The reading list market continues to get more interesting. The Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) Reading list page (http://helibtech.com/Reading_Resource+lists ) has some new updates.
There is now growing interest from US vendors. Kuali is talking to the Bloomsbury group about the opportunities of Reading List integration with their Kuali OLE library system. EBSCO have entered the fray too (see below---and of course when they say "LMS" they mean *Learning* Management System.)
A new reading list system from EBSCO :
Adapted from the Press Release http://www.ebscohost.com/careers/article/ebsco-discovery-service-now-has-hosted-curriculum-builder-lms-plugin
Curriculum Builder databases enables ebooks, and other digital resources from the library’s discovery system to be brought into the online learning environment. An educator can search your library’s content from within the LMS (Learning Management System) and click “Add to Reading List” and the selections are saved. Curriculum Builder allows the annotation of reading list items and copy other reading lists created at the institution. The Curriculum Builder Learning Management System EDS plugin is an LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) Tool Provider 1.0, and is compatible with any learning management system that is LTI-compliant. The list of compliant LMS's includes Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, and Desire2Learn.
Also of interest is the link on HELibTech to a recent presentation at the ARLG conference by Sussex University. "Gloriously straightforward!": removing barriers to resource discovery. By Suzanne Tatham. In: 2nd CILIP ARLG Study Conference - The Final Frontier, 23-25 June 2014, University of Sussex.
http://helibtech.com/Reading_Resource+lists#Reading%20lists%20articles%20&%20reports
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