1. Talis Aspire Open Day
11:00 Welcome and introduction
11.15 What is Talis Aspire Campus Edition?
12:30 Running a Resource List service – Richard
Cross, e-Resources Librarian, NTU
13:15 Lunch
13:45 Making an effective business case - Pat
Simons, Director of Library Strategy, Queen Mary
14:10 Reading Lists, Students & Academics what
they say; what we can do - Linda Jones, Faculty
Librarian, University of Portsmouth
14:30 And so to the future..

3. Who are we?
Talis Education, part of Talis Group
Vision: to connect lecturers, students
and libraries together
Mark Bush, Commercial Development
Stephen Norris, Business Development
Ian Corns, Customer Liaison

4. Housekeeping
• Ask questions. Tell us what you think?
• Talk with peers
• Tweet via #talisaspire
• Learn more via
– talisaspire.com/campus-edition
– support.talisaspire.com
– JISC Mail LIS-TALIS-ASPIRE
– @talisaspire
– info@talisaspire.com
• Enjoy the refreshments

5. Talis Aspire Campus Edition
A learning resource platform
enabling universities to
successfully manage course
reading for today’s increasingly
demanding student

6. “Course resource lists aren’t just
a library thing, they go to the
heart of what universities are
about”
Mike Berrington, Deputy Director LLR
Nottingham Trent University

7. “Reading lists are the most
important thing the university
gives us. They tell us what we
should do and indicate how we
are going to be assessed”
CILIP Library & Information Update June 2010

8. Supporting Key Objectives
•Enhance the student learning experience
• student satisfaction, retention, differentiation
•Support teaching excellence
•Improve staff efficiency and productivity
•Optimise the cost of course delivery
•Acquisitions/stock management intelligence
•Maximise the value of library e-resources
•Integrate & add value to existing systems

10. Change and disruption
• Provision of learning resources
• Teaching, engagement and collaboration
• Funding cuts for teaching
• Student fees
• Student to institution relationship

12. Change and disruption
• Provision of learning resources
• Teaching, engagement and collaboration
• Funding cuts for teaching
• Student fees
• Student to institution relationship
• Rising student expectations
• Students at heart of the system
• Fewer students. Competition. New entrants

13. Some things never change
Deliver more ... with less
Time to do the basics better?
Attract and retain students

15. Attracting students

16. Attracting Students
NUS School Leavers Report: Motivations
and Expectations March 2011
Q7. What additional information would you
like to have received from universities you
were interested in before making your
choice?

17. Attracting students

19. How important are reading lists?
The student view ..
in 140 characters

22. Student

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38. How painful can course resource
lists be?
The lecturer view

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40. How painful can course
resource lists be?
The librarian view

41. Librarian

42. Librarian

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50. ...... a system to solve the academics
problems, keep the library in the loop, and
deliver a better student experience ..

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57. Student view

58. Reading list process
FIND
COLLECT
ORGANISE
PUBLISH

59. What intelligence does the Reviews area offer?
• See library availability of requested items
• See if items are on other lists
• Review the note to student
• Review the note to library
• Review the relative importance of requested
items
• Review LCN for in-stock items
• Log dialogue between library colleagues

60. More information
• @talisaspire
• LIS-TALIS-ASPIRE
• http://support.talisaspire.com/home
• www.talisaspire.com/talis-aspire-
campus-edition/
• info@talisaspire.com