ANGEL
Global Resource Libraries (GRL)
VuDAT Breakfast Series:
Coming Attractions in ANGEL 6.0
April 10, 2004
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Overview
What is Global Resource Library
(GRL)
How is GRL related to courses in
ANGEL
How does GRL work – the big
picture
MSU Libraries and GRL
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What is Global Resource
Library (GRL)
Content repositories
All types of content
Centrally managed
Searchable and browsable
Shareable and reusable
Especially useful for courses with
many sections
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How GRL is related to Courses
in ANGEL
GRL content is not created inside a
course
Content Sharing
Multiple courses or course sections
can access the same resources
Content Reusing
Resources will stay in GRL for future
use
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The Big Picture - before
Multiple courses shared multiple common
resources – resources have to be created for
each of the courses
Course A Course B Course C
Common Common Common
Resource 1 Resource 1 Resource 1
Common Common Common
Resource 2 Resource 2 Resource 2
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The Big Picture - before
Same resources have to be
created/replicated for each course
Updating the content of the resource
means you have to go to each of the
course and do the editing
Sometimes ends up in inconsistency
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The Big Picture - after
Multiple courses share multiple common resources
Course A Course B Course C
Common Common
Resource 1 Resource 2
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The Big Picture - after
Create common/master resource in GRL
Each course add new content by linking
to the master resource
Updating/editing can be done simply in
the master resource
The changes will be automatically reflected
in each of the courses
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Common Resource Examples
Access to subscribed electronic
journals/journal articles
Newspaper articles
Users Guide/Help Documentation
Basically, anything that is shared
among several courses or course
sections
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MSU Libraries and GRL
Discipline specific Subject and Research
Guides
Research Guides for a specific course or
topic
Library Instructions (How Tos)
Course Electronic Reserve (E-Reserve)
Copyrighted materials that are made
available for a specific class in a given
semester
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Where are we now
Still in the early stages. We still need
to define the organization/information
structure
Start building the content based on the
information already on Libraries’ web
site
We need brave souls to experiment with
GRL for their course especially with the
course e-reserve!
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Demo
Examples (angel.msu.edu)
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Where to Get More
Information
ANGEL Help Guide
https://angel.msu.edu/section/default.asp?id=HELP
ANGEL Tips and Techniques
http://tips.angel.msu.edu
Contact LCTTP for training sessions
http://train.msu.edu
Contact LDLS for support issues
http://www.lib.msu.edu/outreach/
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