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Enhancing Learning with Course Resources System

Discover how libraries at University of Rochester are enhancing education with a Course Resources System, co-locating library resources at a course-specific level. Learn about the value, stats for Fall 2002, and answers to key questions.

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Enhancing Learning with Course Resources System

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  1. December 6, 2002 Learning Management Systems: What Libraries Bring to the Table Susan Gibbons Director, Digital Library Initiatives University of Rochester sgibbons@library.rochester.edu

  2. Course Materials at UR • WebCT On-Line Course Pages • Education Technology Center • Departmental Servers • Other hosts • Library Resources • Electronic Reserves • Physical Reserves • Databases, journals, books, etc.

  3. Questions for UR Libraries • Can library resources be collocated at a course-specific level or is subject-specific (MyLibrary system) the best we can do? • What’s the value of doing this?

  4. CoURse Resources System • Use course syllabus as index to reserves material • Couple with best library resources at a course-specific level • Books, journals, databases, indexes, multimedia, websites, librarians

  5. What is it? • Dynamically-generated webpages served up by a Cold Fusion application • Relational database of “best” library resources and UR course offerings • Associations made with broad and narrow strokes • Associations carry over from semester to semeser • No HTML • Pages activated by reserves or prof’s request

  6. Stats for Fall 2002 Semester • 445 of 930 classes (48%) have a CoURse Resources Page • 1250+ library resources in the system • Paper/media- 46% • Digital- 46% • Mixed- 8% • 3170+ associations between courses and resources thus far

  7. Answers to Our Questions • Is it possible to collocate library resources at a course-specific level? YES! • What’s the value? • Increases dialog between librarians and faculty • Increase librarians’ awareness of curriculum • Meets students’ info need in their medium of choice • Students are using it! • Raised the bar for LMS

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