1. TADC @ London South Bank
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University
The story so far…
Alison Chojna and Malcolm Polfreman

2. Setting the scene…
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• The student experience.
• Library satisfaction – NSS.
• Reading materials for modules.
– Low submission of reading lists.
– Poor quality lists.
• Talis Aspire adoption.

3. Digitisation: before TADC
• Not a high priority.
• Very little digitisation activity – around 100
new scans per year.
• Very little promotion.
• Frustrating request process.
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Strategic aims
• Great efficiency.
• Scans linked to reading lists.
• Weekly reading available electronically.
• Overcome e-book concurrency issues.
• Rapid expansion of digitisation service.
• Proactive, not reactive.
• Integration with VLE.

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Implementation
• MyiLibrary issues.
• Decisions to be made:
– Allow academics to upload scans?
– Standalone scanning form?
– What if we have the e-book?
– Automatically fee pay BL?
• Early adopters/soft launch.

6. Where we are now…
• Moved existing users over to TADC system
in August/September.
• Librarians already training staff in Talis
Aspire so a natural addition.
• Staffing structure may not be right.
• Day to day operations still carried out by just
2 people.
• Insufficient kit.
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What next?
• Operational issues to overcome:
– More staff to be trained.
– Purchase of new equipment.
• Not yet proactive
– Scan chapters identified in Talis Aspire.
– Single workflow for scanning / review of lists.
• Weekly reading sections in VLE.
• Closer collaboration with academics.

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Any questions?