The document summarizes a case study of how the University of Leeds integrated Intute resources and services to create subject guides for their library portal. They implemented Intute's integration services which allowed them to add Intute's search box and records to their website. This reduced their workload as Intute handled keeping links and resources up to date. It also provided better quality assured resources than they could find themselves. The project resulted in estimated cost savings of over $20,000 by eliminating the need for their own server, software, and link/content checking.

1. Creating web guides for a library portal Jackie Wickham – Intute [email_address] Martin Gill – University of Leeds [email_address]

2. Introduction Case Study – how the University of Leeds integrated Intute resources and services to create its subject guides to electronic resources.

3. Presentation Outline What is Intute Intute’s Integration services Background to Case Study Implemetation Results and benefits

4. What is Intute Intute is a national Internet service guiding you to useful Web resources for education and research. It offers an online catalogue and interactive subject tutorials. It is a free service aimed at the UK’s higher and further education sectors and is relevant to students, lecturers, researchers and teachers. Intute was formerly known as the Resource Discovery Network (RDN). Funded nationally by the JISC

6. Network of specialists Four subject groups comprise Intute: Arts and Humanities Health and Life Sciences Science, Engineering and Technology Social Sciences Hand selected, quality assured content – Best of the Web

7. The big headache! Too many resources on Net Keeping up to date with new ones Link checking existing content Assuring quality of resources

8. How Intute can help Put Intute search box on your library Web page, eg. for Intute: Social Science resources Create your reading lists from Intute resources List latest resources added to Intute, on your library Webpage

9. Integrate the Intute Search Box

10. Search results

11. RSS feeds

12. Creating customised e-resource lists Use MyIntute to Create your own account Save records Tag records with your own keywords Export data into your web pages Get automatic updates Choose from Intute and add your own resources

13. Customised e-resource lists Links imported into blog from MyIntute using Javascript A link to a resource not in Intute but added by the user in MyIntute.

14. Leeds in the mid 1990’s Pre Google Yahoo was a directory site Subject gateways in their infancy Developed a ROADS database to list subject databases and websites Broken down to a subject or even module level

15. 2006 Server needed replacement Software no longer supported Database indexes full Workload issues of maintaining links Databases now integrated into our catalogue Wanted to avoid flat webpages of links Approached RDN as they were re-launching as Intute for advice

16. Pilot Project To use MyIntute to embed Intute records in our website Sample subjects: Education, Law, Engineering, Dentistry, East Asian Studies Looked at: Workload Availability of Intute records Technical integration

17. Project results Workload MyIntute very quick and easy to use Availability of records Most subjects had few problems Searching Intute found us better websites in many cases Some issues of scope, some language issues Technical integration Accessibility issues

18. Intute Search Box Records from Intute catalogue Intute RSS Feeds

19. Cost savings (estimated) No server replacement (£2k) No software purchased (£10-20k) Minimal systems development (£10k) No link checking, no content checking

20. Working with Intute Very helpful and flexible Accessibility issues addressed Local resources – MyNonIntute records

21. 2007 MyIntute rolled out to all subjects Replaced our general website listings ROADS server decommissioned

22. Questions?