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Integrating Library Content into VLEs: Lessons and Success Factors

Explore the project DEVIL's journey in enhancing VLE information from the library, involving metadata work, cultural evaluation, and organizational integration. Discover the collaborative efforts between institutions like The University of Edinburgh and The Open University to embed library services into VLE platforms.

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Integrating Library Content into VLEs: Lessons and Success Factors

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  1. Integrating -Services and functionality in institutional environments Jake Broadhurst 3.7.3

  2. Project DEVIL Dynamically Enhancing VLE Information From The Library

  3. DEVIL Deliverables • Prototype Tools • Resource discovery & management • Metadata & Collections Policy • Cultural & Organisational Evaluation

  4. Project Partners • The University of Edinburgh • The Library • Media and Learning Technology Service (MALTS) • College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Learning Technology Section (CMVM-LTS) • The Open University • The Library • Institute of Educational Technology (IET)

  5. Towards embedding services Library content into VLEs WebCT EEMeC eDesktop

  6. DEVIL-WebCT • WebCT: University of Edinburgh’s ‘Institutional VLE’ • Successful pilot & strong view to progress to service level provision • Close collaboration between MALTS and DEVIL • DEVIL services integrated into VLE

  7. DEVIL-EEMeC • EEMeC: Edinburgh Electronic Medical Curriculum • Successful pilot & strong view to progress to service level provision • Open services approach • Little technical input from DEVIL into VLE linkup

  8. DEVIL-Promises eDesktop • Promises eDesktop: one of many VLE type tools at the Open University • Prototypes yet to be fully implemented • Institutional level interest ???

  9. Clues to success factors ?

  10. Participation and expectation • Project partners at UoE: Library, MALTS and MVM-LTS entered project with expectation of service level project results Involvement + Expectation = Results

  11. Communication!! • Inter-disciplinary • Inter-organisational • Across hierarchies

  12. Other areas of integration • Metadata work informing organisations involved • Library tech projects learning from our experience (ENCompass resource management tools)

  13. Lessons • No Cookbook! • Follows evidence in theories on organisational change Huczynski & Buchanan (2000)

  14. Lessons 2 • Involvement & Commitment to project from service providers • DEVIL is not just for VLEs • Portlets to library resources anywhere

  15. Project DEVIL • Jake.Broadhurst@ed.ac.uk • http://srv1.mvm.ed.ac.uk/devilweb/

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