Course Views Project at NCSU
I’m just now going through my notes from EDUCAUSE 2007 (it’s been almost 2 months since the conference - yikes!). One of the best sessions I attended was a presentation from 2 librarians, Kim Duckett and Tito Sierra (see his article on in the new code4lib journal), at NC State University, called “Course Views: A Scalable Project to Connect Students to Library Resources“. They described a project in which they created customized content and tools for individual classes at the university. Somewhat like an iGoogle or Dashboard view, widgets were created for individual “pieces” of course/subject guides, Course Reserves, and contact information, and customized at the course level. I have to admit that I missed half of the presentation after getting a bit lost on my way there, but I’m glad to see that their presentation is available as a ppt on the page above. Take a look - I especially like the diagrams on slides 79-81!