more often to complement traditional courses taught in classrooms on campus. The Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, a longitudinal study conducted by the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, seeks to determine how technology influences the college experience. The study conducted in spring 2010 found that 91% of respondents had used a CMS, up from 79.7% in 2006. More than a third of all respondents said that they use a CMS on a daily basis. Of the students who had used a CMS, one-third reported that they were not using a CMS at the time of the 2010 survey, which suggests that not all faculty use a CMS (Smith, Salaway, & Caruso, 2010). The 2009 EDUCAUSE Core Data Service survey of academic information technology organizations reported similar results, with more than 90% of institutions using at least one commercial, open-source, or homegrown

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Putting the Library at Students’ Fingertips

Foley¹

2012

Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

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“…Auburn University Montgomery surveyed faculty who were using WebCT to encourage them to link to library resources, though with limited success at that time (Hightower, Rawl, and Shutt 2007). American University developed specific pages to help faculty link to library resources (Dygert and Moeller 2007). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill started with a few course-specific subject guides on Blackboard and expanded to link more general guides to more course sites (Solis and Hampton 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%