The document summarizes the University of Lincoln's transition from its old method of digitizing content to the new Talis Aspire Digitised Content system. It describes some of the limitations of the old Blackboard system for managing eReserves, and highlights benefits of the new Talis system like integration with the learning management system and ability to share files between modules. It also discusses challenges faced like the time-consuming initial conversion process and issues with the new authentication system. After six months, over 1,200 files had been digitized across 293 modules and seen over 42,000 views.

1. University of Lincoln
Talis Aspire Digitised Content - Workshop
Paul Stainthorp - 5th March 2014

2. Hello
Paul Stainthorp
Electronic Resources Librarian
University of Lincoln
pstainthorp@lincoln.ac.uk

3. Old method of digitisation
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Blackboard VLE Content Store eReserves
- Very time consuming process
- No record of decisions / © details
- Whole process re-done every. single. year
- One eReserves folder per module: multiple
copies of files not shared between modules
● - No reporting - manual CLA returns
● + Seamless authentication within Blackboard

4. digitisation.library.lincoln.ac.uk
● TA Reading Lists launched July 2012
● 18 months on: 42% of modules have lists
● Integrated with Blackboard VLE & academic
programmes management system (APMS)
● Justification: + Student experience,
- Academic Subject Librarian effort
● TADC launched July 2013

5. Conversion
● Didn’t use Talis’s automatic conversion from
spreadsheet / filestore (process not ready)
● Exported Blackboard eReserves to disk and
worked through priority modules (2 batches)
● - Time-consuming, but not really
● + Learnt a lot about TADC in the process
● + “Clean sheet”: fix mistakes, discarded lots
● + More new reading lists created

6. Authentication
● New auth system OpenAthens LA launched
the same month as TADC - don’t do this!
● - No devolved constraints: self-certification
● - Worried about profile creation stage
● - No seamless sign-on between Blackboard
and OALA/TADC: user has to log in twice

7. After 6 months...
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1,200 live digitised files
293 modules with digitisation
42,900 views
(12,300 downloads)
(1,800 prints)

8. What next
● Review & improve TADC+TARL processes
● Currently digitisation requests still mediated
by Academic Subject Librarians - change?
● TARL hierarchy - better integration with
programmes management system
● Authentication - devolved constraints

9. Any questions?
Paul Stainthorp
Electronic Resources Librarian
University of Lincoln
pstainthorp@lincoln.ac.uk