Blending the Library
into your
Course Management System
Marianne Foley
SUNY College at Buffalo
foleym@buffalostate.edu
SUNYLA Conference 2010
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What is a nugget?
Buffalo State overview
Library nugget history
The library nugget at Buffalo State
Pointers and Positives
Live demo!
Feedback
What’s a Nugget?
• “A nugget is a component that presents a
module of data that can be added to a portal
page. Nuggets are synonymous with channels
in some other portal systems.” – ANGEL 7.3
Administrator Reference
• Box within ANGEL that contains information or
performs a function.
CMS at Buffalo State
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CMS is ANGEL
Adopted in 2005
Currently on Version 7.3
Hosted with ANGEL Learning (Blackboard)
All courses in ANGEL …
… but not all faculty/classes use ANGEL
ANGEL Use at BSC
Fall
2008
Spring Summer
2009
2009
Fall
2009
Spring
2010
# of
2754
Courses
3039
851
3074
3076
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Enabled
605
547
156
1059
1188
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Enabled
22%
18%
18%
34%
39%
Library at Buffalo State
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≈ 35,000 journals
≈ 200 databases
12 Reference librarians
Actively maintained web site
Myriad online guides
Multiple virtual reference avenues
Nugget Origins
• Reference librarian disturbed by Google
default in ANGEL
• Wanted more library integration with
ANGEL courses
• SUNY COCID - Library2LMS: Integrating Library
Services into a Learning Management System
• Pauline Shostack presented OCC customized
library nugget
Birth of the BSC Nugget
• Librarian suggested nugget to me
• Contacted OCC for HTML code
• BSC created an empty nugget
• Added BSC customizations
BSC Customizations
• Reference librarians identified key resources
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Articles+ - combines 20 popular periodical DBs
Library Catalog
Encyclopedia Britannica
Oxford English Dictionary
Research Services, Library databases, Subject guides
• ANGEL team chose tab and named nugget
₋ Resources Tab → Information Resources
₋ Institutional Resources nugget
• Went live in Summer 2008
Typical Course Home Page
Information Resources Tab
The Nugget
The Nugget & Its Code
<div class="portal">
<table border="0" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="1" width="95%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1" width="80%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><b>Quick Searches</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid; border-left: 1px solid; padding-left:
10px; padding-right: 0px; border-top: 1px solid; border-right: 1px solid; padding-top:
0px">Library Catalog</div>
<form style="margin: 0px" method="get"
action="http://bsc.sunyconnect.suny.edu:4380/F" name="form1">
<input type="hidden" name="func" value="find-b" /> <input
type="hidden" name="adjacent" value="N" /><input class="search" size="35"
name="request" type="text" /> <select style="margin: 0px" name="find_code">
<option value="WRD" selected="selected">Keyword</option>
<option value="WAU">Author</option>
<option value="WTT">Title</option>
<option value="WSU">Subject</option>
<option value="020">ISBN</option>
Features
• Appears in every course in same place
Features
• Appears in every course in same place
• Maintains color theme of course
User’s Theme Maintained
Features
• Appears in every course in same place
• Maintains color theme of course
• Compatible with 7.x versions
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Appears in every course in same place
Maintains color theme of course
Compatible with 7.x versions
Single sign-on: one authentication!
Benefits
• ANGEL links to Google, Wikipedia,
Merriam-Webster Dictionary -- why not
connect to your own library?
• Uses resources already purchased
• Librarians vet and update these resources
• Drills down to quality library resources
• Puts library at their fingertips
• Crucial to distance learners
The Current Nugget
The Current Nugget
The Current Nugget
Demo!
To Make Successful
• Need ability and rights to create
nuggets
• Familiar with HTML and ANGEL
programming
• Test! Test! Test!
• Work with reference librarians
• Make it single sign-on
Results
• Very positive feedback from faculty
• New faculty request nugget
• BSC Ebsco database usage increased
dramatically in 2008-2009
– 1st in state
– 5th in world
Thank You!
Contact me at:
foleym@buffalostate.edu