1. Rebus:list at Leeds Beckett: customisation and co-operation Elly Cope Content Delivery Manager Leeds Beckett University PTFS Customer Day 2 nd December 2014

2. Background to the institution Leeds Beckett (neé Metropolitan) 28,000 students from over 100 countries Growth in part time and distance learning 2,900 staff Founded in 1824 as Leeds Mechanics Institute, formed into a polytechnic in 1970 then became a University in 1992 Vocational focus Growing portfolio of courses Many courses not book based Library service called Libraries and Learning Innovation (LLI)

3. Getting Rebus:List Resource discovery system raised the bar for student search experience No existing resource list system Summer 2012 a proposal for funding went to the Vice-Chancellor’s Group and was approved Went to tender and 3 companies submitted Feedback from other customers Flexibility of developers No Shibboleth issues

4. Implementation (1) Took a while! Awkward customers – we wanted a lot of customisation Lists to be tied to modules in VLE Users authenticated to their modules via the VLE University name change! Levels of engagement from other University services was lower than anticipated UG and PG curriculum review Lack of relationship between PTFS and Sirsi

5. Implementation (2) LLI staff started populating lists in March 2014 Estimated 2,200 potential modules Some duplication so number to input lower All listed on VLE but empty until populated by staff Unpopulated lists have a link to our ‘Skills for Learning’ service Latest figure completed: 400 Rolled out to academics in June/July 2014 Made available to students September/October 2014 Good take up – students asking why not all lists are available Focus on Level 6 lists ahead of NSS Lists now being received in large batches from Faculties

6. Local practice Debt of gratitude to University of Sheffield for sharing their documentation LLI staff to do first iterations Academics to maintain (and enter if they want to!) Very local user manual Internal to LLI Manual for academics One example: treatment of unpurchased PDA titles in the catalogue Repeatedly updated workflow document/diagram Latest iteration…

8. Lessons learnt Allow more time for everything! Positive attitude essential for engaging LLI and faculty staff Devising a workflow is very difficult Finding a procedure to assign lists and track their progress was challenging Lists of varying degrees of quality… Curriculum review Paper for Faculty Learning, Teaching and Enhancement Committees

9. What’s next? LLI to give more guidance on what makes good resource lists Focus on populating lists Maintenance of lists to pass to academics Develop an audit process for academic year ‘rollover’ Increased functionality: Real time data Sorting/editing functionality within lists Make more use of metrics and statistics Help encourage even wider take-up Internal KPI Incorporate non-credit modules Share list information with University book service

10. For more information: Project leaders Claire Williams: C.F.Williams@leedsbeckett.ac.uk Fiona Middleton: F.Middleton@leedsbeckett.ac.uk Technical Adam Watson: A.A.Watson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk Admin Laurence Morris/Ellie Windle L.D.Morris@leedsbeckett.ac.uk E.C.Windle@leedsbeckett.ac.uk Apprentice Me! E.C.Cope@leedsbeckett.ac.uk