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Academic Engagement at the University of Kent
Introduc)on
• The University of Kent • Background
• Canterbury • The process of academic engagement
• Medway
• Next steps • Our top Cps
The University of Kent
• UK’s European University
• 3 UK locaCons • Canterbury • Medway • Tonbridge
• 4 European locaCons • Paris • Brussels • Athens • Rome
Key Facts • 3 FaculCes (Sciences, Social Sciences & HumaniCes)
• 18 Academic Schools & 3 Centres
• Over 19,000 students (Over 80% undergraduate)
• Have Moodle as our VLE
• Use Voyager as our LMS
• Currently implemenCng Primo
Background – Before Talis Aspire
• Reading lists didn’t work • Not all received in good Cme • Always received in too large numbers to be sustainable • Had to be checked by hand
• InformaCon Services (IS) wanted to make Academic and teaching staff more responsible for their own reading lists
• This was made the IS departmental policy when we implemented ReadingLists@Kent
Canterbury
• Phase 1 – Setup of Reading Lists @ Kent
• Import exisCng data & input reading lists • Promote system and raise awareness • Develop policies, and reassess work pa]erns • Integrate with Moodle
• Phase 2 – Embedding into the University
• User tesCng and focus groups • Support and outreach to increase no of lists updated • Inclusion of reading lists in staff and student inducCons • Increase integraCon with systems – Moodle and
Module Catalogue especially
Canterbury Academic Staff – Humani)es
• Dean very proacCve • Wanted to focus on the library to improve
student experience and NSS scores
• We demonstrated ReadingLists@Kent at a meeCng he called to discuss the way forward
• He later set down a mandate for HumaniCes staff to do their reading lists
Canterbury Academic Staff – Social Sciences • School of PoliCcs and InternaConal RelaCons were
first to commit
• Student reps praised the system at school meeCng • Head of School immediately responded by following the
HumaniCes into a mandate for its use. • He followed up by promising to provide administraCve
support
• Dean of Social Sciences • Students once again praised reading list system, this Cme
at Library Reps meeCng • Encouraged by the PoliCcs model he also mandated the
use of reading lists with admin support
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No of lists updated by end of Autumn term
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In the Autumn term of the academic year 2013-‐14 library staff processed 398 reading list reviews submi]ed by academics and their admin assistants
Expansion into Medway
• Unique challenges: • The Drill Hall serves 3 UniversiCes • Uses Capita’s Alto as Library Management System • BUT -‐ electronic material same as Canterbury
• PercepCon that things are “different” (worse?) here • Academics already had formed opinions through conversaCon
with colleagues from Canterbury – not always a good thing!
Medway -‐ a new tenancy
• PoinCng to Alto for physical books • Otherwise sejngs the same as “main” tenancy
• Challenges • Shorter Cmescale • Smaller team (essenCally 2 people) • Lack of academic support • No extra budget!
• Advantages • Able to draw on experCse and learn from experiences • Deans of Faculty already on board
Medway experience
• Launched September 2013
• Reading lists entered by library staff – training offered to academics
• Resistance from some, but also some early adopter “champions”
• Lots of comparisons – “at Canterbury, they…”
• Some notable successes – parCcularly Social Sciences
Next steps
• Improve take-‐up in Sciences Schools and Medway
• Interface between VLE and reading lists
• Improvement of number of items on a list that are given an importance level
• Work is in progress to increase awareness and put relevant purchasing policies in place
Classifica)on of items on reading lists
Background
Core Text
Suggested for student purchase
Recommended
No classificaCon
Lessons Learned / Our top )ps
• Know your audience • Modify your strategy to the faculty/department/
academic/dean you are talking to
• Have good data • Take advantage of the NSS • Use compeCCon between departments to your
advantage
But key among everything we have learned is:
It only takes one!
Ques)ons?
Get in touch: • Canterbury Campus • Kirsty Wallis
[email protected] @OsMonkey
• Medway Campus • David Bedford
[email protected] @dhlDavidB