Integrating Intute

Version 2.0 Feb/2008[Your name] [Your job title, Intute group]

Introduction

• What is Intute?• Why integrate Intute?• Ways of integrating• Intute support package• Intute exemplars• Questions

What is Intute?• Intute is a national Internet service guiding you

to useful Web resources for education and research.

• It is a free service aimed at the UK’s higher and further education sectors and is relevant to students, lecturers, researchers and teachers.

• Intute was formerly known as the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).

• Funded by the JISC, based at Mimas

Network of specialists

Four subject groups comprise Intute:

• Arts and Humanities

• Health and Life Sciences

• Science, Engineering and Technology

• Social Sciences

• Hand selected, quality assured content – Best of the Web

What we mean by “integrating”

There are several ways & you can choose…

•Pulling in Intute content or functionality into your own Web page

•Working with staff at Intute to put your resources on our catalogue.

Examples of integrating..

Put Intute search box on your library Web page, eg. for Intute: Social Science resources

Put Intute search box on your library Web page, eg. for Intute: Social Science resources Use RSS feeds to

list latest resources on your library

webpage

Use RSS feeds to list latest resources

on your library webpage

Create your own reading lists from Intute resources

Create your own reading lists from Intute resources

Intute Search BoxIntute Search Box

IntuteRSS Feeds

IntuteRSS Feeds

Records from Intute catalogue

Records from Intute catalogue

The problems?• Too many resources on

Net• Keeping up to date with

new ones• Link checking existing

content• Assuring quality of

resources

Why integrate Intute?Intute feedback shows that users want…

•Seamless services

•To re-use content

•Flexibility and their own “look”

•Resources automatically updated

•Reputable services

Linking to Intute

•Various ways to link – simple or

sophisticated

•Intute search box - options

•VLE links

Creating customised e-resource listsUse MyIntute to

• Create your own account

• Save Intute and your own records

• Tag records with your own keywords

• Export data into your web pages

• Get automatic updates

Using Intute newsfeeds

• Put dynamic Intute content on your site

• Over 100 feeds

• Latest Intute resources, news headlines or conferences

• Customise for YOUR subject area

Contributing Resources

• You suggest resources

• Fill out Suggest a site form: http://www.intute.ac.uk/suggest.html

• Assessment by Intute subject specialist and added to catalogue

if suitable

How can we help? We offer a free support package:

• Intute “pick and mix” Quick Guides

• Further online help materials

• Intute online helpdesk

Intute Quick Guides:

• Linking to Intute

• MyIntute

• Newsfeeds

• Contributing resources

• Becoming an Intute exemplar

Online step-by-

step guides with examples and

screenshots to help you

Online step-by-step guides with

examples and screenshots to

help you

More online help here

http://www.intute.ac.uk/integration/

Where do I find the integrating package?

http://www.intute.ac.uk/integration/

• Quick Guides

• Intute help pages

• Intute online Helpdesk:http://www.intute.ac.uk/feedback.html

Integration Exemplars.

• Eg. Leeds University

• Other exemplars sought

• Quick Guide explains how to become an exemplar

• Benefits for you

• Valuable feedback for Intute

Leeds University Library

“MyIntute has offered us an easy and effective way of promoting quality assured websites to our students”

Martin Gill, Faculty Team leader, University of Leeds Library

Contact details

Jackie Wickham (Project Manager)

Jacqueline.Wickham@nottingham.ac.uk

Angela Joyce (Research Assistant)

Angela.Joyce@bristol.ac.uk