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Transitioning to DigiTool for E-reserves

Explore the evolution of E-reserves at Seneca, the implementation of DigiTool, and the benefits it brings to faculty, students, and library staff. Learn about the features, challenges, and upcoming launch of this innovative system.

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Transitioning to DigiTool for E-reserves

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  1. Transitioning to DigiTool for E-reserves E-reserves and your Academic Library June 11, 2009 University of Guelph-Humber Presented by: Jennifer Peters-Lise, Metadata & Digital Services Librarian

  2. E-reserves at Seneca Primer

  3. Sept 2004 – April 2005 • First e-reserves pilot • Blackboard Content System • 10 nursing faculty • Links to research databases, licenses for scanned articles, links to the items in the library • Results – faculty loved the service, library staff hated the software

  4. Sept 2005 – Dec 2006 • Formed the E-reserves Research Committee • Examined: • Seneca’s current print reserves • Canadian E-reserves Scan • 17 existing e-reserves projects across Canada • Available systems for e-reserves

  5. E-reserves Prototypes • Docutek • cost, stand-alone system • Blackboard Content System • logical display, no cataloguing (just a filename), no reports, limited statistics, reliant on ITT • Voyager • full cataloguing capability, results/browsing interface wasn’t great

  6. E-reserves Prototypes – the winner • Encompass • Cataloguing workflow • On-the-fly templates • Hierarchical collection view • Import MARC records • Similarity to ILS system • Already owned it, no extra hardware cost • Combines logical browsing of Blackboard with the cataloguing and data control of Voyager

  7. Encompass • Spent 6 months customizing the system and UI, training staff, creating our e-reserves system • Great success among faculty, students and library staff

  8. Then Ex Libris bought Endeavor…

  9. The End of Encompass • Ex Libris announced they would no longer support Encompass clients. • We were offered Ex Libris’ digital library software DigiTool for very little cost to make up for our inconvenience • Jan–Mar 2009 – Digitool installed, Encompass records migrated, training for admin • Spring 2009 – customizations began

  10. Digitool features – similar to Encompass • Cataloguing workflow • On-the-fly templates • hierarchical collection view • Import MARC records • Combines logical browsing of Blackboard with the cataloguing and data control of Voyager • Can link to a course readings list from Blackboard

  11. Digitool features that arebetter than Encompass

  12. Host many collections from one site

  13. Upload different manifestations of an item into the same record

  14. Integrate cataloguing rules directly into the cataloguing client

  15. Use various metadata schema and add local fields

  16. Digitool features – better than Encompass • Ingest module - upload records by spreadsheet, great for student workers or anyone you don’t want to train on the cataloguing module • Deposit Module $$ – faculty can upload their own items

  17. Things we don’t like about Digitool • Private collections • Creating courses and groupings • Cataloguing Module scary for staff!

  18. Current Digitool Status • User testing • Finish customizations • Staff training • Full launch September 2009

  19. This just in…Digitool is being replaced…

  20. Jennifer Peters-Lise jennifer.peters-lise@senecac.on.ca IM & Yahoo: senlibjenn Link to presentation http://tinyurl.com/senecaereserves

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