11th Sakai Conference - June 15-17, 2010

Library & Sakai 3 Integration Project Update

Jon DunnAssociate Director for Technology, Indiana University Digital Library Program

Gaurav Bhatnagar Interaction Designer, University of Michigan Library

15 June 2010

Sakaibrary Project / Citations HelperSakai 2.x featuresSearch Library ResourcesGoogle ScholarCitation Lists

Library – Sakai 3 Integration Project

Multi-institution

Where did we start?

The library offers so much.

Books

MusicJournalArticles

LibrariansResearch Guides

Inter-Library-

Loan

Images

Audio & Video

Website/Catalog

More…

Where did we start?

The library offers so much.

Books

MusicJournalArticles

LibrariansResearch Guides

Inter-Library-

Loan

Images

Audio & Video

Website/Catalog

More…

Sakai 2.x Citations Helper

Where did we start?

The academic community’s expectations are changing.

Google

AmazonGoogleScholar

iPhone Twitter Flickr

YouTube

Wikipedia Facebook

More…

Where did we start?

Sakai3 = opportunity to make library resources more useful by using modern web features

Library“Web 2.0”

FriendsFeedsTagsMobile…

BooksArticles

LibrariansServices

…

Sakai 3

Where did we start? Overarching Goal

How to best take advantage of such a new system?

Understand the users

How to best take advantage of such a new system?

Understand the users

Why and how do instructors use scholarly resources while preparing

and conducting their courses?

What did we learn?“Scholarly” Resources

Scholarly & non-scholarly resources are mixed

My Course Syllabus

Journal Articles

Books

Images

Online news

Online videos

What did we learn? Goals & Motivations

Instructors want to see student growth

What did we learn? Interactions

With OthersWith Library

Co-teaching

Working with TAs

Getting & sharing ideas and content with colleagues

Consulting with librarians

Research guides

Library training sessions

Custom instruction toolsMissed connections

Missed connections

Finding Managing Sharing

Content for Readings, Assignments, Lectures

What did we learn? Activities & Workflow

Start with a known resource

Selection criteria:

current

engaging

applicable

debatable

accessible for the audience

Various systems:

citation management

bookmarks

Word docs

personal files

Various systems:

Sakai Resources

Sakai Announcements

email

lecture

Finding Managing Sharing

Content for Readings, Assignments, Lectures

What did we learn?Problems & Frustrations

Full-text

Content reuse

Content discovery

Poor integration

Unnecessary steps

Poor integration

Unnecessary steps

Copyright

Permissions

What have we come up with so far? Problem & Vision

VisionProblem

Streamline and integrate resource management from anywhere on the web

Connect scholars to one another & to relevant resources and services

Monitor copyright and provide alternatives

Too many different information sources

Instructor workflows are so varied

Missed collaboration and learning opportunities

Copyright concerns

What have we come up with so far? Design Overview

Sakai 3 Content Management Framework, featuring Bookmarklet

Syllabus

Sakai 3 Content Manager

ISI Web of Knowledge

CNN YouTube

Discussion AssignmentIn Sakai

On the web

Journal article Video

News story

Bookmarklet BookmarkletBookmarklet

What have we come up with so far? Content Authoring Lo-fi Prototype

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Ability to let Sakai auto-fill context-specific information

Ability to embed content from the Content Manager

Instructor creates a new syllabus for a course

What have we come up with so far?Content Management Lo-fi Prototype

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Ability to quickly see how the Content Manager serves me

Ability to synch with common resource management software (Zotero, EndNote, browser bookmarks)

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3 Ability to set up the Content Manager browser bookmarklet

First time use of the Content Manager

What have we come up with so far? Content Management Lo-fi Prototype

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Ability to quickly see recently changed and recommended content

Content itemFull-text note,Auto course tags,Free-form tags,Feedback

3 Folder structure,Shared folders,“Watch” folders

Content Manager after importing some content

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4 Tag structure,Auto course tags,Free-form tags

What have we come up with so far? Content Item Lo-fi Prototype

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Ability to see full resource details & availability options

Ability to Add into current document and Share (with others or into other content)

Checking out an individual content item

3 Ability to see all the contexts in which this resource has been used – can include colleague contexts

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4 Ability to see related content

5 Ability to see feedback on this

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What have we come up with so far? Bookmarklet Lo-fi Prototype

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Ability to import resources from anywhere at the push of a browser button

Ability to have my web content type auto-detected

Browser bookmarkletaccessed from any web page

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3 Ability to tag and share into Sakai (leads to a dialog to organize)

<any web content>

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What have we come up with so far?Summary

Add diverse resources to Sakai from anywhere on the web

Embed “live” (clickable citation, playable video, etc.) resources into Sakai content

Search, browse and manage all their content in one place

Discover new content through colleagues and context-specific recommendations

Evaluate content based on community feedback

Determine the availability of library services for a given resource

Users have the ability to:

What have we come up with so far? What do you think?

What about this design makes sense to you?What does not?

Could you see instructors on your campus using something like this?Why? How?

Syllabus

Sakai 3 Content Manager

ISI Web of Knowledge

CNN YouTube

Discussion AssignmentIn Sakai

On the web

Journal article Video

News story

Bookmarklet BookmarkletBookmarklet

How did we get here? Goal-Directed Design

Research

Modeling

Framework

Design

Stakeholder Interviewsabout 1 month

User Interviews & Observationabout 7 months

PersonasWorkflowabout 1 month

Context ScenariosLo-fi prototypesabout 1 month

ManyThanks!

HEC Montréal

Indiana University

Johns Hopkins University

Mount Holyoke College

Naval Postgraduate School

Rice University

Stanford University

Tufts University

The Center for Hellenic Studies @ Harvard

Universidad Nacional De Rosario

University of California, Berkeley

University of Michigan

Yale University

How did we get here? Research

User InterviewsStakeholder Interviews

25 Interviews

Instructors across 10 inst.

Scholarly resource use in preparing & conducting courses

Mental models, goals, activities, workflows, interactions, problems & frustrations

8 Interviews

Librarians, Heads, Library Technologists

Users, needs, organizational drivers, technical opportunities, budget & schedule

How did we get here? Modeling

WorkflowsPersonas

Finding, Managing, Sharing, Breakdowns

Juanita Colás Vijay Ramakrishnan

Ronald MooreCynthia Altstetter

How did we get here?Framework Design

Lo-fi prototypesContext Scenarios

Fast & cheap

Raise questions

Something user can react to

Beginning of design in context

Articulating persona goals, needs & behaviors

Opportunity to imagine out-of-the-box ideas

Where are we headed?

Continued design, user feedback, developing, testing

Coordinating with related efforts: Cambridge, NYU, Stanford, Berkeley, others

Explore where this work fits into overall Sakai 3 design and development

Ways to get involved

Related Conference Talks• Wed 10:00-11:00 Overview of the Academic-Led Development Process for Sakai 3 at

NYU• Wed 12:25-1:25 Rethinking Learning Activities: Taking action on user research• Wed 1:30-3:05 Rethinking Learning Activities: Practicing Research-Based Design• Thu 1:00-2:30 Teaching and Learning Design Lenses for Sakai 3• Thu 1:00-2:30 Audio and Video Content for Teaching and Learning: Discussion• Thu 1:35-2:25 What Am I Doing Here and Who Are All These People?

Library & Sakai 3 Integration• Next virtual meeting: Thursday, June 24 11:30 AM – 1 PM EDT, Sakai001 bridge• Confluence Project Home: http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/PwCX (or just Google

“sakai library integration”)• The project welcomes collaborators to provide feedback on designs, conduct user

testing at their campus and contribute in other ways.• Questions? Email:

• sakai-ux@collab.sakaiproject.org• sakai-user@collab.sakaiproject.org

Credits

Slides 5 & 6 – image CC by-nc-sa by kunchiaat Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/kunchia/3646210655/

Slide 7 – images for non-commercial use from Google’s LIFE Photo Archivehttp://images.google.com/hosted/life

Slide 8 – image CC by-nc-sa by 1yen at Flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/1yen/3631830100/

Thanks again to all our collaborators!