Embedding the Library in the Course Management System (IL 2017)

Ten years ago it was recommended that the University Library shouldn’t be “outside” the Course Management System (CMS) but “Instead, the CMS serve as a door to the library.” This session focuses on Oklahoma State University Library’s experiences being embedded in Desire2Learn; the outcomes of reviewing this situation and moving to a cloud-based CMS; and an overview of today’s design, success and changes.

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1. Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls. Joseph Campbell Embedding the Library in the CMS
3. Nearest Foosball Table www.okiefoos.com
4. Why Embed?
5. Elizabeth Pyatt, Loanne Snavely The Library no longer will live outside the CMS. Instead, the CMS will serve as a door to the library--a most important campus resource.
6. Just in Time Not Just in Case
7. Our History
8. Inspiration: RIT Released Code to embed in Blackboard
9. Scoped Search Library Contact Information Subject Librarian Suggested Databases Database Built Pages
10. Librarian Created LibGuides
11. Librarian Created LibGuides
12. Librarian Created LibGuides
13. Librarian Created LibGuides
14. Discoveries
15. •Combined Courses •Human Data Entry •Multiple Campuses
16. •Consistency •Updating •Friendly URLs
17. Today
18. Moved to the Cloud
20. •Redesigned course codes •Needed a Web Service Challenges
21. Returned to system built pages.
22. •C.O.P.E. based •LibGuides, Modx, mySQL
24. Tomorrow
25. Scoped Searches
26. Marketing Undergrad Services
27. • Personalization • AI-like content selection