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Supporting learning at the library Towards integrating LMS and digital library technology at Penn John Mark Ockerbloom CNI Task Force Meeting December 6, 2002 The goal: Bring together opportunities for learning Universities are all about learning, and teaching through individual research and publication through class study and teaching The library is a commons for bringing together knowledge, and learners themselves Both class teaching and library resources increasingly use digital resources and often from the same source (e.g. electronic library reserves for courses) Common technology and tools should help both What we’d like to do Make it easy for scholars to find digital library resources and include them in their teaching open Web, licensed resources, ereserves, original material not just static documents, but dynamic services, local and remote Let them retain, preserve, and share material personal and course portfolios shared course materials workspaces for teachers public dissemination Institutional repository deposit? Support new ways of teaching and learning more effectively including targeted techniques for specialized applications Bringing together diverse knowledge sources Bringing learning resources outside the course Penn’s strategy Bring LMS support into the library And work on integrating reserves, digital library services Support LMS architectures that can improve learning outcomes Open architectures (e.g. OKI) supporting best-of-breed integration System interfaces that integrate LMS, digital library capabilities Develop and test new content tools for smoother workflow for instructors, students, librarians for better integration of content and services for reuse of materials in new contexts (may involve conversion of data, domain-specific metadata) Reshape library space and services to better support learning in a digitally rich environment The Open Knowledge Initiative Multi-year open development project Funded by the Mellon Foundation MIT and