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ReadingLists@Anglia

Guide for Subject Librarians

This guide will take you through creating lists for ReadingLists@Anglia and the various

connected procedures and workflows. Access the system @ http://readinglists.anglia.ac.uk

You may also find the notices and known issues blog useful @

http://readinglistsaru.wordpress.com username: readinglistsaru password: talisaspire

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Exemplar list examples

You may find the following examples useful when trying to see how to set lists out.

http://readinglists.anglia.ac.uk/lists/6CC12FDA-F6CC-DD64-A3A0-7F825B9D36EC.html

http://readinglists.anglia.ac.uk/lists/BAEBE41B-45CD-91E2-7EC6-F091D9DAA429.html?draft

Support materials

There is now a section on the University Library website for ReadingLists@Anglia. You can point

academic members of staff to this for further help and information on the project.

http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/academic/readinglist.html

From this section of the website you can access:

ReadingLists@Anglia Libguide Guide to Bookmarking

Downloading and using the Talis Aspire

bookmarklet

Guide to creating lists

The Talis Aspire website also has lots of support materials http://support.talisaspire.com/home

Getting academic members of staff started

The member of academic staff needs to be the module leader in order to add a list to that

particular module. If they are not the module leader or you are unsure please contact either

Alex Collins or Christina Harbour.

Information the member of academic staff needs

Module information

Module Name

Module Number

Semester/Trimester

Number of students

List information

A list of books / journal articles / websites etc.

Any sections they want and what items go in them – with an awareness of the Reading Resource

Strategy.

Any notes needed for each item / section - i.e. should the student purchase the item.

Weekly reading if they require this.

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Setting up profiles

The first time an academic member of staff logs in they will be prompted to update their profile.

If they have already logged in before they can access their profile by logging in and clicking on

their name as shown below.

Click on “Edit” and you will be taken to the following page

Click here to access your profile

Make sure academic staff set

up a public profile as this is

required for them to be found

within the system.

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Creating lists

To create a new list, go to “My Lists” – “Create new list”

Naming lists

Lists should be named the title of the module as this makes them easier to locate in the system.

Usually the module

code and title of

the module

The next semester /

trimester the module runs

in (the list will roll over

the following semester /

trimester

Approx.!

You can put the lecturers

name here as it makes it

searchable

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Attaching lists to the hierarchy, i.e. linking the list to the module code.

From the ReadingLists@Anglia homepage http://readinglists.anglia.ac.uk you can either

search the hierarchy by module code or module title. You can also browse the hierarchy

by clicking on “Browse hierarchy”. Locate your module by browsing in your Faculty and

Department. For example Faculty of Arts Law and Social Sciences – Department of

English and Media – Animation MOD000340.

v

v

1 Search or browse hierarchy

5 Choose the reading list you

want from the drop down

menu and click “Attach”

2 Choose your Faculty

3 Choose your Department

4 Choose your Module

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New Talis Aspire functionality - Dashboard

The following are screen prints from the new functionality of the dashboard feature

within a reading list in Talis Aspire.

This shows the number of times

a list has been viewed. It does

not tell lecturers who has

viewed the list for data

protection reasons.

Same as above applies here.

Students can make their own

notes on items. These notes are

private to students but lecturers

can see if students are making

notes.

This item shows the resource

which has the most clicks on a

reading list. Good for usage

statistic purposes.

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We are currently working on

adding Anglia Ruskin Harvard to

the RL@A system.

Useful for lecturers to see

whether the library holds the

item. It is also useful for subject

librarians to see if we need to

order items.

This will give the lecturers

reasons why they have good or

poor metadata; they are advised

on alternative resources and

ways of improving the metadata.

Usage statistics for lecturers to

see whether students are

reading resources on the reading

list.

Usage statistics on how popular

individual items are on the

reading list.

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Gives lecturers other items they

might wish to use on their

reading list.

Similar to item clicks but this

shows how popular whole

sections of a reading list are.

The Dashboard has different

options; you can choose to just

look at student intent, resource

health (metadata) and activity

for the whole list.

Options here should be Harvard,

APA and OSCOLA

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ReadingLists@Anglia: Pre and post training/meeting checklist

Pre-training preparation

Before any training/meeting takes place:

• Check with Alex Collins that the member of staff is module leader in the system

so that they are able to add lists in (cc in Christina Harbour).

• Send/Print out copies of any training guides needed.

• If possible try and get the member of staff to add the bookmarklet to their

browser of choice.

On the day

• Check with member of staff that they have set up a public profile (this will

prompt if it is the first time they have logged in to the system)

• Use the idea that the system works best as a 3 step approach:

o Start with bookmarking all items needed (use Primo is possible)

o Create a new list

o Attach to the hierarchy (module)(see above)

• Show the Dashboard facility as in the future this will provide them with statistics

on their reading list

• Show exemplar/example lists if needed

• Mention that the bookmarklet can be used all year round to collect resources to

update the reading list the following year.

Post-training

• Make sure you have updated the Progress Recording spreadsheet in the RL@A

folder in Staffnet, this should include any liaison with lecturers, information on

what has been done/needs doing and any completed lists.

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Checklist for first time users

Check with your Subject Librarian that you are the module leader ☐

in the system

Login to the ReadingLists@Anglia system ☐

Follow the instructions to set up your profile ☐

(Please note you need a public profile)

Install the Bookmarklet button for your browser in “My Bookmarks” ☐

(Please note you will need to have your browsers toolbar activated)

Create bookmarks from Library Search ☐

Create bookmarks from the rest of the web if needed ☐

Create a list in “My Lists” ☐

Structure and populate the list with the bookmarks you created earlier ☐

Publish the list ☐

Attach the list to your module using “Link to Hierarchy” ☐

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Install the bookmarklet button

in “My Bookmarks”

Creating Reading Lists in the ReadingLists@Anglia system: Workflow

Login to the system:

http://readinglists.anglia.ac.uk

Create a list in “My Lists”

Structure and populate the list

with bookmarks

Publish the list

Attach the list to the module in

the hierarchy

Bookmark resources from the library

catalogue or other internet pages