Dear all,
I know there has been recent discussion on reading lists on LIS-LINK, but
I'd like to get further views on the specific issue of online reading lists.
Here at Birkbeck, we are coming to the end of a pilot project to make
reading lists available online to students, linking to our catalogue and
full text. We are now considering how to make this a sustainable service
and are looking into best practice among other academic institutions.
I would therefore be interested to hear from those who feel they have, or
on their way towards, maintaining a sustainable service for online reading
lists, as well as those who are finding it more difficult to do so.
If you are on your way to maintaining a sustainable service - I would be
grateful if you could answer any of these questions:
- which management system are you using?
- how straightforward is it to input and maintain reading lists?
- what percentage of reading lists do you have online?
- have you had to alter the way reading lists are presented in order to get
them online e.g. include less details, not try and adhere to
bibliographical styles?
- what resources have you been able to give to inputting/maintenance? E.g.
How many hours per week?, who is doing it - have staff been employed
specifically to do this?
- are academics involved with the inputting, or will they be?
- is the service linked to your VLE?
- what factors have particularly helped to make the service work? e.g.
support from academics? Good paper reading list management system already
in place?
For those who are finding it more difficult to make their online reading
lists a sustainable service:
- what are the particular factors that are preventing the service from
becoming sustainable?
I'll summarise replies for the list.
Many thanks,
Sally Maitland
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Sally Maitland
Science Subject Librarian
Birkbeck College Library
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HX
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Tel. 020 7631 6062
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