Reading Lists

How do they work? How do we improve them?

Students use reading lists to learnto complete their assignments

Reading lists are the single most important study resource cited by students.

The most frequent free text comment on resources in the NSS survey is “Not enough books.”

Academics invest time in creating reading lists for their courses:-

to support their teachingto improve student experience

Academics receive feedback from students if there are difficulties with them.

Academics may want to change/amend reading lists.

Librarians

Librarians provide 89% of the students source material.

Librarians respond to orders from academics and demand from students.

Librarians offer support to all readers with problems with any resources.

Librarians attempt to manage the supply of materials rationing access equitably.

How it worked BTL

Librarian as firefighter

Current model

Reading list ping pong

How can we improve the system?

Use e-lists so that, academics

librarians & students can work

together to:- Create

Use

Amend

Personalise

Lists & improve the entire reading list experience

Plans for the futureAs lists are transferred over from TalisList to Aspire

we will be able to transfer review and editorial rights to you and you will be able to easily re-organise, add and delete items provide further annotation.

We will retain access and you will also be able to make notes for us about the specific edition required etc. We will also where appropriate add later editions and new purchases.

Students will be able to annotate their own versions of the list and add additional resources they come across.

The Aspire system uses a simple model which parallels normal work patterns:-

• Discover

• Collect

• Build

• Publish

to create a Resource List

Theses Video

Databases

AudioBooks Articles

Images

eBooks

Web pagesAsk for a PLUS

session once you have a list to work

with