Blending the Library into your

Course Management System

Marianne FoleySUNY College at Buffalo

foleym@buffalostate.eduSUNYLA Conference 2010

For Today ….

• 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

• 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 2009

Summer 2009

Fall 2009

Spring 2010

# of Courses 2754 3039 851 3074 3076

#Enabled

605 547 156 1059 1188

% Enabled 22% 18% 18% 34% 39%

Library at Buffalo State

• ≈ 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₋ 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

Features

• 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