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Further to my post enquiring about what reading list strategies and technologies colleagues are using I received the following replies. Mostly the responses focussed on the technologies and most librarians did not feel they have achieved a good solution. Keele - Millennium reading list function too book focussed. Considered Refworks but this also lacks the required functionality required. Recent conclusions are that Sentient integrates well with Blackboard but has mixed reviews. LORLS is free but requires more system support. Talis Aspire looks good but expensive. Dawson are working with Huddersfield University to exploit functionality in dawsonera in the production of resources lists. Swansea - current preference would be to use a reference managers like RefWorks and Endnote for reading lists as they would prefer not to have yet another place to manage reading lists. School of Pharmacy - Uni of London - academic staff put reading lists on the VLE (usually in different places). Staff have access to all modules and can check lists. Library looking for a better solution Professional body for actuaries - all students are distance learners. They have portals for each subject which gather together all the resources a student would need to study that Subject. Other universities looking to find a better solution than they currently have are: Bournemouth Bangor Liverpool Hope Central Lancashire Roehampton Southampton Solent Information from Mark Bush (Talis Aspire): Universities currently committed to implementing Aspire and could be contacted are: Plymouth St. Andrews Sussex Manchester Uni Bolton Nottingham Trent From Mark's experience in working with universities on Aspire development he considers that the following have done good work on strategic thinking around reading lists: • Nottingham Trent University • Sussex • St. Andrews • Cambridge University Library ( the Arcadia Project) http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/index.php. Good luck everyone! Angie Angie Donoghue | Senior Information Adviser | Virtual Learning Centre Team | Learning and Academic Services | Student Learning Services | Adsetts Centre | Sheffield Hallam University | Howard Street | Sheffield | S1 1WB | t: 0114 225 4700 | f: 0114 225 2125 | e: [log in to unmask]