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Integrating - Services and functionality in institutional environments Jake Broadhurst 3.7.3

Integrating - Services and functionality in institutional environments Jake Broadhurst 3.7.3. Project DEVIL. D ynamically E nhancing V LE I nformation From The L ibrary. DEVIL Deliverables. Prototype Tools Resource discovery & management Metadata & Collections Policy

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Integrating - Services and functionality in institutional environments Jake Broadhurst 3.7.3

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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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