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From Course Reserves to Comprehensive Course Materials Lists: Automating Our Textbook Collection

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As part of a textbook affordability project, Florida Gulf Coast University's library had been adding over a thousand library-owned books to reading lists manually every semester and we knew there must be a better way. We will tell you about how we used built-in jobs in Alma/Leganto, a homegrown textbook database, Python scripts, and even a cloud app shared by ELUNA colleagues to take a process that had occurred over the course of weeks and cut it down to a couple of days of running jobs and cleaning up data. In this presentation, we will show you how this mid-size library was able to start loading complete textbook information into our Leganto course materials lists, along with matching library inventory, each semester using automation. We will also share our observations about how this proactive approach has impacted campus engagement with the Leganto platform.

Leganto
None - General Audience, Beginner, Intermediate
Attendees will learn about the capability of Leganto to load large lists materials into the course reserves system at once.
Attendees will learn from this case study about how to prepare reading list data for automation into Leganto.
Attendees will learn about how automating textbook additions to the course reserve system has affected engagement with Leganto.
Jun 19, 2025 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM(America/New_York)
Venue : International 8
20250619T1215 20250619T1300 America/New_York From Course Reserves to Comprehensive Course Materials Lists: Automating Our Textbook Collection

As part of a textbook affordability project, Florida Gulf Coast University's library had been adding over a thousand library-owned books to reading lists manually every semester and we knew there must be a better way. We will tell you about how we used built-in jobs in Alma/Leganto, a homegrown textbook database, Python scripts, and even a cloud app shared by ELUNA colleagues to take a process that had occurred over the course of weeks and cut it down to a couple of days of running jobs and cleaning up data. In this presentation, we will show you how this mid-size library was able to start loading complete textbook information into our Leganto course materials lists, along with matching library inventory, each semester using automation. We will also share our observations about how this proactive approach has impacted campus engagement with the Leganto platform.

International 8 Ex Libris Knowledge Days and ELUNA Conference 2025 eluna-conf-planning@exlibrisusers.org
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Instructional Technology Librarian
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Florida Gulf Coast University
Library Information Systems Analyst
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Florida Gulf Coast University
Library Data Management Analyst
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Florida Gulf Coast University
Mr. Jamen McGranahan
Associate Director of Library Technology & Assessment Services
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Vanderbilt University
Senior Manager, Content Creation
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Ex Libris, from Clarivate
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