[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Course Reserves

[Beth Willis]

 At NOBLE we have seven libraries currently managing course reserves with
Syrup.

Overall, our libraries' staff have been happy with Syrup's functionality
and find it to be an effective tool for managing course reserve materials.
 While we wish that course reserves were more closely integrated with
Evergreen, Syrup does allow library staff to look up faculty from the
Evergreen database and to update the status and copy location of reserve
items in Evergreen.  At most of our libraries, Syrup is used primarily by
staff rather than by students and Syrup's keyword search makes it easy for
staff to help students to identify course materials.

Beth

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:10 PM Elizabeth Thomsen <et at noblenet.org> wrote:

> At the Student Success Interest Group meeting at the recent Evergreen
> Conference, there was a discussion on how academic libraries are handling
> course reserves, and Course Reserves came up high on the priority list on
> this  Report from the Future of Evergreen: Brainstorming and Strategizing
> Session
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1By-bW5zNEZYUaakfO8udh7Vzj4GdUe9UcHPFqlGEO7k/edit?usp=sharing>
> .
>
> We're adding this topic to the agenda for the Student Success Working
> Group meeting coming up on Monday, and it would be helpful if academic
> libraries could describe how they are currently handling course reserves.
> Are you using the Syrup
> <http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Syrup.git;a=summary> system?  What do
> you like about it, and what would you like to see improved?  Or are you
> using bookbags or buckets or a homegrown solution for managing lists for
> each course?  Or maybe course reserves are all electronic resources at your
> institution?
>
> Please share your thoughts and experiences here on the list!  Thanks!
>
> --
> Elizabeth B. Thomsen
> Member Services Manager
> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
> Danvers, Mass.
> www.noblenet.org
>


-- 
Beth Willis
Digital & Catalog Librarian
NOBLE, Inc.
26 Cherry Hill Drive
Danvers, MA 01923
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